334 . PROF. OLIVER ON THE PLANTS 
Annua gracilis glabra laxe divaricatim ramosa, ramis filiformibus striolulatis. Folia 
membranacea eglandulosa suborbicularia 3-secta, segmentis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis 
acuminatis, basi remote glanduloso-serratis, segmento medio parum productiore versus 
basin angustato.  Petioli graciles eglandulosi laminis breviores. бриш lineari-subulatee 
deciduz. Pedunculi folia superantes apice 3-brachiati ramis lateralibus horizontaliter 
patentibus uno vel geminis fertilibus, centrali in eirrum producto. Bracteze minutissime. 
Flores diametro 1 em. patelliformes. Tubus brevissimus. Sepala herbacea oblonga obtusa 
ad margines albida. Petala albida membranacea sepalis conformia iisque paullo minora. 
Corona 3-seriata, series extima vel faucialis basi breviter tubulata membranacea, margine 
filamentosa filis crassiusculis basi retrorsum uncinulatis petala subequantibus. Corona 
secunda e tubo versus medium emergens annularis seu cupuliformis membranacea 
integra; corona tertia seu basilaris e fundo tubi progrediens precedenti conformis. 
Stamina 5 perigyna, filamenta e corona basilari emanentes; antherz lineari-oblongze. 
Ovarium ovoideum brevissime stipitatum, stipite tamen ulterius producto. Fructus 
ovoideus glaber subcoriaceus, stylis 3 liberis superatus. Stigmata capitatella. Semina 
A curious and interesting plant having exactly the habit and general appearance of a 
Passiflora; but apart from the improbability of a true Passiflora being found in tropical 
Africa, the arrangement of the corona and the insertion of the stamens are those of the 
East-African genus Tryphostemma, There are, however, five petals in the present plant, 
and the fruit is apparently not dehiscent, though its appearance is such as to suggest that 
it may be. Itis probable, as previously suggested, in the * Flora of Tropical Africa,’ that 
the two genera, the Eastern Tryphostemma and the Western Basananthe, wil be found to 
be identical.—M. T. MASTERS. 
MoMOoRDICA CARDIOSPERMOIDES, Klotzsch. 40-60 miles inland. 
Momorpica CUCULLATA, Hook. f., an var. M. Morkorra? о Kilima-njaro, 4000-5000 ft. 
CEPHALANDRA QUINQUELOBA, Sch., forma ? Kilima-njaro, 5000 ft. 
ZEHNERIA SCABRA, Sond., var. ? Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft. 
BEGONIA, sp. (frequent). 
BEGONIA ЈонхвтомІ, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba succulenta, glabra, 1-2-pedalis, foliis (sicca - 
membranaceis) longe petiolatis ovatis basi cordatis valde obliquis breviter acuminatis 
inzequaliter crenato-dentatis basis annulatim et subtus sparse in nervis pilis seti- 
formibus instructis, stipulis ovatis membranaceis, cymis axillaribus bisexualibus 
longe peduneulatis, bracteis geminatis brevibus ovatis acutis, pedicellis gracilibus 
florem subzequantibus, fl. с lobis 4 sub:equalibus obovatis pallide roseis, filamentis a 
basi liberis, antheris ellipticis inappendiculatis; fl. 9 lobis 4 obovatis v. obovato- 
ellipticis, stylis 3 inferne coalitis ramis bifidis spiraliter tortis, placentis bifidis, 
capsula trialata, ala una majore oblique producta ovato-oblonga venosa.— Bot. Mag. 
t. 6899. 
Kilima-njaro, 5000-6000 ft. 
