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rotundato vel mucronulato obtuso producto ; corollae tubo gracili 
extus infra puberulo insuper adpresse-tomentoso pilis nec deflexis, 
lobis parvis ovatis acuto-acuminatis. 
Oban; n. 212. 
Leaves 12-14 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad; lateral veins, 12-14 pairs, 
tertiary veins oblique. Stipules 6 mm. long. Calyx 4 mm. long, 
lobes 2:5 mm. long, rather more than 1 mm. broad; the foliaceous 
lobe about 7:5 cm. long, 8:5 cm. broad, with stalk nearly 1:5 cm. 
long. Corolla-tube 2:9 cm. long; limb 1:3 em. wide. ` 
Like M. Afzelii G. Don, in the vegetative organs, but at once dis- 
tinguishable by the pedicellate flowers, the smaller calyx and the 
indumentum of the corolla. 
Urophyllum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 
divaricatis gracilibus puberulis; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico- 
oblongis acuminatis utrinque acutis, siccitate infra rubescentibus, 
utrinque nisi super venas infra obscure puberulas glaberrimis, 
nervo mediano veluti secundariis paucis distantibus infra con- 
spicuis supra obscuris tertiariis utrinque conspicuis plurimis trans- 
versis approximatis, petiolo brevi puberulo; stipulis subulatis ; 
Jloribus pentameris parvis minutissime puberulis pedicellatis 
axillaribus solitariis vel in cymis 2-3-floris sessilibus; calycis 
limbo patente brevissime denticulato. 
Oban ; n. 225. 
Flowering branches 20-80 em. long. Leaves 8:5-8 cm, long x 
1:5-9:8 em. broad; petioles to 4 mm. long; secondary lateral veins 
4-5 pairs. Stipules 6 mm. long. Flower-buds 8:5 mm. long, pedicel 
1:5 mm. 
Near U. Afzelii Hiern, differing in the much broader leaves with 
close transverse venation of the tertiary nerves, and in the solitary or 
subsolitary flowers. 
Sabieea geophiloides Wernham sp. nov. Herba hirsuta 
repens caule prostrato radicante ; foliis parvis ovatis vel ellipticis 
basi acutis apice obtusis utrinque hirsutis, petiolo hirsuto longius- 
culo; stipulis breviter oblongis rotundatis extus pilosis intus 
glabris mox reflexis ; floribus sessilibus in capitulis pedunculo gracile 
ut bracteorum late ovatorum involucra sparsiuscule piloso 3 
ovario pilis articulatis ascendentibus dense hirsuto ; calycis tubo 
cylindrieo et lobis longe lineari-lanceolatis tubum excedentibus 
pilis similibus patentibus multo minus dense induto; corollae 
anguste infundibularis tubo extus pubescente lobis triangularibus 
glabratis erectis. 
Oban; n. 255. Nkami. 
Breet eke ler em. high. Leaves 3-8°5 em. long, 1*5-1:8 
em. brodd ; petiole 5-10 mm. long; lateral veins 6-9 pairs, not very 
distinct, even on the lower side. Stipules 8:5 mm. long, 8 mm. 
broad at base. Peduncles over 2 cm. long. Bracts 1:8 em. long, 
8 mm. broad. Ovary 7 mm.; calyx-tube 4 mm.; lobes 8-9 mm. 
