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shape; this may be due to drying; Mrs. Talbot’s excellent coloured 
drawing gives but slight evidence of such variation. 
Ceropegia anceps S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule volubili 
ancipiti folioso glabro; foliis oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato- 
obovatis breviter caudato-acuminatis apice acutis basi in petiolum 
gracilem quam sese breviorem cuneatim angustatis membranaceis 
vel potius levissime crassiusculis utrobique glabris vel summum 
in nervis microscopice puberulis ; cymis umbellatis pedunculatis 
pauci- necnon mediocri-floris bracteis parvis subulatis stipatis ; 
calycis segmentis subulatis puberulis; corollae extus fere glabrae 
tubo basi inflato inde usque ad fauces iterum dilatatas tenui lobis 
tubo manifeste brevioribus oblongis replicatis apice cohaerentibus ; 
coronae phyllis exterioribus ima basi connatis subquadratis sursum 
in cornua duo filiformia pilis sparsis longis donata exeuntibus 
phyllis interioribus ut exteriora columnam stamineam facile 
superantibus erectis lineari-oblongis obtusis. 
Oban; n. 174. 
Stem at most 2 mm. wide, marked with sparse longitudinal 
striation. Leaves 4-5 cm. long in the blade and 15-20 mm. broad, 
when dry darkish above, paler beneath, the acuminate end 7-9 mm. 
long; petioles 10-13 mm. long, glabrous. Cymes usually 4-6-flowered, 
but sometimes less, their peduncles 6-15 mm. long. Bracts about 
1:5 mm. long. Flowers creamy-white, with dark brown blotches. 
Calyx barely 3 mm. long. Tube of corolla 19-22 mm. long, at the very 
bottom 1:5 mm. wide, the inflated base 4-5 mm. wide, the narrow 
part 1:5 mm. and the throat suddenly expanded to 6 mm.; corolla 
lobes 7 mm. long. Leaves of the outer corona 2 mm. long, the two 
horns or lobes proceeding from the right and left corner respectively 
1 mm. long; leaves of inner corona 2:25 mm. long. Staminal column 
2 mm. long. : à : 
This also is near C. Johnsoni N.E. Br., but its stem, leaves and 
corona are different. 
LOGANIACEJE by Mr. S. Moore & Mr. H. F. Wernham. 
Mostuea angustifolia Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 
gracilibus virgatis; foliis glabris subsessilibus lanceolatis non- 
nunquam obliquis utrinque acuminatis apice subobtuso in ramulis 
lateralibus brevibus florescentibus confertis ; floribus parvulis in 
cymis subumbellatis glabris paucifloris tenuiter pedunculatis 
dispositis, bracteis et bracteolis minutis vel obsoletis pedicellis 
longiusculis glabris ; calyce brevissimo dentibus lanceolatis tubum 
excedentibus ; corollae tubo anguste infundibulari lobis rotundatis ; 
capsulae lobis divaricatis oblongis rotundatis. : 
Oban ; n. 1085. 
The leaves are 4-5°5 cm. long by 1:2-1:5 em. broad. The pedun- 
cles of the mature inflorescences may be as much as 1:8 cm. long. 
Floral pedicels 1-2 mm. or more, increasing to about 1 cm. in the 
