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those of the genus Spharocndoyi. G. nuhicnm Dene, may be com- 

 pared with our species, but is distinguished by the leaves and the 

 very different inflorescence. The leaves of the present plant are 

 remarkable in tlie genus for their long petioles ; the fruits, which 

 miglit have proved of interest, are unfortunately not yet developed 

 in these specimens. I have great pleasure in dedicating this evidently 

 rare plant to its indefatigable discoverer, Mr. Scott Elliot. 



Margaretta Oliv. 



Margaretta rosea Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. (1875), 112, 

 t. 76f. 



Dry burnt ground, Nandi (Nile), Jan., No. 7048; Urundi, Sept., 

 No. 8370. 



Margaretta Whytei K. Sch. in E^if/l. Flor. Ost-Afr. 323 (1895). 



Shire Highlands, Milanji, Dec, No. 8666; Shire Highlands, 

 Mandala to Matope, Dec, No. 8442. 



ScHizoGLossuM E. Mey. 



Schizoglossum debile Schltr., n. sp. Herba erecta, gracil- 

 lima, 50-100 cm. alta parum ramosa ; caule flexuoso debili, basi 

 glabrescente apicem versus plus minus velutino-tomentoso ; ramis 

 alternantibus remote foliatis ; foliis erectis glabris angustissime 

 linearibus acutis, marginibus revolutis, basi sensim in petiolum 

 brevissimum tenuissime velutinum attenuatis, 1-5 cm. longis ; 

 floribus illis S. fiUfolii Schltr. simillirais, vix majoribus viridibus, 

 in fasciculis extra-axillaribus alternantibus, 4-8-floris, pedicellis 

 erecto-patentibus filiformibus in^quilongis, tenue pilosis ; calycis 

 segmentis anguste lanceolatis acutis pilosis, quam corolla duplo 

 brevioribus ; corolla subrotata, vix 0*5 cm. diametro, lobis oblongis 

 obtusiusculis, 0-2 cm. longis, medio vix 0-1 cm. latis, utrinque plus 

 minus pilosis, vel intus glabrescentibus; coronfe foliolis e basi sub- 

 orbiculari ligulato-attenuatis, apice obtuse trilobulatis, intus medio e 

 basi ligula dorso alto foliolo adnata apice bifida foliolum excedente in 

 stigma inflexa donatis ; anthera subquadrato-oblonga, marginibus 

 cartilagineis angustis basi baud ampliatis, loculorum longitudine, 

 appendice hyalino suborbiculari apice in stigma inflexo, marginibus 

 loculorum emarginatis ; polliniis anguste pyriformibus, caudiculis 

 divaricatis subfiliformibus, glandulse angustse requilongae basi in- 

 sertis. 



Dry sandy soil, on the plateaux at Buddu, Feb., No. 7471. 



Nearly allied to the South African S.fiJifoliwn Schltr., which 

 differs from our plant in the shorter unbranched stems and acumi- 

 nate suborbicular corona-scales. The pollinia also are larger in 

 8. debile, the caudiculse shorter, and the gland much narrower. 

 The anthers are proportionately broader. The free margins of the 

 inner ligula, which is connate nearly to the top with the corona- 

 scales, form two lamellfe on the middle of the inner side of the 

 latter. 



Schizoglossum Elliotii Schltr., n. sp. Herba gracillima 

 erecta, parum ramosa, 50-70 (?) cm. alta ; caule basi glabrato 

 apicem versus plus minus piloso ; ramis alternantibus erectis, 



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