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moderntely oblique. Staminodes linear, slightly broadening towards 

 apex, longer tiian the stamens, which, however, have rather long 

 filatnents. Ovary iiairy extei-nally. Sciginas 3, recurved. Style 

 sparingly pilose. Ripe capsule not seen. 



Hermannia. 



Under this genus Dr. Schumann characterizes four subgenera — 

 i.e. (1) Marehiiia', [2) Enhermanuia ', (d) Maheniicr, (i) Acicarjms — 

 the diagnostic cliaracters depending on the nature of the filament, 

 the intiorescence, and whether the capsule is horned or destitute of 

 these appendages. The genus Gilesia, described by Baron von 

 Mueller from South Australia, constitutes a fifth subgenus between 

 Mardim'a and Euheiinainiia. The filaments are filiform-linear — 

 the anthers somewhat hastate, bifid at tlie apex ; the peduncles 

 axillary, and the flowers usually geminate. Cvnhonis lonnipes Tate 

 in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. xxii. p. 119 (1898), belongs 

 also to the subgenus Gilfda. It is identical with Hemiunnia GHesii 

 F. V. M. (= GUt'sia hinijioia F. v. M.). 



H. (Marehnia) Donaldsoni, sp. nov. Suffruticosa ramosa ramis 

 teretibus noveliis sparsissime stellato-tomentelhs deinde glabratis ; 

 foliis modiee petiolatis, pctiolo cano-subtomentoso tereti, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis ciuereo-viridibus basi rotundatis subdiscoloribns subtus 

 paiillo pallidioribus apice obtu.sis vel acutiuscnlis, sti^julis oblique 

 ovatis acutis basi rotundatis caducis ; tioiibus in paniculas termi- 

 nales et axillares di^posiiis pedunculatis et pedicellatis ; bracteolis 

 et bracteis filiformibus ; calyce turbinato in lacinias lanceolato- 

 acuminatas diviso; petalis calycem subiequantibus glabris ; antheris 

 ciliolatis quam stylo ])aullo brevioribus, hlamentis exappendiculatis 

 glabris ; ovario sessili tomentoso quinquelobo ; stylo glabro. 



Species ad H. exappendi<-uiatam K. Schum. valde affinis dififert 

 imprimis foliis angustioribus, paniculis angustioribus, floribus 

 minoribus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis et petalis calycem sub- 

 sequantibus nee distincte longioribus. 



Hab. Resliiab, Somaliland, Dr. A. Donaldson Sinith, no. 395. 

 In flower, July, 1895. 



Sufifruticose, branches terete, sparsely and minutely stellately 

 hairy. Leaves green, cinereous, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, much 

 narrower than in H. ejappendicnlata K. Schum., petiole of upper 

 leaves ± 6 mm. long, lamina of upper le^ives ± 3*5-3-7 cm. long, 

 1-1-2 cm. broad, margin serrulate, base rounded, veins conspicuous 

 on the under side. Stipules obliquely ovate. Panicles axillary, 

 terminal, narrower thau in H. exappendiculata K. Schum. Flowers 

 smaller than in H . exu/rpendiculata. Calyx + 6 mm. long, laciniae 

 lanceolate, acnmiufite, + 3-5 mm. long. Petals subequal in length 

 to calyx, a little shorter than the style, apiculate, narrowly obovate, 

 almost 6 mm. long, erect. Anthers ciliolate, filaments perhaps 

 half length of anthers, glabrous. Style filiform, glabrous. Ovary 

 tomentose, 5-lobed, Ripe capsule not seen. 



H. Eenii, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, caulibus elongatis florentibus 

 simplicibus teretibus stellato-asperis ; foliis petiolatis, petiolo pilis 

 stellatis hispido, ovatis vel ellipticis fere glabris nerviis exceptis, 



