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long., corollae extus pubescentis tiibo 0*15 cm. diam. et 0-6 cm. 

 long., limbi labiis vix 0*6 cm. long., labio postico lanceolato-oblongo 

 antico latissime oblongo, filamentis attenuatis atratis, antlieris 

 oblongis obtusis 0*17 cm. long., disco parvo lobiilato, ovario oblongo 

 una cum stylo glabro. 



Hab. Oman, Arabia, 1898; Lt.-Col. A. S. G. Jayakar (Revh. 

 Mus. Brit.). Muscat; Aucher-Eloy, No. 5165 (Herb. Kew.). 



At first sight this plant looks extraordinarily like a Lindenheryia, 

 in which genus Aucher-Eloy's specimen has long lain at Kew, the 

 sheet marked in Mr. Bentham's handwriting, " Lindenbergia sp. 

 nov. ? " Examination of a bud, however, shows clearly that the 

 upper lip is inside in ciestivation instead of outside, thus removing 

 the plant from the tribe Gratiolea. But this, although the chief 

 differential character, is not the only one, for a zygomorphic calyx 

 is what we do not find in Limienbenjia, and the upper lip of our 

 plant's corolla has reflexed edges just as have the corollas of the 

 EaphrasiecB. The proper position of Omania I consider to be next 

 to Bungea C. A. Mey. 



Philippia keniensis, sp. nov. Ramulis minute cinereo-pub- 

 escentibus delude glabris, foliis arete imbricatis lineari-oblougis 

 obtusis dorso sulcatis viscosis petiolos 4-plo excedentibus, pedicellis 

 quam flores longioribus, calycis lobis 3 ovatis obtusis quarto longiore 

 ovato-lanceolato fere a basi libero, corolla calycis lobo longiori 

 sequilonga anguste campanulata, antheris subinclusis profunde 

 bifidis, ovario subgloboso, stylo angusto satis elongate subexserto, 

 stigmatis lobis 3 brevissimis. 



Hab. Mount Kenia ; J. W. (J-re(/un/, 1893 ; H. J. Mackinder, 

 1899 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Ramuli erecti, rigidi. Foliorum lamina 0*4 cm., petiolus 01 cm. 

 long. Pedunculi 0-3 cm. long. Flores circa 0*25 cm. diam. Calycis 

 lobi 0-13 cm., lobus impar 022 cm. long. Antherae 0*1 cm. long. 

 Stylus 0*15 cm. long. 



A near ally of P. trimera Engl., but certainly not conspecific 

 with it on account of its somewhat longer and relatively narrower 

 leaves, the long peduncles, broader calyx-lobes, and different style. 



Xysmalobium Schumannianum, sp. nov. Humilis, caule 

 erecto sat valido deorsum tuberoso-dilatato mox ramoso, ramis 

 crebro foliosis angulatis junioribus complanatis lateribus pubescen- 

 tibus, foliis elongatis subsessilibus linearibus acutis basi parum 

 rotundatis paucis infimis lineari-lanceolatis basi cordatis et quam 

 reliqua manifesto brevioribus omnibus glabris subtus reticuiato- 

 venosis nervo mediano maxime eminente, cymis sessilibus pauci- 

 floris, pedicellis levissime complanatis quam folia multo brevioribus 

 puberulis, floribus parvis, calycis intus pluriglaiidulosi segmentis 

 lanceolatis acutis glabratis, corollae rotatie tubo subnuilo lobis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis fere omnino glabris mox reflexis, coron^e 

 squamis gynostegio brevioribus linearibus dorso valde incrassatis 

 ibique lateraliter arete compressis, gynostegio sessili, stigmate 

 leviter depresso, folliculis . 



Hab. British East Africa, Machakos ; Dr. 6'. L. Hinde, 1896 

 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



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