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Corollae tubus 3-0 cm. long., 0-8 cm. lat. Flores rosei. Antherae 

 0-3 cm. lat. Ovarium 0-5 cm. et stylus 27 cm. long. 



A plant showing much affinity to S. Diinnii, and, indeed, Mr. 

 Galpin's specimen has received that name at Kew. But in our 

 opinion there is too much difference between it and S. Dminii to 

 justify this course. The chief differences lie in the indumentum, 

 the short pedicels, broader calyx lobes, and deeper coloured corolla- 

 tube with much less of that narrowing in the lower half characteristic 

 of the species described by Sir Joseph Hooker. 



The length of the peduncles and the dimensions of the leaf 

 have been taken from the Kew specimen, Mr. Armitage's not 

 furnishing these particulars satisfactorily. 



Geniosporum (^ Temnocalyx, sectio nova) fissum, sp. nov. 

 Herba, caule minute pubescente demum fere glabro, foliis parvis 

 sessilibus cuneato-oblongis obtusis margine medio 1-2-dentatis 

 ceterum integerrimis mox minutissime puberulis, inflorescentia 

 parum ramosa folia longe excedente, bracieis ovatis obtusis dense 

 ac minute pubescentibus, deciduis, pedicellis calycem excedeutibus, 

 calycis pubescentis campanulati antice funditus Jissi lobis subab-qua- 

 libus (postico vero paullo majore) lanceolatis acutis tubo longioribus, 

 corollae tubo calycem paullo excedente anguste tubuloso-campanu- 

 lato limbi labio postico abbreviato 4-fido labio antico quam posticus 

 paullo longiore integro piano, staminibus breviter exsertis. 



Hab. British East Africa, Dadaro, 3700 feet, 1898; Lord 

 Delamere (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Folia 1*5 cm. long., medio 0*6 cm. lat., in sicco subgrisea. 

 Inflorescentia usque ad 11*0 cm. long. ; ramuli floriferi juveniles 

 bracteis arete imbricatis onusti ; verticillastri pluriflori, intervallis 

 0*5-l-0 cm. long, inserti. Bracteae 0-25 cm. long., vix totidem lat. 

 Pedicelli circa 0*3 cm. long., pubescentes. Calyx totus 0*2 cm. 

 long. ; tubus 0*05 cm. et lobi 0-15 cm. long. Corollae tubus 2-5 cm. 

 long. ; labium anticum ovatum, 0-2 cm. long. ; labium posticum 

 paullo ultra 0-1 cm. long. Antherae 0*03 cm. diam. Nuculae . 



The peculiarity of the section here proposed is that the calyx 

 is slit throughout along the line of junction of its two anticous 

 lobes. I have in vain sought other characters which might justify 

 one in regarding this plant as the representative of a new genus. 



Orthosiphon (§ VmaATi) gofensis, sp. nov. Verisimiliter 

 fruticulus caule erecto tenui sursum ramoso, ramis graciUbus 

 crispule pubescentibus, foliis parvis sessilibus oblanceolatis obtusis 

 crenato-serrulatis supra puberulis subtus pubescentibus, verticil- 

 lastris pauci-(2-6-)floris in racemum folia superantibus dispositis, 

 bracteis deciduis foliis similibus sed quam ea multo brevioribus, 

 pedicellis floriferis calycibus paullo brevioribus, calycis florescentis 

 cylindrici pubescentis lobo postico rotundato obtusissimo lobis 

 lateralibus oblongis obtusis quam posticus paullulum brevioribus 

 lobis anticis linearibus lateralibus subaequilongis, calycis fructe- 

 scentis angusti puberuli lobo postico erecto vel fere erecto ore 

 calvo, corollae minimaB tubo sat lato calycem paullo superante lobis 

 brevibus, staminibus inclusis, stigmate clavato-capitato leviter 

 emarginato. 



