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usque aspectabili jugo alfcero prominentiore ad 6-8 mm. supra 

 basin costas central! imposito dimidio foliorum abaxiali marginem 

 leviter appropinquante arcuatoque costis et costulis (ut reticulum 

 laxum) subtus magis eminentibus ; cymis foliis plane brevioribus 

 axillaribus pedunculatis satis patentibus bracteatis bracteis late 

 subulatis rigidis ; floribus breviter pedicellatis pentameris ; calycis 

 segmentis suborbicularibus ci'assiusculis inferue regulatis micro- 

 scopice ciliolatis ; corollm triente inf. indivisae tubo calyci a3qui- 

 longo faucibus villoso lobis triangulari-oblongis obtusiusculis 

 crassiusculis in sicco dorso rugulatis ; antheris basi villosis ; 

 ovario subgloboso sparsim piloso quam stylus inferne incrassatus 

 paullo breviore. 



No. 3237. 



Leaves 13-17 cm. long, 6-8 cm. broad, in the dry state usually 

 greyish green on the upper and brownish on the lower side ; mid- 

 rib very prominent below ; petioles stout, channelled above, quite 

 glabrous, 5-7 mm. long. Cymes usually 5-8 x 4-6 cm., the 

 peduncles and branches puberulous, with very minute hairs ; 

 bracts 2-3 mm. long, shortly sheathing at the base, the inner 

 face of which bears a number of glands. Pedicels usually 

 1-2 mm. long. Buds ovoid. Calyx nearly 2 mm. long, the 

 lobes up to 1"5 X 2 mm. Corolla with tube 2 mm. in length and 

 lobes 4 X 1'5 mm. Filaments 1-25 mm. long ; anthers broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, 1 mm. long. Ovary 1"25 x 1 mm. ; style 2 mm. 

 long. 



Very near S. mcmccyloides S. Moore from Oban, but certainly 

 different, on account of the glabrous branches, broader leaves, 

 longer, open cymes, differently shaped buds and much larger 

 flowers. 



Gaertnera eketensis Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex (?) glaber 

 ramulis gracilibus ; foliis pergamaceis lanceolatis v. ellipticis v. 

 oblongis acuminatis subacutis, basi angustatis breviter petio- 

 latis, venis secundariis paucis distantibus reticulo interveniente 

 plus minus transverso, stiimlis membranaceis vaginam plus 

 minus persistentem uno latere fissam formantibus apice irre- 

 gulariter setosis ; i)anicula terminali laxa thyrsoidea, ramulis 

 minute pubescentibus, bracteis linearibus ; floribus pentameris 

 brevissime pedicellatis ; calyce brevissime dentato v. subintegro ; 

 corollcB extus subglabrte tubo lobos lanceolatos superante, ore 

 villoso ; anthcrarum apicibus ut stilus stigmatibus minutissime 

 puberulis exsertis. 



No. 3391. 



Near G. Dinklagei K. Sch., from which it differs, among other 

 points, in the pentaraerous condition of its flowers, with their 

 relatively shorter corolla-lobes and almost entirely included 

 stamens and exserted style. 



Leaves 10-12 cm. x 3-4 cm. ; lateral veins 5-6 pairs, petioles 

 5-7 mm. Stijnilar sheath at first about 5 mm. long, with settB 

 about the same length, later increasing to 8-10 mm. Liflorescence 

 about 7 cm. x 5-5 cm. Calyx rather more than 7 mm. Corolla- 

 tube 3'5 mm., lobes 2-5-3 mm. 



