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4. A. HTL0PHILU3 Grilg ill Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 294 (1897). 

 Cameeoons : Buchholzy Hb. Berol. 



5. A. MONOPHTLLUS Riidlk. in Engl. & Prantl. 1. c. (1895). 

 Schmidelia monophi/lla Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 40 (1844). S. Dre- 

 geana Sonder in Harvey. Sonder Fl. Cap. i. 239 (1859-60). Rlius 

 monophylla E. Meyer in Drege Zwei Pfi. Docum. 216 (1844). 



Natal : Many collectors. Poxdolaxd : Port St. John, E. Galjnn 

 2863 ! Hb. Kew. 



Var. NATALTTlA Szvl. in Enum. Polypet, Rehmann, part 2, 47 

 (1888). 



Natal : Inanda, Wood 481 ! Hb. Kew. 



6. A. MELLiODORUS Gilg ex Eadlk. in Sitz. Bayer. Akad. Wien 

 (1908) xxxviii. 217 (1909). 



East Africa : A^aani, Scheffler 54:1 Hb. Berol. ; Warnecke 364! 

 Hbb. Mus. Brit. Kew. 



7. A. KiLiMAXDSCiiARicus Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. 

 c. 249 (1895). 



Kilimanjaro : Vol kens 2003 ! Hbb. Berol. Mus. Brit. 



8. A. EUBiFOLius Engler, Hochgebirgsflora, 892 (1892). Schmi- 

 delia rubifolia Hochst. ex Rich. Tent. El. Abyss, i. 103 (1847). 



Abyssinia: Schimper 1169! and other collectors. Eritrea: 

 Pappi 286 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. Kew. Seriba Ghattas : Schwein- 

 furfh, ser. iii. 105 ! 1964 ! Hb. Kew. 



/S'. miniitiflora Mattel in Fedde Rep. ix. 346, from Italian Somali- 

 land, is unknown to me except from the description. It is allied to 

 the above. 



9. A. ALNiFOLius Radlk. in Engl. & Pi-antl. 1. c. (1895). Schmi- 

 delia alnifolia Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 422 (1868). 



East Africa : Mozambique, Forbes ! Tanga, Hoist 2091, Vol- 

 Jcens 95 ! Amboni, Hoist 2567 ! Hbb. Kew. Mus. Brit. Kitui in 

 Ukamba, Hildehrandt 2812 ! Hb. Kew. 



10. A. FiscHERi Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 292 (1897). 

 East Africa : Fischer, i. 308. Hb. Berol. 



I only know this species from the description. 



11. A. lanopus, sp. nov. 



Arhuscula 10-pedalis. Hamuli novelli ferrugineo vel fusco- 

 tomentosi. Folia trifoliolata, supiu prseter nervos glabra, subtus 

 praicipue ad nervos pubescentia, foliolis ellipticis vel ovalibus margine 

 integris vel rarissime hinc inde serratis terminalibus breviter acuminatis 

 6-10 cm. longis, 3-4-5 cm. latis, longiuscule petiolulatis (10-14 mm.) 

 lateralibus pauUo minoribus et petiolulis brevioribus. Fetiolus com- 

 munis 2-3 cm. longus, fusco-tomentosus. Thyrsi inferne nudi, 

 graciles, simplices, 4-9 cm. longi, laxiflori, foliis breviores, rhachi 

 pubescente. Flores mediocres in cymulas pauciHoras dispositi, pedi- 

 cellati. Sepala membranacea. Ovarium pilis vestitum. Styli 2-3 

 divaricati. Fructus ignotus. 



Cameroons : Batanga, G. L. Bates 209 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. Kew. 



