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Nubia : Tzellemti, Mai Taclit, abundant in the neighbourhood 

 of the fourth cataract, Chiovenda. 



Remarkable, according to the description, for its almost 

 complete glabrousness ; as well as for being the most northerly- 

 occurring representative of the genus. 



8. M. Isertiana DC. Prod. iv. 371 (1830). M. macrophylla 

 Schum. non Wall. Beskr. Guin. PI. 118 (1828). M. Isertiana var. 

 laxiflora Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 393. M. Isertiana var. glabri- 

 flora Hiern in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 67. 



Sierra Leone : Don ! Lagos : Barter, 3236 ! Millen, 46 ! 

 S. Nigeria : Oji R, Kitson ! Brass, Barter, 58 ! Dejema, New 

 Calabar, Holland, 126! Bonny, Kalbreyer, 221! Eket, Talbot, 

 3000! 3124! Old Calabar, Holland, 11! Oban, Talbot, 2068! 

 Abbeokuta, Irving, 95 ! N. Nigeria : Bassa, Elliott, 94 ! Fernando 

 Po : Vogel, 226 ! Cameroon E. ; Mann, 2209 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit., 

 Kew. 



Of variable habit — a shrub or small tree, sometimes scandent. 



The very short broad calyx-teeth make this species readily 

 identifiable. 



9. M. brachyantha Wernham, sp. nov. Ramulis gracili- 

 bus pilis deflexis hispidulis ; foliis ssepius ellipticis ad 13 cm. 

 X 5-5 cm. acuminatis subacutis, supra sparsiuscule scabrellis 

 subtus nisi hie inde in venis pilis paucis conspersis glabris, venis 

 secundariis utrinque 12-15, petiolo ad ca. 1*5 cm. longo, stiptdis 

 lanceolatis acuminatis apice bifido ; inflorescentia pedunculis pri- 

 mariis ad ca. 2 cm. dense rufo-pubescentibus ; calycis lobis a basi 

 latiusculo lanceolatis acuminatis acutis ca. 4 mm. longis extus 

 dense rufo-pilosis ; corolla tubo vix 2 cm. longo insuper parum 

 ampliato, extus pilis nisi inferioribus nonnunquam deflexis ascen- 

 dentibus dense pubescente, limbo vix 12 cm. diametro patente, 

 lobis ovatis apice apiculatis acutissimis. 



Liberia : Gola, Begwai, Bunting 147 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 

 Near ill. landolphioid.es, but distinct in the short corolla, with 

 relatively broader limb. 



10. M. afzelioides Wernham in Cat. Talb. Nig. PI. 40 (1913). 

 S. Nigeria : Oban, Talbot, 212 ! 275 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



A climbing shrub. 



11. M. landolphioides Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex veri- 

 similiter scandens ramulis novellis pilis longiusculis ferrugineis 

 deflexis dense hirsutis tardiuscule glabrescentibus ; foliis ob- 

 lanceolatis v. ellipticis ad ca. 13 cm. x 5 cm. basi rotundatis v. 

 subtruncatis acuminatis acutis, supra hispidulis subtus nisi in 

 venis sparse patente pilosis glabris, margine ciliato, venis secun- 

 dariis utrinque ca. 12, petiolo ad 1*5 cm. longo, stipulis triangu- 

 lares apice bi-setaceis extus dense ferrugineo-pilosis ; inflore- 

 scentia densiuscula trichotoma omnino dense ferrugineo-hispidula, 

 bracteis setaceo-subulatis, pedunculis primariis ca. 4 cm. longis ; 

 calycis lobis brevibus triangularibus acutissimis extus hispidulis, 

 uno nonnunquam in laminam petiolatam aucto ; corolla tubo 

 parum ampliato 2-5-3 cm. longo extus dense pilis adscendentibus 



