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v. patulis hirsuto, limbo 5-6 mm. lato lobis brevissimis suberectis 

 setaceo-apiculatis. 



Lagos : Ibadau, Foster, 157 ! Milieu, 100 ! Hb. Kew. 



Eeadily distinguishable by the rather long narrow leaves, and 

 hairy slender corolla with very narrow limb. 



12. M. obtusa Krause in Herzog zu Meckl. Zent.-Afr. Exped. 

 315 (1911). 



Aruwimi : Mildbraed, 3171. 



An undershrub, about 5 ft. high. 



13. M. angolensis Wernham, sp. nov. Eamulis dense pube- 

 scentibus, foliis ellipticis ca. 10 cm. x 6 cm. vix acuminatis basi 

 acutis apice subobtuso, utrinque hie inde pilis paucis hirtellis 

 prsecipue in venis conspersis aliter glabris venis secundariis utrin- 

 que 10-12, petiolo ca. 1*2 cm. longo ; inflorescentia densiuscula, 

 pedunculis primariis brevibus; calycis lobis breviter lanceolatis 

 ca. 3 mm. longis acutis, extus flavo-hispidulis ; corolla extus pilis 

 appressis nisi infra deflexis ascendentibus pubescente, tubo 

 angusto insuper parum ampliato 35 cm. excedente, lobis lanceo- 

 latis acutis 7-8 mm. longis patentibus. 



Angola: Long. 15° 5' E., lat. 12° 44' S., 4340 ft., Wellman, 

 1800 ! Hb. Kew. 



Near the Liberian M. brachyantha, but readily distinguished 

 by the longer corolla, &c. 



14. M. microdonta Wernham, sp. nov. Eamulis quadrangu- 

 laribus novellis compressis obscuriuscule appresse pubescentibus ; 

 foliis oblongis v. late ellipticis ca. 16 cm. x 9 cm., utrinque 

 angustatis, utrinque nisi in venis appresse puberulis subglabris, 

 venis secundariis paribus ca. 12, petiolo vix 1*5 cm. sparsim pube- 

 rulo, stijmlis caducissimis ; inflorescentia laxiuscula trichotoma 

 pedunculis primariis complanatis appresse pubescentibus 3-5 cm. 

 longis, bracteis parvis setaceis vix 3 mm. longis ; calycis dentibus 

 2 mm. longis rigidiusculis subpatentibus setaceo-subulatis acutis- 

 simis ; corollce extus dense appresse pubescentis tubo ad 3 cm. 

 gracili insuper parum ampliato, lobis ovatis brevissime setaceo- 

 apiculatis ; ovario calycis lobos duplo superante, densiuscule sed 

 minute appresse puberulo. 



German East Africa : Usambara, Buchivald, 431 ! Hbb. Mus. 

 Brit., Kew. 



15. M. polita Hiern in Fl. Trop. Afr. hi. 67 (1877). 



S. Nigeria : Calabar, Williams, 25 ! 26 ! 36 ! Cross Eiver, 

 Holland, 228 ! Cameroon : Efulen, Bates, 430 ! Lolodorf, Staudt, 

 351 ! W. Africa, lat. 1° N. Mt. John, E. Kongin, Mann, 1799 ! 

 Gaboon: Sibange Farm, Munda, Soyaux, 13! Hbb. Mus. Brit., 

 Kew. 



A glabrous, shining, spreading, or scandent shrub, or a small 

 tree. 



16. M. luteola Delile, Cent. PL Afr. Cailliand, 65, t. 1, f. 1 

 (1826). M. agyytiaca Poir. in Lam. Encyc. iv. 394. M. lanceo- 

 lata Spreng. Syst. i. 705. 



Mittu-land: Schiveinfurth, 2855 ! Nile-land : Freeman & Lucas, 



