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3308 ! Bket, Talbot, 3001 ! 3116 ! 3117 ! Old Calabar, Robb ! 

 Thomson, 86 ! Holland, 73 ! 81 ! Williams, 9 ! Oban, Talbot, 

 1050 ! Cross Eiver, McLeod ! Fernando Po : Mann, 60 ! Barter, 

 1232 ! 2068 ! Vogel, 67 ! Cameroons : Preuss, 879 ! 1165 ! Vic- 

 toria, near seashore, at 2500 ft., Kalbreyer, 71 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit., 

 Kew. 



ft l^evis Wernham, var. nov. Inflorescentiae indurnento oirmino 

 appresso, corolla extus sparsim strigillosa, appresse puberula v. 

 subglabra tubo latiore. 



Cameroons : Efulen, Bates, 219 ! Batanga, Bates, 437 ! Bi- 

 pinde, Zenker, 1151 ! Angola : Golungo Alto, Welivitsch, 1117 ! 

 Hbb. Mus. Brit, Kew. 



22. M. Holstii Wernharn, sp. nov. Eamulis sparsiuscule 

 minute appresse puberulis, foliis ellipticis utrinque angustatis ca. 

 18 cm. x 8 cm. utrinque nisi in venis minute strigillosis glabris, 

 petiolo appresse puberulo 2 cm., venis secundariis utrinque ca. 

 10-12, stipulis caducissimis ; inflorescentia laxa pedunculis pri- 

 mariis 3-1 cm. longis qua ramuli minute ferrugineo-puberulis ; 

 bracteis mox deciduis ; calycis lobis e basi latiusculo anguste 

 lanceolatis valde acuminatis 5-6 mm. longis, extus rufo-sericeo- 

 strigillosis, insuper glabratis ; corolla tubo valido ca. 3*5 cm. longo, 

 insuper sub lobos ovatos breviter setaceo-acuminatos 6 mm. x 

 3 mm. ampliato, extus dense appresse pubescente. 



Usambara : Mtai, Hoist, 2470 ! Hb. Kew. 

 Near M. ulugurensis, but distinct in the lax inflorescence and 

 shape of the corolla-lobes. 



23. M. ulugurensis Wernham, sp. nov. Eamulis glabres- 

 centibus, foliis ellipticis ca. 12 cm. x 5 cm. acuminatis utrinque 

 acutis, utrinque nisi in venis minute pubescentibus glabris, 

 venis secundariis utrinque ca. 10, petiolo sparsim piloso brevi ; 

 inflorescentia densiflora omnino dense minute pubescente, pedun- 

 culis 3 primariis 1-5-2-5 cm. ; calycis lobis anguste lanceolatis 

 5 mm. longis in apicem subacutum leniter angustatis, v. uno in 

 laminam petiolo raro 7-8 mm. excedente dilatato; corollce extus 

 dense pubescentis tubo validiusculo insuper leniter ampliato, ore 

 5 mm. lato, lobis oblongis 8 mm. x 3 mm. acutis nee acuminatis. 



E. Tropical Africa : Uluguru Mt, 3900-5850 ft., Goetze, 187 ! 

 Hb. Kew. 



The affinity is with M. tenuiflora, but the new species is 

 distinct, particularly in the shape and indumentum of the corolla. 



24. M. conopharyngiifolia Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 

 104 (1905). 



Liberia : Sinoe Basin, Whyte ! Hb. Kew. 



25. M. Soyauxii Biittner in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brand, xxxi. 81 

 (1890). 



Gaboon : Munda, Sibange Farm, Sovaux, 8 ! 14, 367 ! Biittner, 

 142 ; Hb. Kew. 



26. M. erythrophylla Sch. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 116 

 (1828). M. fulgens E. Br. ex Tedlie in Bowdich, Mission, 374. 

 M. splendida Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 36, t. 13. 



