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bus. Bractefe subpersistoutes, parvfe, ovato-acutna, sericeie, pedi- 

 cello adpresse puberulo triple vol quadruplo breviores. Pedicelli ad 



4 mm. longi. Rachis racemi pilis adpressis puberula. Sepala duo 

 anteriora baud coiicrescentia. Alae suborbicubires vel late ellipticsc, 

 8-9 mm. longse, 7*5 mm. lataj, nervis valde anastomosantibus, 

 parce ciliatfe. Carina) limbus breviter biauriculatus, crista magna 

 valdo incisa obtectus. Petala superiora subrhomboidalia irregu- 

 lariter sinuata, quam carina fere duplo breviora. Ovarium pilosum; 

 stylus vittiformis latus ; stigmata obsoleta, inferius medio tubercu- 

 latum, superius margine serratum, sub apice transversaliter in- 

 crassatum. Capsula alis brevior at multo angustior, oblonga, 

 leviter emarginata, ciliata. Semina oblonga, pilis adpressis sericea; 

 caruncula in semine baud equitaus sed eo supcrposita leviter tri- 

 loba et obtuse couica, glabra. 



In Africa centrali ad Stevenson Road, 4-5000 ped., Scott Elliot, 

 Ruwenzori Exped., 825G. 



Nomen in honorem cl. J. Britten datum. 



Affinis P. butyraceoi Heck., difi'ert caulibus minus robnstis, 

 glabris, petalis quam carina multo brevioribus, capsula angustiore et 

 semine dense vestito liabituque toto graciliore. 



P. ruwenzoriensis Cbod. Caules stricti, validi subtomentosi 

 vel birsuti ; foliis lanceolatis, acutis, superne rugosis, utraque facie 

 pilosis, ad 6 cm. longis, 12 mm. latis. Racemi tloribundi, elongati, 

 comosi, racbi tomentoso-birsuta. Flores magni ad 13-15 mm. 

 longi, pedicellis longiores. Bracteffi persistentes, longa?, lineares, 

 longe acutiB, bispidie. Aire obovatfe, basi attenuatae, nervis anasto- 

 mosantibus, subglabra) vel ciliata?, pulcbre rosen3. Figura florum 

 P. GoiiiesiancB simillima. Petalorum limbus breviter Imearis, ob- 

 tusus, basi in unguem subtriangularem dilatatus. Ovarium valde 

 pilosum. 



In Africa centrali ad Mubuku Valley, ad 5000 ped., Scott Elliot, 

 Ruwenzori Exped., No. 7543. 



A P. Gomesiana Welw. difiert indumento, bracteis magis elouga- 

 tis, ovario prorsum ciliato, foliis apiculatis. 



P. Elliotii Cbod. Folia lanceolato-elliptica, ad 2 cm. longa 

 et 8 mm. lata vel majora, apiculata, basi dlstincte petlolata. Racemi 

 floribundi, validi. Bractea) lineares patula) ad 8 mm. longse. Pedi- 

 celli longissimi sub fructu ad 14 mm. longi. Sepala dorso ciliata. 

 Alfe ad 16 mm. longje late obovatte. 



Affinis P. Gomesiance, differt bracteis longis, subscarlosls, foliis 

 apiculatis, semiuibus et capsula oblongis, a P. ruwenzorka Cbod. 

 floribus majoribus, bracteis scariosis, pedicellis multo longioribus, 

 foliis baud lanceolatis. 



Tanganika, west slope, Kiriba, Scott Elliot, No. 8237. 



P. Bakeriana Cbod. Caules crecti, sublignescentes, subvalidi, 

 stricti, ramis erectis strictis, parce bispidis, foliis linearibus, breviter 

 acutis vel obtusis, marginibus in sicco revolutis, ad 5 cm. longis et 



5 mm. latis, plerumque minoribus. Flores racemosi, conspicue 

 pedicellati. Racbis racemi parum bispida, striata. Bracteae per- 

 sistfiutes ovato-acutiB, pedicellis multo breviores. Sepala parce 



