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1 mm. lat., superiora + 2-5 mm. long. Paniculae 6-8 cm. long., 

 usque ad 10 cm. vel etiam magis diam. ; harum bracteae anguste 

 lineares, + 2 mm. long. Pedicelli + 5 mm. long., ascendenti- 

 patentes. Flores verisimiliter albi. Ovarium 1 mm. long. Calycis 

 lobi 1-6-2 mm. long. CorollcB tubus 2-5 mm. long., ima basi 

 1-5 mm. ore 2-5 mm. diam. ; lobi 2 mm. long. Stylus 3-5 mm. 

 long. ; stigmatis rami '75 mm. long. 



Nearest W. leucantha Engl. & Pilg., which is a stronger grow- 

 ing plant 30 cm. high, with a longer and relatively narrower 

 corolla, lobed to only one -third of its length. Its habit is that of 

 Sagina nodosa L. 



Sapotace^. 



Mimusops (QuATERNARiA § Integr^) Monroi, sp. nov. Ea- 

 mulis teretibus cito glabris cortice cinereo longitrorsum rimoso 

 mox circumdatis frequenter foliosis (novellis arete minute ferru- 

 gineis), foliis lanceolatis vel lanceolato-oblongis basi apiceque 

 obtusis margine cartilagineis coriaceis supra glabris subtus primo 

 minute ferrugineis dein glabris costis secundariis utrinque circa 

 10 supra vix subtus baud sine difficultate cernendis petiolis 4-5-plo 

 brevioribus fultis, fioribus pro rata submediocribus in axillis 

 2-3-nis, pedicellis petiolos saepissime excedentibus minute ferru- 

 gineis, calycis segmentis 8 lanceolatis obtuse acutis extus ferru- 

 gineis, corollse lobis 8 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, appendicibus 

 corollas lobis aequilongis iisque similibus, antheris lanceolatis 

 apiculatis quam filamenta pauUo longioribus, staminodiis lineari- 

 lanceolatis caudato-acuminatis quam appendices paullo breviori- 

 bus dorso villosis, ovario subgloboso sericeo, stylo crassiusculo ima 

 basi sericeo ceterum glabro. 



Hab. Ehodesia, Victoria ; Monro, 761. 



Foliorum limbus solemniter 5-9 cm. long., l-5-2'8 cm. lat., 

 pag. sup. olivaceo-badius, pallidissime nitens, pag. inf. viridis ; 

 costa media supra plana, subtus maxime eminens ; reticulum 

 segre aspectabile ; petioli 1-2 cm. long., canaliculati, ferruginei 

 cito glabri. Pedicelli plerique 2 cm. long. Calycis segmenta 

 7 mm. long. Corollae tubus 1 mm., lobi 6 mm. long. Filamenta 



2 mm., antherae 3 mm. long. Staminodia 5 mm. lon.g. Ovarium 

 2 mm., stylus 7 mm. long. 



To be inserted next M. marginata N. E. Br., which has terminal 

 inflorescences, longer pedicels, and staminodes only half as long as 

 the corolla-lobes. 



Mimusops (QuATERNARiA § Laciniat^) decorifolia, sp. nov. 

 Ramulis subteretibus dense etsi minute ferrugineis deinde glabris 

 (novellis ferrugineis), foliis quam petioli 3|-plo longioribus ob- 

 longo-ovatis vel obovato-oblongis obtusissimis apice ipso saepius 

 leviter retusis basi obtusis margine cartilagineis tenuiter coriaceis 

 supra glabris subtus in nervis sparsissime ferrugineis alibi minute 

 puberulis costis secundariis utrinque circa 15 (additis aliis ord. 

 tertiae his aegre asquiprominentibus) patentibus sub margine 

 eximie arcuatis, fioribus pro rata parvis, pedicellis in axillis 

 saepius 1-2 quam petioli brevioribus ut calycis segmenta minute 



