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Hah. U^antk; Scott Elliot, 7531! Entebbe, Bagsliawe, 'JQ^\ 

 Mawokota at 3900 ft., Brown, 204! Ankole at 5000 ft., Dawe, 

 423! Kirerema at 4000 ft., Diimmer, 89! Kipayo at 4000 ft., 

 Dummcr, 979! Monbuttu ; Kiver Kussumbo, iSV/iit'ei'^r/ln'M, 3204 ! 

 Herb. Mns. lirit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Pouzolzia Batesii, sj). nov. Planta monoica 3-5-pedalis, caulibus 

 juvenilibus puberulis, demum inferne lignosis, ramis tenuibus, ascen- 

 dentibus, superne foliatis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ovata, 

 valde aeuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, margine Integra, 3-nervia, 

 in facie superiore sparse j^ilosa et cj^stolitbis punctulata, inferne in 

 venis prominulis breviter et sparsius pilosa ; petiolus tenuis. Stipults 

 glumaceie, ovatae, acuniinato-caudatae, margine spai-se et longe 

 ciliataj. Flores sessiles ad nodos glomerata?, glumeruli dense multi- 

 liori, androgyni, bmcteis parvis. Perianthium floris masculi alte 

 4-partituni, segmentis apiculatis, glabrescentibus ; fioris foemineai 

 superne constrictum, glabrum, quam stigmate anguste lineari brevius ; 

 fructii ovoideo-acutuni, nervis longitudinalibus inconspicuis. AcIks- 

 nium politum denium atrate brunneum. 



Hah. Canieroons ; Batanga, Bates, 214 ! Efulcn, Bates, 221 ! 

 Ngoko, Schlechter, 12729! Belgian Congo; Mongala, Mombongo, 

 Thniuier, 153 ! Herb. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Stems reddish brown and woody below with a thin separable bark. 

 Leaves 2"5-9 cm. long, -S-S'O cm. wide, apex to 2 cm. long, the basal 

 lateral nerves curving upwards above the middle with 2 to 3 lateral 

 nerves above on either side of the midrib ; petiole to 6 cm. long. 

 Stipules 4-6 mm. long. Fruiting perianth about 1*5 mm. long. 



F. fiuineensis Engl, in Schlechter Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 287 

 non Benth. 



This species has been confused with P. guineensis from which it 

 is distinguished by the narrower, glabrous, flask-shaped fruiting 

 l)erianth without conspicuous longitudinal veins ; also b}' the veiy 

 long-stalked leaves of the main stem. 



Pouzolzia shirensis, sp. nov. Frutex monoicus ramis cortice 

 tenui rubello indutis, ramulis foliatis, tenuibus, hirtellis. Folia 

 membranacea, breviter petiolata, ovata vel lanceolata, acuta, basi 

 obtusa, margine intcgra, ciliolata, 3-nervia, in facie superiore scabri- 

 dula. inferne venis tenuibus prominulis et sparsius pubescentia vel 

 ])rimo albido-tomentosa ; petiolus tenuis, pubescens. Stijmlce 

 brunneai, glumaceai, late lanceolatie, acuminatie, pei-sistentes. 

 Flores ad ramulorum nodos glomeratie, glomeruli ])etiolis breviores 

 androgyni. Feriautham floris masculi breviter pedicellatum, cam- 

 panukitum, ad medium 4- vel 5- fidum, segmentis ovatis, acutis, dorso 

 puberulis. Stif/ma longum, tenue. Perianthium fructu immaturo 

 late ovoideum, supei-ne constrictum, puberulum, nervis longitudinalibus 

 inconspicuis, ach;eni»un, leve, albidum arete includens. 



Hah. Shire Highlands ; Scott Elliot, SG79 ! Herb. Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Branches in specimen 2-4 mm. thick, bearing numerous spreading 

 leafy shoots 12 cm. or less in length with internodes 8-12 nmi. long 

 and bearing leaves and inflorescences at the nodes. Leaves 4-5-5 cm. 

 long, l-5-2'5 cm. wide, the lateral pair of basal nerves ascending well 



