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into the upper half of the leaf and with 2 or 3 upper lateral nerves 

 on each side ; petiole 4-8 mm. long. Stipules 3-4 mm. long, shortly 

 hairy on the back of the midvein. Flower-clusters consisting of 

 numerous male and a few female flowers. Male perianth and unripe 

 fruiting perianth about 15 mm. long. 



Near P. ahyssmicum BL, but a much more robust plant. 



Droguetia debilis, sp. nov. Planta parva, debilis, caulibus tenui- 

 bus rigidulis inferne prostratis et radicantibus, tum ascendentibus, 

 ramis paucis debilibus, superne sparse hispidulis, inferne glabratis. 

 Folia alterna, membranacea, ovata, acuta, basi obtusa, margine basi 

 Integra excepta crenato-serrata, 3-nervia, utrinque viridia at subtus 

 pallidiora, in facie superiore cystolithis punctulata et sparse hispida, 

 infra in nervis tenuibus hispida : petiolus filiformis, hispidulus. 

 StipulcB scariosse, ovato-acuminatse. InJio7^escenti(B axillares ; in- 

 volucra androgyna gemina lateralia ventricosa, margine superiore 

 denticulata, flores 3 masculos et 2 foemineos includentia, in medio 

 exstant quoque 2 dichasia foeminea ; involucrum fcemineum 1-florum. 

 Flos masculus breviter pedicellatus, perianthii lobus medianus breviter 

 acutus. Ach(snium compressum late ovoideum, obtusum, atratum. 



Hah. Ruwenzori ; Mau, 7-8000 ft., Scott Elliot, 6799 ! Herb. 

 Mus, Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



A weak plant with slender wiry stems, 1 mm. or Jess thick and 

 10-15 cm. long w^ith a few short weak ascending branches. Leaves 

 2-2 "5 cm. long, 1-1*5 cm. wide ; petiole half the length of the blade 

 or less. Stipules about 2 mm. long, white with a green hispidulous mid- 

 vein. Inflorescence 2*5 mm. long consisting of a pair of androgynous 

 involucres one above each stipule, and a young female 2-flowered 

 dischasium on either side at the base of the undeveloped axillary 

 shoot. Achene 1"3 mm. long. Differs markedly from the nearest allied 

 species D. umhricola Engl, in the habit and characters of inflorescence. 



Forskohlea Eenii, sp. nov. Svffrutex (ut apimret) ramis tenui- 

 bus hispidulis. Folia petiolata, e basi cuneata ovata, vel interdum sub- 

 rhomboidea, apice subacuta, basi in petiolum decurrentia, margine supra 

 basin integram grosse et obtuse serrata, penninervia, in facie superiore 

 viridia, scabrida, in facie inferiore inter venas conspicuas albido- 

 tomentosa. Stipulce scariosse, late ovatse, breviter acuminatae. 

 Capitula in axillis ssepe geminata, sessilia, involucrum campanuli- 

 forme, ssepius 4-foliolatum, foliolis suberectis, oblanceolatis, breviter 

 acutis, in parte inferiore dense sericeis (pilis sa^pe viridescentibus), 

 in parte superiore dorso et margine hispidulis. 



Hah. Damara Land ; T. G. Fen \ Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Described from two slender leafy twigs 15-20 cm. long and 

 scarcely exceeding 1 mm. in thickness. Leaves 2-5 cm. long or less, 

 7-12 mm. wide ; petiole up to 7 mm. long. Stipules about 3 mm. 

 long. Flower-heads 7-8 mm. long. 



A well-marked little plant, characterized by its slender twigs, 

 small leaves, bright green when dry, and bell-shaped flower-heads with 

 erect bluntly pointed bracts. F. hereroensis Schinz, also from 

 Damaraland, is a much coarser plant with larger involucres the bracts 

 of which are sharply acute. 



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