30 NEW PLANTS FROM SOMALI-LAND. 



are connate above the middle behind, and spUt nearly to the 

 base with overlapping edges in front, form a bell-shaped in- 

 volucre with an entire edge, except for the short apiculus into 

 which the midrib of each runs. They enclose the deep, bowl- 

 shaped cyathium, the central member of a dichasium of which the 

 two lateral branches are represented by insignificant rudiments. 

 The cyathium closely resembles that of a Monadenium, but is more 

 globular in form. The truncate gland has a swollen margin, and 

 is interrupted in front, exposing the two anterior lobes of the 

 involucre, which it slightly overtops. The bracteoles included in 

 the involucre are narrower and shorter than its lobes, and much 

 fimbriated. The genus is nearest to the East African Monadenium 

 Pax (described and figured in Engler's Jahrhuch, xix. 126), which I 

 have not seen. It differs in its simple axillary inflorescences, 

 Mcmadenium having a much-branched dichasial arrangement ; 

 while the bell- shaped involucre surrounding the cyathium contrasts 

 strongly with the erect, stiff-looking, bicarinate structure of Mona- 

 deniwn, which is also described as having no perianth in the female 

 flower. 



Lortia erubescens, species unica ; foliis juveuilibus(?) crassi- 

 usculis sessilibus orbicularibus mucronatis, cum margine crispulo, 

 minute pubesceutibus, rubris cum venulis paUidis lineatis ; inflores- 

 centic^ pedicello subvalido quam bracteas campanuliforme, paullo 

 longiore ; cyathii lobis 5 subsequalibus, glabris, rhomboideis, fim- 

 briatis, quam glandula vix brevioribus ; perianthio floris 2 incon- 

 spicue lobato. 



Hab. Wagga Mountain, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. 



Leaves 17 to 18 mm. long, and nearly as broad. Pedicel of in- 

 florescence stout, a httle over 1 cm. long ; bracts 9 mm. long and 

 broad. Cyathium 5 mm. high; lobes scarcely 2 mm.; gland 

 2-2-5 mm. high. Stamens 2 mm. long, including the anthers 

 (•5 mm.) ; pollen shortly oblong, with longitudinal bands. Female 

 flower scarcely 5 mm. long, including the pedicel (1*5 mm. long) ; 

 perianth represented by a short shallow lobed cup round the base 

 of the ovary ; a few very short scattered hairs on the base of the 

 style and style-arms. 



Jatropha Phillipsese, sp. nov. Frutex velutino-pubescens, 

 foliis petiolatis, e basi triangular! trilobis, vel interdum quinque- 

 lobis cum lobis externis minoribus, lobis subpatentibus, obtusis vel 

 rotundis, margine glanduloso-dentatis ; stipulis purpureis setaceo- 

 dissectis, setulis apice glanduligeris ; dichasiis pubescentibus ; 

 bracteis ovatis quam foha multoties minoribus, margine glanduloso- 

 setuliferis; floribus breviter pedicellatis, sepalis S" late oblanceo- 

 latis, basi connatis, pubescentibus, externis glanduloso-dentatis ; 

 corolla campanulata, viride superne rubescente, lobis late spathu- 

 latis ; glandulis disci subglobosis ; sepalis 2 in fructu persisten- 

 tibus quam in mare majoribiis ; capsula oblonga, glabra, rugulosa ; 

 seminibus glabris, carunculo bilobo, lobis planis crenulatis. 



Hab. Wagga Mountain, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. 



Shoots thick, terete, striated, covered like the rest of the plant 

 with a dense short white pubescence. Petioles on the lower leaves 



