NEW SOMALILAND POLYPETAL^. O 



Hab. Somaliland. Soksoda and Wagga Mts., Mrs. E. Lort 

 Phillips. 



C. Bracts broadly ovate or ovate, often very acuminate. 

 Loculi 2-ao-seeded. 



4. M. FERRUGiNEA A. Eicliard, Fl. Abyss, i. 76. 



Hab. Nile Land ; Mozambique District ; Lower Gmnea ; also 

 collected in Somaliland by Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. 



Probably identical witb M. veliUina Forsk., m wbich case this 

 name must take precedence. 



5. M. ACUMINATA Mastcrs in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 23L 

 Hab. Mozambique District. Occurs also in Matabele Country. 



6. M. FoRBESii Planclion ex Masters, I. c. 



Hab. Mozambique District ; Lower Guinea. Eecorded also 

 from Omatope, in Amboland (Jide H. Scbinz). 



7. M. Steudneri Schweinf. in Verb. Zool. Bot.AVien (1868), 672. 

 Hab. Nile Land. Bogos, Steiidner, No. 1162. 



D. Bracts lanceolate. Loculi 2- oo -seeded. 



8. M. iNCANA Heyne ex Wall. List, No. 1200 (1828), var. albi- 

 FLORA Hiern, Welw. Cat. 88. 



Hab. Lower Guinea, Mossamedes. 



9. M. CYCLOPHYLLA Hochst. cx Mastcrs, I.e. 

 Hab. Abyssinia, Schimper. 



10. M. ROTUNDATA Hochst. cx Mastcrs, I. c. 

 Hab. Abyssinia, Schimper. 



E. Bracts linear, subulate. Loculi 2-oo-seeded. 



Leaves oval, obtuse. 



11. M. ABYSsiNicA A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 76, t. 18. 



Hab. Nile Land; Somaliland. Occurs in the Cape Verde 

 Islands, also in Scinde. 



F. Bracts linear, subulate. Loculi 2- oo-seeded. 



* Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. 



12. M. soMALENsia Bak. fil. 



Hab. Somaliland. Sheikhusin, Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



* * Leaves oblong elliptical ? 



13. M. GRiQUENSis Bolus, var. /? virescens K. Schum. in Bot. 

 Verb. Brand. (1888), 230. 



Hab. Hereroland, Liuleritz. 



I have not had an opportunity of dissectmg this plant; the 

 position therefore is doubtful. 



M. griquensis Bolus is apparently identical with M. Rehmanni 



G. Bracts linear. Loculi 1-seeded. 

 Leaves oblong, orbicular or orbicular-ovate. 



14. M. Engleriana K. Schum. in Engler, Hochgebirgsflora, 303. 

 Hab. Somaliland. Ahlgebirge, Hildebrandt, No. 834 c. 



