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ciliolatis pedunculisqne obscure minute tomentosis glaberrimus. 

 Folia glauca, oblonga, cum acumine ca. 8 mm. oblonga apice 

 obtusissimo, ± 10 cm. x 5 cm., basi obtusa vel subacuta, petiolo 

 7 mm. longo, venis secundariis creberrimis (4-5 per cm.) temiioribus 

 intervenientibus. Cymcd corollis exclusis petiolos subsequantes, 

 laxiusculac, pedunculis brevissimis ; calyx vix 2mm. obtuse 

 dentatus ; cotoUcb tubus viridescens pro genere pra^sertim in 

 alabastro validiusculus ± 1-5 cm. longus, lobi albi nonnunquam ad 

 7-5 mm. plerumque breviores, anguste elliptico-oblongi obtusi. 



Bitye : forest near Albimbili, February 3rd. Bates 701 ! 



The most nearly allied species seems to be C. cirrhosa Eadlkof., 

 but our new species is readily distinguished by the glaucous 

 leaves and relatively longer, less slender corolla-tube. 



Motandra poecilophylla sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis gracilibus minute ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosis mox glabrescentibus. Folia papyracea, oblonga, ± 11 cm. 

 X 3-5 cm., longiuscule acuminata subacuta basi rotundata, supra 

 l^viter glaberrima sublucida, subtus in vena centrali minute 

 sparsiuscule rufo-hirtella, necnon in ejus angulis cum venis 

 secundariis (utrinque 5-6) fulvo-barbata, alitor glabra, subtusque 

 discoloria conspicue reticulato-variegata ; iMiolus ad 7 mm. longus, 

 qua vena centralis etsi densius indutus. Flores albi, pro genere 

 inter minores, in thyrsis laxiusculis subpyramidalibus, ramula 

 terminantibus, ± 10 cm. longis, ± 7 cm. basi latis, dispositi, 

 ramulis tomento minuto ferrugineo plus minus dense indutis ; 

 hractecB inter minimas inconspicuse : calyx extus minute necnon 

 -dense ferrugineo - tomentosus campanulatus vix 1 mm. long, 

 excedens, ejus lobis obtusis tubum subaequantibus ; corollce tubus 

 subcylindricus sulcatus vix 2 mm. longus, extus qua calyx indutus, 

 lobi oblongi subacuti 1-5 mm. longi, utrinque glabri. 



Bitye : December 4th. Bates 649 ! 



Eemarkable for the variegated leaves, this species differs from 

 M. pjramidalis Stapf, its nearest apparent ally, in the relative size 

 of corolla-tube and lobes. 



ASCLEPIADACE.E. 



Periploca Batesii sp. nov. 



Gracilis, caulihus scandentibus sulcato-striatis, senioribus in 

 lineis duabus oppositis longiuscule pubescentibus ; folia late ovata, 

 basi auriculato - cordata apice mucrone acutissimo brevissimo, 

 7-10 cm. X 6-8 cm., utrinque nisi in venis sparsiuscule hirtella 

 glabrata, subtus griseo-discoloria ; iMiolus pubescens 4-5 cm. 

 longus. Flores in cymis multifloris umbellatis ca. 3 cm. x 5 cm., 

 pedunculis ad 6 cm. longis gracilibus glabrescentibus, pedicellis gra- 

 cillimis ad 1-8 cm. longis hirtello-hirsutis ; hractem setacese ± 3 mm. 

 longse : calycis lobi ovati acuto-acuminati vix 1-5 mm. excedentes, 

 margine ciliati : corollce extus minute appresse pubescentis lobi 

 intus glabri lanceolati apice subacuti 7 mm. longi basi 2 mm. lati ; 

 coro7icB lobi infra late ovati insuper in apicem setaceum desinentes, 

 totae ad 5 mm. altitudinis attingentis. 



Bitye : December 2nd, 1914. Bates 643 ' 



