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Named in compliment to Mr. J. D. Snowden, District Agricul- 
tural Officer, Uganda Protectorate, who has collected several 
interesting novelties in the temperate zone of Mt. Elgon 
1644. Mostuea amabilis, Twrrill iegdnistekel. ; species 
M. syringaeflorae, 8. Moore, affinis sed foliis minoribus, — 
lobis minus ciliatis, corollis campanulatis praecipue diffe 
Frutex parvus, 3-6 dm. altus (ex collectore), ramis atts vel 
junioribus adpresse pubescentibus teretibus Folia elliptica vel 
elisplicocovats, apice obtusa, rotundata val leviter emarginata, 
basi in petiolum pubese centem vix 1 mm. longum abrupte 
angustata, usque ad 17 cm. longa et 1:1 cm. lata, margine forte 
plus minusve undulata, nervatione utringue sub-prominente, 
supra viridia, costa. hirsuta excepta glabra, infra pallide 
viridia, costa et nervis principalibus leviter hirsutis ; 
stipulae interpetiolares 25 cm. longae, in dimidio inferiore 
late vaginatae, superiore aciculares. Inflorescentiae axil- 
lares vel terminales 3-4-florae; bracteae minutae; pedunculus 
57 mm. longus, gracilis, glaber; pedicelli usque ad 7 mm. longi, 
graciles, glabri. Calya 5- Ebsius, lobis oblongo-ovatis 1-5 mm 
lJongis 1 mm. latis apice obtusis marge ciliolatis. Corolla cam- 
anulata, 1 cm. longa, diametro basi tims, auce 4-5 mm., 
aurantiaca (in siccitate), lobis late mee ‘5 mm. longis 4 mm. 
atis margine minutissime ciliolatis. Stamina 5, subaequalia, fila- 
mentis 5-5 mm. longis leviter glandulosis. Ovarium subeylindri- 
cum, 1:5 mm, altum, 0°5 mm. diametro, apicem versus hirsutum; 
i. 
Tropica, Arrica. Portuguese East Africa: near the mouth of 
llen 90. 
the Musalu River, fi. Dec., i. E.F.A 
1645. Thunbergia (Euthunbergia) prostrata, Turri// { Acan- 
thaceae-Thunbergieae]; 7. primulinae, Hemsl., affinis sed foliis 
latioribus, floribus longe pedunculatis minoribus praecipue 
Herba gracilis, prostrata, caulibus teretibus, leviter diene 
tibus. Folia late ovata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, basi 
obliqua, plus: minusve truncata vel ecbcortnts vel ate 
petiolo 7 mm. incluso usque ad 5-2 cm. longa et 5°59 em. lata, 
utrinque leviter pubescentia, margine ciliata, costa et nervis 
pagina inferiore prominentibus, superiore basi,excepta impressis. 
Flores in foliorum axillis solitarii, pedunculo 8 em. longo aspero- 
pihescontet bracteae oblique ovatae, apice acutae, basi cordatae, 
2:5 cm. longae, 1°5 cm. latae, nervis ‘parallelis 7-9 ‘prominentibus, 
extra pubescentes, intus pluibrae. -_ Corollae tubus cylindricus, 
: m. s 
intus in annulo duplici ‘leviter puberulus, basi 3-5 mm. diametro 
fauce 5 mm. diametro; lobi 5, inter se subaequales, 8 mm. longi, 
1 em. lati, flavi. Stamina 4, filamentis duobus 6 mm. longis, 
duobus 3-5 mm. longis, basi pubescentibus ; antherae 3 mm. longae, 
thecis ping t calcaratis ;. pollinis granula sploarolael, 
95 p diametro. Discus annularis, Inconsprcuus- Ovarium ovol- 
deum, baateraliter compressum, 3 mm. altum, 2-5 mm. diametro, 
