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Plectranthus leviculus, NV. E. Brown [Labiatae-Ocimoideae| ; 
P. tetragona, Giirke, affinis, sed humilior, floribus minoribus ¢t 
ealycis dentibus longioribus differt 
erba annua(?), 3-5-4 dm. alta, e basi ramosa. ami erecti, 
1-5-3 mm. diametro, ee ar eee pilis patulis parce pubes- 
centes. Folia opposita, 2-2-5 cm. longa, 1-1'5 cm. lata. 
rhomboideo-ovata, obtusa, basi in petiolum brevissimum cuneate 
attenuata, paucidentata vel subintegra, utrinque glabra. weed: 
numerosissimi, axillares, 2-5-4 em. longi, laxe 10-24-flori 
pedicelli calycesque glanduloso- -pubescentes. Pedicelli 2-3 mm. 
longi, patuli. Calycis tubus 1 (sub fructu 3) mm. longus; dentes 
superiores 1-5 (sub fructu 2) mm. longi; dentes inferiores 2 
(sub fructu 3) mm. longi, omnes aristati, porrecti. Corolla 
perparva, 6 mm. longa; tubus 3 mm. longus, basi leviter curvatus ; 
labium superum 1 mm. longum, erectum, subtruncatum, glabrum ; 
labium inferum concavum ciliatum 
ROPICAL AFRICA. South-eastern Congo : Elisabethville, June, 
1920, F. A. Rogers 26 
The numerous racemes and very small insignificant flowers, 
which seem to develop one at a time on each raceme, appear to 
be well-marked characteristics of this species. — 
Loranthus (Acrostachys) messinensis, NV. H. Brown [Loran- 
thaceae-Eulorantheae]; LZ. Kirkii, Oliv., affinis, sed foiiis 
— floribus paucioribus laxioribus ct duplo longioribus 
iffert 
Rami teretes 5-6 mm. diametro, glabri, internodiis 1-5-4 cm. 
longis, demum cinerei. Folia opposita vel subalterna, crassa, 
carnosa, glabra; petiolus 1-1-2 em. longus; lamina 2-5-4:5 cm. 
longa, 1-5-3-5 em. lata, ovata vel elliptica, basi cuneata, apice 
obtusa vel rotundata. Racemi 1-1-4 dm. longi, basi 2 mm. 
diametro, laxiflori, toto glabri. Pedicelli 2-8 mm. longi. Bractea 
1 mm. longa, late ovata, acuta, concava. Calyx truncatus, haud 
denticulatus. Corolla 1-8 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. diametro, 
cylindrica, obtusa; petala 4 vel interdum 3, libera, linearia, 
exsiccando aurantiaca. Antherae 8 mm, longae, biloculares. 
Stylus 1 cm. longus, 4-angulatus; stigma simplex. 
TrortcaL Arrica. North Transvaal: Messina, Feb. 1919, 
Fs, Rovere 22568. 
calypha multifida, V. LZ. Brown (Euphorbiaceae- Crotoneae] ; 
affinis A. Stuhlmanni, Pax, sed foliis anguste oblongis vel oblongo- 
lanceolatis, floribus masculis a flore feminea spatio longo nudo 
non separatis, et bractea feminea multifida differt 
perennis, monoica vel forsan -subdioica, Caules 
erecti, 1-2-5 dm. alti, pubescentes, e rhizomate lignoso orientes. 
Folia erecto-patula; petiolus 1-2 mm. longus, pubescens : 
lamina 2-7 cm. longa, 0-8-1-6 cm. lata, oblongo-linearia, 
oblongo-lanceolata vel minora elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, basi 
obtusa, inferne integra, superne breviter dentata, utrinque 
pilis conspersis parce pubescentia; stipulae subulatae. Spicae 
axillares, inferiores hermaphroditae et superiores femineae vel 
