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359 
Kosteletzkya Biittneri, Giirke ex Buettn..in Wenhs Bot. Ver. 
Brand. xxxi. 92 (1889). 
Ti 4500 ft., 11 July; se ~ white flowers with pink 
ns, 1} ins. in diam., No. 4 
Distrib. Hate known only uti pier to the South Eastern 
Belgian Congo. 
Hibiscus articulatus, Hochst.; F.T.A. i. 200. 
Nabardo, 2300 ft., 20 May, flowers yellow changing to pink, 
petals twisting up closely after pollination, not seen open, 
No. 206. 
Apparently a rather variable species with a woody rhizome; 
distribution rather scattered and mainly in East Africa, from 
the Eastern Sudan and Abyssinia to the Zambesi. 
STERCULIACEAE. 
Melochia melissifolia, var. bracteosa, K. Schum. Monogr. Afr. 
Sterculiac. 43 (1900). 
Plains between Hepham and Ropp, 4600 ft., 5 July; stems 
decumbent, 1-3 ft., purple, pee leaves edged with red, 
and venation red below, No. 
Distrib —Upper Guinea and ute Africa generally. 
bebe americana, Lae K. Schum. Monogr. Afr. Stercul. 
5 (1900); Holland, 9 
aah 2200 ft., 2 ay high, flowers we” No, 471, 
Naraguta, 4000 ft., 30 June, No. 3 
TILIACEAE. 
Grewia mollis, Juss.; F.T.A., i. 248; Lior 106. 
Naratga, 3 ft. high, flowers yellow, No. 74. 
Distrib—From Sierra Leone across North mee ‘Alaa to 
the Eastern Sudan and Uganda. 
Grewia bicolor, Juss.; F.T.A. i. 248 (under G. salvifolia, Heyne) ; 
Holland, 105 
Mamu, 2500 ft., 11 May, a large tree 40 ft. high on hill tops, 
flowers yellow. Hausa name “ ee Dutsi”’ (or the 
rock growing Anogeissus), No. 16 
Distrib.—From Senegal to the Niger, i in North East Trop. 
Africa and the Zambesi delta. 
Triumfetta lepidota, AK. Schum.; Meprgne and Hutch. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxix. 245 (1909). 
Nabardo, 2300 ft., 20 May, large strong, as 3 pepere 
plant up to 5 ft., flowers bright yellow, No. 217. 
Distrib — Across the stitch country from the ae Coast to 
Niamniamlan : 
Triumfetta dubia, De Wild.; Sprague and Hutch. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. Bot. xxxix. 259 (190 9). 
Naraguta, 23 June, 12-18 ins., os Aspe brown hirsute 
flowers, No. 334; 17 Aug., ‘No oO. 
Distrib —From Tapoland to Pantie oS 
