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dorso in parte media dense villosae. Sepala 4, anguste linearia 
vel oblanceolata, 4-5 mm. longa, extra dense villosa. Petala 
triloba, linearia, 5-5 mm. longa, 0-75 mm. lata. Filamenta 5 mm. 
longa, teretia; antherae lineares, 1-25 mm. longae. Ovariwm 
2 mm. longum, 1 mm. diametro, ellipsoideum, superne dense 
villosum, 2-loculare, ovulis solitariis pendulis; styli 1-2, 4 mm: 
longi, teretes, a basi liberi, stigmate simplici. Fructus immaturi 
3-5 mm. longi, 1-5 mm. diametro, ellipsoidei. 
South Arrica. Caledon Division: Hottentots Holland 
Mountains, a Hang Klip, April 1922, 7. P. Stokoe in S. Afr. 
Nat. Herb. 
1676. aan Dawei, Hutchinson {Rubiaceae-Mussaen- 
deae]; affinis M. angolensi, Wernham, sed nervis lateralibus 
numerosioribus, pedunculis multo longioribus corollae pilis 
omnibus ascendentibus, calycis lobo petaloideo multo majore— 
differt. 
Frutex speciosus; rami laxe foliati, teretes, brunnei, rufo- 
hispido-pubescentes, internodiis 2-5-3-5 em. longis. Folia late 
elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi brevissime cuneata, 9-14 cm. 
longa, 5-6 cm. lata, chartacea, integra, utrinque sparse hispida ; 
_ costa supra dense hispida, infra prominens et setulosa et minute 
puberula; nervi laterales utrinsecus 15-16, infra conspicui, a 
costa sub angulo 65° abeuntes; petioli 1 cm. longi, rufo-pube- 
scentes; stipulae parvae, triangulares, dense villosae. Cymae 
terminales, laxiflorae; cymulae pedunculatae, circiter 9-florae, 
pedunculis circiter 3 cm. longis rufo-hirsutis. Flores subsessiles. 
Receptaculum oblongo-obconicum, dense tomentosum. Calycis 
dentes triangulares, 1-75 mm. longi, tomentosi, uno magno 
petaloideo ovato-orbiculari breviter acute acuminato albo circiter 
8 cm. longo et 6-5-9 em. lato. Corolla 3-5-4 em. longa; tubus 
suber indicicns. utrinque dense rufo-tomentosus, superne circiter 
2-5 mm. diametro; lobi 5, ovati, acute acuminati, 6 mm. longi, 
3-5 mm. lati, intra strigilloso-pubescentes. Fructus non visus. 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Angola: Portuguese Congo; handsome 
shrub on the so He the Quissanga Islands, Lower Congo River, 
1921, M. T. Dawe 
1677. nactee termedia, Hutchinson et Phillips [Com- 
i iiley paler ions affinis P. onobromoidi, DC., et P. punc- 
tatae, Phillips, ab illa foliis et capitulis multo minoribus, ab hac 
foliis altebiis ramulis glabris differt 
Frutex circiter 30 em. altus ; rami breves, glabri. Folia 
alterna, carnosa, lineari-oblonga, apice rotundata, 0-4-1 em. 
longa, 1-5-2 mm. lata, breviter setuloso-ciliata, glabra. Capitula 
solitaria, terminalia, plus minusve urceolata, circiter 1-5 cm. 
longa, fere 1 cm. diametro, circiter 30-flora. Involucri bracteae 
5--6-seriatae, superne incrassatae, marginibus anguste lacerato- 
membranaceis, exterioribus oblongo- -ellipticis apice rotundatis 
mm. longis 5°5 mm. latis, interioribus 1-1-2 em. longis, 
3 mm. latis obtusis. Receptaculum 5 mm. diametro, foveolatum. 
Corollae tubus 7 mm. longus, superne leviter ampliatus, lobis 
