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et Bnrret, foliis longe acimiinatis, receptaculls multo minoribiis 

 differt. 



Frutex magnus epiphyticus ; ramuli angulares, apice circiter 

 6 mm. diametro, glabri. Folia oblouga vel oblongo-oblaneeolata, 

 caudato-acuminata, acumine obtuso vel subacuto 6-12 mm. longo, 

 ad basin obtiisum angustata, 10-16 cm. longa, 4-6 cm lata, 

 Integra, rigide coriacea, utrinque glabra et opaca; costa media 

 eupra plana, infra prominens et straminea, basi 2-5 mm. laja, 

 ad laminae apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 

 9-11, a costa subangulo 45° abeuntes, graciles, infra distincti, 

 intra marginem circiter 3 mm. conjuucti"; nervi tertiarii vcnique 

 infra reticulation em densum stramineum forniantes ;petioli 2-3 cm. 

 longi, subcrassi, sicco angulares, glabri; stipulae caducae. Recep- 

 tacula axillaria, pedunculata, OToideo-globosa, circiter 1-2 cm. 

 diametro, ostiolo prominente, glabra; pedunculi robusti, 6 10mm. 

 longi, glabri. Bracteae hasales deciduae, ad receptaculum arete 

 adpressae. Ostiolum poriforme; bracteae in receptacula 



descendentes,- glabrae. Flores 6 stamine uuico, ? sessiles, in- 

 sectiferi pedicel] ati. 



Cameroons: Molundu district, Mildhraed 4262. 



F. Burretiana, Mildhr, et Hutchinson; affinis i^. Mildbracdii, 

 Hutclimson, differt foliis oboTatis nervis lateralibus arctis. 



Ramuli obscure angulati, glabri. Folia oblanceolata vel 

 oblongo-elliptica, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi obtuse 

 cuneata, 5-9 cm. longa, 2-5-4-5 cm. lata, Integra, subcoriacea, 

 utrinque glabra et opaca ; costa media subprominens, ad laminae 

 apicem sensim angustata; nervi laterales utrinsecus 11-12, arcti, 

 a costa sub_ angulo 45° abeuntes, fere recti, intra marginem 

 2 mm. conjuncti, graciles, infra paulum prominentes ; nervi 

 tei-tiani cum lateralibus paralleli; veni inconspicui; petioH 

 --4 cm. longi, sicco nigro-purpurascentes, glabri; stipulae 

 caducae, lanceolatae, acutae, 6 mm. longae, carnosae, glabrae. 

 lieceptacula axillaria, geminata, pedunculata, globosa, 8-9 mm. 

 diaraetro, glabra; pedunculi 8-10 mm. longi, parce et minute 



Bracteae basales mox deciduae, ad receptaculum arete 

 adpressae Ostiolum leviter productum, bilabiatum ; bracteae in 

 receptacula descendentes. Flores 6 pedicellati; periantbii seg- 

 menta 4, luiearia, margmibus membranaceis; stamen unicum; 



puberuli. 



tilamentum breve, crassum; authera oblonga, vlx 1 mm. longa. 

 Achaema ovoidea, laevia; stvlus gracilis. 



Mildhraed 4611. 



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XXXII.-DECADES KEWENSES. 



PLANTAEl-il NOVAUUM IN HeRBAEIO HoHTII EeGII 



CONSERVATAEUM. 



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P tLhvJimf^ Palustris, Lace [Polygalaceae-Polygaleae] ; a 

 . triphylla, Ham., capsuhs valde nervosis distinguenda. 



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