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-Fig. 3. A sucker of "Common Plum" stock, showing parallel, 



sometimes tortuous streak;, of discoloration. 



4. Fructifications of S. purpureum growing on a Living 



branch of Prunus triloba var. flore pleno. 



5. Fructifications of S. purpureum growing on a living 

 branch of Apple tree said to be " Bramiev's Seedling." 



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XVII.— DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: LXXII. 



1631. Kalanchoe densiflora, Rolfe [Crassulaceae] ; affinis 

 K. crenatae, Harv., sed floribus minoribus et cymis densioribus 



distincta. 



^ Herba succulenta, erecta, glabra, 0'5-M m. alta. Caul is 

 simplex, strictus, crassiusculus, subteres. Folia opposita, 

 petiolata, ovata, obtusa, crenata, viridia, 7-10 cm. longa, 6-7-5 

 cm. lata; petioli circiter 1 cm. longi. Cyrnae pedunculatae, 

 erectae, 3-5 cm. latae, densiftorae, in paniculam corymbosam 10- 

 12 cm. latam dispositae. Bracteae lineares, acutae, 4-5 mm. 

 longae. Pedicclli circiter 3 mm. longi. Calyx 4-partitus, 5 

 mm. longus; lobi subulati, acuti, 5-6 mm. longi. Corollas 

 tubus 1 cm. longus, basi ventricosus, superne tubulosus; lobi 

 ovati, apiculati, 3 mm. longi, flavi, margine incurvi. Stamina 

 inclusa. 



Tropical Africa. British East Africa : Limuru, 2250 m., in 

 short grass and bushland, ./. Z). Snowden 556. Said to be erect 

 or nearly so, 2 to 4 ft. high, and with yellow or reddish flowers. 



1632. Anisophyllaea tomentosa, Rolfe [Rhizophoraceae] ; 



affinis A. jruticulosae, Engl, et Gilg., sed major et foliis 



fere duplo longioribus differt. 



Ramosissima, ramis juvenilibus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, 



vetustis cinereis et striolatis. Folia breviter petiolata, elliptica 

 vel ovato-elliptiea, obtusa vel subobtusa, basi cuneata, coriacea, 

 primo dense ferrugineo-tomentosa, supra mox subglabra, subtus 

 tomentosa, 5-8 cm. longa, 2-45 cm. lata, 5-nervia, jugis 2 laterali- 

 bus prominentibns arcuatis et fere ad apicem extensis, venis 

 reticulatis; petioli circiter 5 mm. longi. Spicae axillares, 

 numerosae, ferrugineo-tomentosae, 5-8 cm. longae. Flovcs sessiles, 

 numerosi, globosi, ferrugineo-tomentosi. Sepal a late ovata, 1-1*5 

 mm. longa. Petala l'5-2 mm. longa, basi oblongs, apice in 

 laciniis filiformibus profunde fisaa, lobis invoiutis. Fmctus 

 ellipsoideus, sulcatus, circiter 2*3 cm. longus, 1'3 cm. latus. 



Tropical Africa. Angola: Malange district, Gossxreiler 1395, 

 1396: Bailundo district, Beugueila, 1630 m., Wellman. Belgian 



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Congo : at Katanga, Ringoet 56. 



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1633. Scyphosyce pandurata, Hutchinson [Moraceae] ; 

 affinis S. Mannianae, Baill., sed ramulis glabris cortice brunneo 

 transverse rupto, foliis e medio ad basin abrupte angiistatis 

 superne late ovatis et sensim aeuminatis differt. 





