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capsulae multo brevioribus crassioribus rectis dense subtomentosis 

 et loculis ovarii pluriovulatis diflEert. — Triumjetta Junodi, Schinz. 

 in Mem. Herb. Boiss. X., p. 49. 



South Africa. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! Monteiro, 40 ! Junod! 



Louren^o Marques (distributed as C. hirsutus, L.) 9 Schlechter, 

 11516 ! 



As this plant has several ovules in each cell of the ovary, it 

 clearly belongs to the genus Corchorus, and is closely allied to the 

 above-described C. discolor, from which it conspicuously differs 

 by the characters mentioned. 



1)54. Corchorus Kirkii, N. E. Brown [Tiliaceae] ; affinis G. hirsute, 

 Linn., foliis longioribus, sepalis multo angustioribus et petalis 

 ovatis (nee obovatis) quam sepalis multo brevioribus diflEert. 



Frutex 2-3 pedalis. Rami fulvo-tomentosi, demum cinerei. 

 Fohorum petioli 4-13 mm. longi • lamina 2-10 cm. longa, 1-2*8 cm. 

 lata, lanceolata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi rotundata vel cuneato- 

 rotundata, serrato-dentata, utrinque densissime velutino-stellato- 

 tomentosa. Stipulae 2-3 mm. longae, subulatae, caducae. Umbellae 

 axillares 4-10 florae, dense velutino-tomentosae. Pedunculi 2-7 mm. 

 longi. Bracteae 1-5-2 mm. longi, filiformes. Pedicelli 2-5 mm. 

 longi Sepala 6-5-7-5 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata, angustissime 

 lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, concava. Petala 5-6 mm. longa, 

 6 mm. lata, ovata, obtusa, basi in unguem brevem contracta, glabra, 

 lutea. htamina indefinita, 4-4-5 mm. longa, glabra. Ovarium 

 ellipsoideum obscure multi-costatum, puberulum, stylo glabro. 

 Lapsula 1-3-2 cm. longa. 



Portuguese East Africa. Lower 



Zambesi 



Kirk 



,wi* H i mandradenia ' Map/, gen. nov. [Connaraceae-Cnesti- 

 aeaej - nfhms EUipantho, Hook, f., sed staminibus epipetalis ad 

 S^ ™ Carn ? sas re ductis, f ructu indehiscente, pericarpio tenuiter 

 aistincta .' 8emme ariUo teUUi indut ° et end <> s Perniio osseo copioso 



■JSSEL^IS*^ posfc anth esin persistens, hand vero auctus, 

 TJr^tlJ- atm '- Petal(l lineari-oblonga. Stamina antheri- 

 carnn«if P oif opp ?. slta > Cllm totidem staminodiis glanduliformibus 

 exseX a n f nantla ' filamen ^ tenuiter filiformibus e flore 

 torn 1 „h 1S Parvis theci8 late oblongis parallelis. Garpel- 

 attenuatnm V 0v + 0ld ^m, tomentosum, in stylum filiformem 



Shte™ If^ l0bulat0 ; ovula 2 < collateral. Fructus 

 iZS obl «ngus, estipitatus, pericarpio tenuiter crustaceo 



indutum w . m Unicum ' omnino a riHo exsiccando tentti 

 im&rvo rrfvi a /°T ea % endospermium copiosum, eartilagineum. 

 tioS, X^^l Plani8 tenuib ^ V™* endospermio angus- 



H. Maniii, Stapf. 



demum gTaWis" 1 ;;^' T^ 8 S"** 1 ^ novellis fulvo-tomentellis 

 plicia, petf olo JL Ce , f USC0 vel cineraacente tectis. Folia sim- 



late tinSoblSl m l diUm articulat0 0" 7 - 1 cm - l ™%° suffulta ' 

 10-17 cm W* ft abru P<e longiuscule acuminata, basi obtusa, 



' v **» ow c ' m - tete, tenuiter coriaeea, supra nitida, 



