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Folia 15-30 cm. longa; foliola 3-7-jnga, opposita vel subop- 



positu. oblonga vel kmceohuo-oblonga, apice breviter obtuse 



acuminata, ban obliqrie cuneata petiolulis brevissimis, 5-9 cm. 

 longa, 2-3 cm. lata, praeter nervum medium supra puberulum 

 glabra, Inflon ntia circiter 13 cm. longa, subcorymbosa, ramis 

 et ramulis ut pedicellifl bracteis sepaiis capsulisque velutino- 

 pubescmtibus. Flores monoiei, in cincinnos di^positi quorum 

 flos terminal is femineus ceteri masculi ; bracteae ova tae, usque 

 ad I cm. longae ; pedi< Hi 6 mm. longi. Sepala 5. rarius 6, 

 deitoideo-ovata, 3-3-5 mm. longa, 2*5-3 mm. lata. Petala nulla vel 

 L-2, lanceolate, atrinqne dense pnbescentia, usque ad 4*5 mm. 

 longa, 1*5 mm. lata. <j : Discus carnosus, pentagonus, 4 mm. 

 irnetro, inius civnulatus. Stamina 8, in crenulis disci inserta ; 

 filaments rabulata, 5 mm. longa. Ovarii rudimentum 1 mm. 

 long u hi, pilosum. ? : Staminodia 1*5 mm. longa. Gapsula 

 immatora, ultra 1 cm. longa, stylo persistente 3 mm. longo. 



minci pilo u 



Lagos. Oloke Meji, Foster, 49. 



//. F( ri is known at Oloke Meji under the native name " Ishin 



Oko." Though obviously allied to H. zanguebarica, it could not 



be placed in any of the subgenera of Har pallia as defined by 

 Radlkofer in Engler & Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien, vol. iii. 5. p. 362. 

 A specimen was accordingly submitted to Prof. Radlkofer, who 

 agreed that its closest affinity was with H. zangaebarica and 

 H. madagascariensis^ and suggested that it should be placed in 

 the 8ul enus Maj idea, as the type of a new section. This in- 

 volves alteration of the characters of the subgenus Maj idea, 



which now differs from Euharpullia and Otonychium only in 



the hairy seed. 



Subgenus Maj idea, Radlk., emend. 



Flores actinomorphi vel zygomorphi bracteis foliaceis. 



Semina exarillata, pilosa. 

 Sectio Goniodiscus, Sprague (sect. nov.). Flores actino- 



morplii disco \ ntagono. Sp. 1, H. Fosteri, Sprague. 

 Sectio Harpulliopsis, Radlk. (sect. nov.). Flores zygomorphi 



disco unilaterali. 



- C i sect. Harpulliopsis, Baill. in Adansonia, 



vol. xi. 1874, p 248 ; Hist. PI. vol. v. 1874, p. 422. 



Spp. 2, H. zanguebarica. Radlk,, et H. madaqascariensis, 

 Radlk. 



985. Crassula Weissii, N. E. Brown [Crassulaceae] ; affinis 



C. flabeUifoli , Harv., sed multo minora, foliis subintegris vel 



obscure erenatis, floribus minoribus viridi-albis et pedicellis 

 brevioribus differt. 



Ihrha parva, tuberose. 4-6 cm. alta, omnino glabra. Tuber 

 3-5 mm. diam. Cau/is infra folia 1-1-2 cm. longus. Folia dua, 

 opposita, se ilia, tenuiter carnosa, 1-4-1*8 cm. longa, 2-2*5 cm. 

 lata, transverse subelliprica, baei latissime cuneata, integra vel 

 ob recrenata. Panicula e basi ramosa, ad medium bracteis 2 

 oppositis rotunda! (foliis reductis) 3-5 mm. diam. et superne 

 bracteis alternis minutis anguste oblanceolatis obtusis instructa. 

 Flores subconferta. Pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi. Sepala -75 mm. 



