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densiflori. Pedicelli filiformes. Sepala 4-5, valvata, lanceolata, 
acuta, recurva. Stamina circa rudimentum ovarii inserta, 2-5 5 per- 
fecta, 5-10 staminotiis clavatis circumdata. Flores feminei ignoti. 
A wich branched shrub, 3-4 ft. high, with a pale grey bark ; 
young shoots, both sides of ‘the leaves, peduncles, pedicels and out- 
side of the calyx all softly pubescent with short. spreading hairs, 
Leaves alternate, cee ents green on both sides; petiole 1-14 lin, 
long ; blade 4-2 in. long, 3-11 lin. broad, lanceolate to ovate, taper- 
ing to a somewhat obtuse “tide rounded at the base, subentire or 
with one or a few teeth on each margin, chiefly on the basal half, 
Racemes pedunculate, axillary, #14 in. long, bearing 2-5 crowded 
clusters of very small green flowers at the apical part. 
Pedicels 1—2 lin. long, hair-like. Sepals 4-5, valvate in bud, 4-§ lin. 
long, 4-4 lin. broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, very 
spreading, recurved at the tips. Staminodia 5-10, clavate, without 
anthers, surrounding the stamens. Perfect stamens 2-5, surround- 
ing a rudimentary ovary ; filaments about } lin. long, glabrous ; 
anther-cells nearly as long as the filaments, free to the base, some- 
what divergent, opening by longitudinal slits. Female flowers not 
seen, 
Kwebe Hills, 3,400 .. Lugard, 53, 94; Mrs, Lugard, 51. 
Acalypha ciliata, Fors 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 i Mrs. Lugard, 1844 ; Lugard, 154. 
An erect annual, to 15 in. high ; flowers green ; anthers yellow. 
Acalypha indica, Z. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,30) ft., Mrs. Lugard, 184, and 137—a small 
variety. 
An annual, to 12 in. high ; flowers green, and red and green, 
Ricinus communis, ZL. 
By the Botletle River at Sebituane’s Drift, and also on the 
Kwebe Hills, 3,000-3,300 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 1 
Found close to water, grows to 7 ft. high. 
Tragia cordifolia, Benth. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 ft., Zugard, 66 ; Mrs. Lugard, 61. 
HyprROCHARIDACEAE. 
*Boottia muricata, Wright in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 
Botletle River, Lugard, 13; Okavango River, 3 Bop va Lugard, 
2 
Petals white ; stamens yellow. 
ORCHIDACEAE. 
Lissochilus Wakefieldii, Reichd. f. 
Botletle Valley, 3,000 ft., Lugard, 281. 
Flowers yellow. 
*Habenaria Lugardii, Rolfe in Fl. Trop. Afr, vii., p. 228. 
Botletle Valley, See 215, 
Flowers white, 
