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Stapf [Apocynaceae] 



Halt, t., simile, sed foliis hitioribus obtusis molliter pubescentibuh 

 corollae tubo intus supra stamina furfuraceo-papilloso differt. 



Frutec omnibus partibus molliter pubescens vel subtomentosus. 

 Folia linearia vel oblongo-linearia, obtusa, basi ma-is minusve 

 attenuata, sessilia vel subsessilia, 7'5-10 cm. longa, 8-12 mm. lata, 

 crassiuscula, glauca, nervis secondariis plane obscuris. ' 'uma 

 terminales, pauciflorae, subsessiles, albo-tomentosae ; brafcteae 

 lineares, 6 mm. Iongae ; pedicelli perbreves. Calyx 6-7 mm. 

 longus, albo-tomentosus ; sepala Ianceolata, subacuta. Corolla 

 rosea, extus pubescens ; pars tubi infrastaminalis 8-9 mm. longa, 

 infra stamina lineis 5 dense tomentosis notata, basi glabra ; pars 



suprastaminalislateinfundibiliformi-canipannla(a,intusfurfuraceo- 

 pilosa, 16 mm. longa,- squamae faucium sacculum obtriaugularem 

 formantes ; lobi late ovati, cuspidato-acuminati, 12-14 mm. longi. 

 Ant heme 6 mm. Iongae, caudis laxe pilosis exsertis 12 mm. longis. 



South Africa. Transvaal, without precise locality, Pod&\ 

 Bechuanaland, Bakwena Country, near the X mi name River, 

 1050 m., Hohib. 



895. Adenium swazicum, Stapf [Apocynaceae] ; A. Boehmiano 

 a tline, sed foliis mnlto angustioribus glabrescentibus, foliorum 

 nervis obscuris obliquis distinctum. 



Frutex caule ramisque (novellis exceptis) glabris, exsiccatis 

 albicantibus. Folia obovato-cuneata, apice rotundata, sensim in 

 basin cuneiformem attenuata, 7*5-10 cm. longa, 1-8-3 cm. lata, 

 subcoriacea, juvenilia molliter albo-tomentosa, deinde magis 

 minusve glabrescentia, glauca, nervis secondariis obliquis obscuris 

 3-5 mm. distantibus ; petiolus ad 8 mm. longus. Cymae ter- 

 minales vel pseudo-axi Hares, cinereo-tomentosae ; bracteae Ianceo- 

 lata, 5 mm. Iongae ; pedicelli breves vel ad 10 mm. Iongae. 

 Calyx 8 mm. longus ; sepala Ianceolata, acuminata, pubescentia. 

 Corolla rosea, faucibus purpureis ; pars tubi infrastaminalis 

 8 mm. longa, infra stamina lineis 5 dense tomentosis notata, 

 basi glabra; pars suprastaminalis 2'5 cm. longa, late tubulosa, 

 intus glabra, squamis faucium vix ullis ; lobi rotundato-obovati, 

 fere 2'5 cm. longi. Antherae 6 mm. Iongae, dorso pilosae, caudis 

 6-10 mm. longis obtusis. 



South Africa. Swaziland, Eathbone in Herb. Bolus, 6208 ; 

 Saunders ; J. M. Wood, 3511. 



896. Ehretia trachyphylla, C. H. Wright [Boraginaceae] ; ab 



E. BaJceri, Britten, foliis subtus scabris recedit. 



Arbor parva, ramis lenticillatis. Folia elliptica vel oblongo- 

 elliptica, acuminata, basi obtusa, 17 cm. longa, 6-7 cm. lata, 

 integra, supra glabra, subtus albo-scabra. Cymae laxe paniculatim 

 dispositae, terminales, pubescentes. Calyx glaber, 3 mm. longus, 

 fere ad basin in lobos 5 anguste lanceolatos divisus. Corolla alba, 

 5 mm. longa ; lobi 5, spathulati, integri, 3 mm. longi. Stamina 

 ad corollae medium affixa ; filamenta glabra. Ovarium ovoidenm ; 

 stylus subulatus, pilosus, 2-lobus. Fructus ellipticus, 5-costatus, 

 12 mm. longus, 7 mm. latus, pyrenis duabus bilocularibus nssus. 



Gold Coast, Aburi, W. H. Johnson, 974. 



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