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staminibus triplo vel quadruplo breviora. vais glaber, stamina 
vix superans, apice obtuso. Carpella longa, glabra, 
atrocastanea, muricato-glandulosa. 
Sourn Arrica. Coast Region: Riversdale Div.; dry hills 
near Spiegel River, Dec. 1814. Burchell, 7205. 
A species with the facies of Barosma microcarpa, Sonder, but 
the umbellate disposition of the flowers suggests its approximation 
to the closely allied and scarcely separable genus Agathosma. 
1393. Kalanchoe Ellacombei, V. /. Brown [Crassulaceae]; affinis 
K. platysepalae, Welw., sed planta hirsutior sepalis acuminatis et 
corolla Sterne aero 
annua vel biennis, erecta, 3°5-5 dm. alta. Caulis 3-6 mm. 
craasiit “infaine glaber, superne pilis glandulosis patulis conspicue 
pubescens; rami oppositi, erecti, subparalleli, racemis —bifidis 
parallelis 5-10 cm. longis multifloris terminati, ee ae 
centes. Folia opposita, sessilia, 3-9 cm. longa, 0°7-3 cm, lata, 
anguste oblonga vel oBinsigo hance obtusa vel subacuta, integra, 
inferiora glabra, superiora utrinque glanduloso-puberula. lores 
alterni. Bracteae 3 mm. longae, lineares, acutae, deciduae, Pedicelli 
3 mm. longi, glanduloso-pubescentes. Calyx 7-8 mm. longus, 
4-lobus, plindaloto-pabarulus, viridis ; lobi 5-6 mm. longi, 2°5 mm. 
lati, ovato-lanceolati, acuminati. Corolla 4-loba, aurantiaca, extra 
glanduloso-puberula ; tubus 1 cm. longus; lobi 5 mm. longi, 
3°5—4 mm. lati, elliptici, obtusi, subulato-apiculati. Stamina inclusa. 
pe saara hypogynae 2°5 mm. lon oa ineares, submembranaceae. 
TropicaL Arrica. Rhodes and by the River 
Z aes & miles above Victoria Fa alls, Ellacom 
1394. Begonia (Fusibegonia) seme Sprague aes affinis 
B. Mannii, Hook. £., a qua foliis minoribus minus aeinns floribus 
minoribus, fests solitariis, iia longioribus rece 
Caulis her cet circiter 3 dm. longus, teres, sinditar 4 mm. 
diametro, pilis stellatis brunneo-pubescens ; internodia 2-4 cm. 
longa. Folia ovate acute acuminata, apice recurva, basi leviter 
inaequaliter cordata, 10-11 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, supra subopaca, 
glabra, laevia, subtus pilis stellatis brunneo-pubescentia, nervo 
medio prominente ; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 4, satis obliqui ; 
petioli plus minus rubri, 1 1-5-3°5 em. longi; stipulae lanceolatae, acute 
acuminatae, 1°7-2 cm. longae, extra stellato-pubesce entes. Perianthit 
segmenta saturate rosea, Cymae J ter bifurcatae ; pedunculus 
communis 1°2 cm, longus; pedunculi proprii florum 1 mm. longi ; 
pedicelli 7-8 mm. longi. Perianthii segmenta exteriora 2, elliptico- 
oblonga, 1°1 cm. longa, 5°5 mm. lata; segmenta interiora 2; 
oblanceolato-oblonga, 1°05 em. longa, 2°7 mm. lata, subacuta. 
Androphorum in toto vix 2 mm. longum, rubrum, parte inferiore 
stipitiformi 1 mm. longa. Antherae 15, inferiores sessiles, 3 
lo 
0°25 mm. ultra loculos producto. Flores Q solitarii ; pedicellus 
3°5-4 mm. longus. Perianthii segmenta exteriora 2, elliptico- 
oblonga, 13 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, extra parce stellato-pilosa ; 
segmenta ifteriora oblanceolata, 1°2 cm 
Ovarium 1°3-1°5 em. longum, dense stellato-pubescens, 3-loculare 
