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Leaves oblong, obtusely rounded or emnrginate 



at the apex, witb petioles l'5-3 mm. long; ^ 

 style divided nearly to the bose^ with A^ery 



smnll stigmas 



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M, angolensis 



1504. Metaporana densiflora, N. E. Brown. — Parana densi- 

 flora, Hallier f. in Engler Bot. Jahrb. vol. xviii, p. 93; Baker and 

 Eendle in FL Trop. Afr, vol. iv, sect. 2, p. 85. 



Tropical Africa. Uganda : on plains below Bulaiba, Lake 

 Albert, Daive 816; Busoga, Brown 369. British East Africa: 

 between Mombasa and Witu, Whyte; between Mombasa and 

 Takaunga, Whyte. Geinian East Afzica : Usambara; Buiti, 

 Hobt 2379; Buga, Hoist 3205. 



1505. Metaporana angolensis, TV. E. Brown. Frutex scandens. 



Rami graciles, minute adpresse puberuli. Folia alterna, sub- 

 glabra vel tenuissime odpresse puberula; petiolus 1-5-3 mm. 

 longus; lamina 1-4 cm. longa, 0*4-1-5 cm. lata, oblonga, apice 

 obtusissima vel emarglnata, basi rotundata, subcordata vel 

 subtruncata. Cymae vel panicidae axillares vel terminales, 

 pedunculatae, pluriflorae. Peduncull 0-3-l'8 cm. longi, graciles, 

 subglabri vel minute adpresse puberuli. Bract eae minutae, 

 1— 1-5 mm. longae, lanceolatao, adpresse puberular. Pedicel! i 

 2-3 mm. longi. Sepala 2 mm. longa, l'5-2 mm. lata, elliptica, 

 apice obtuse rotundata, subcoriacea, subglabra vel sparse adpresse 

 puberula. Corolla 7 mm. diametro, alba; tubus 2 mm. longus, 

 subcylindricus; lobi 3 mm. longi, 2-2-5 mm. lati, elliptici, obtusi, 

 patentissimi^ dorso vitta lata adpresse puberula instructi. Stamina 

 exserta ; filamenta 2 mm. longa ; antherae 1 mm. longae. Ovarium 

 ellipsoideum, apice penicillato-pilosum ; stylus fere ad basin 

 bipnrtitus, 4-4'5 mm. longus, glaber; stigmate minuta, capitata. 

 Capsula subglobosa, apice conica, 3*5-4 mm. longa et lata, e calyce 

 longe exserta, glabra, Semina 2-2"5 mm. longa, minutissime 

 punctata, fusca. 



Tropical Africa. Angola: near the Mossamedes Eailway at 

 between km. 106-5 and 108-5, Pearson 2388, 2391, 2813, 2903. 



1506. Acrocephalus triramosus, N. E. Brown [Labiatae- 



Ocimoideae] ; affinis A. snccisaefoUaej Baker, sed caulibus deflexo- 

 pilosis et bracteis infra capitulas mngnis foliiformibus conspicue 



differt, 



Ilerha 20-30 cm. alta, forsan tuberosa, caulibus tribus 



Caiiles (vel internodia) 15-16 cm. longae, triramosae, ramis 

 3-10 cm. longis tricapitatis, deflexo-pilosae. Folia pauca, sub- 

 sessilia, 6-15 cm. longa, 0-7-2-2 cm. lata, anguste oblonga vol 

 anguste lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, basi cuneata, subintegra vel 

 obscure dentata, utrinque sparse pubescentia. Capituli pedun- 

 culis 0-3-1-8 cm. longis deflexo-pilosis suffulti. Bracteae infra 

 capitulas foliis similes, 2-6 cm. longae, 0-4-2 cm. latae; bracteae 

 florentes 5-7 mm. longae, 4-6 mm. latae, late ovatae, abrupte 

 acuminatae. Calyx 1'75 (fructu 4—5) mm, longus, bilabiatus, 

 adpresse pilosus, labiis integris rotundatis. Corolla 5 mm. longa, 

 coerulea ; tubus rectus, glaber; labium superum 3-lobum, 2 mm. 

 longum, lobo intermedio breviter bifido dorso piloso; labium 



