139 
2°5-7 cm. lata, coriacea, juventute utrinque grosse ine 
in statu ‘adulto supra glabra, subtus puberula ; sees: i 8-15 m 
longi, tomentelli vel pubescentes. Capitula 2- 4-flora sdnndillias 
5-16 mm. longus, crassus, tomentosus vel ssitiGtitel ; bractea 
spathaceo-cupularis, circiter 5 mm. longa. Torus oP ant 
6°5 mm, longus, cingulo villorum 35-4 mm. longo. Calyx sub- 
pies: 4—4'5 mm. longus, extus sparse appresse villosus. Corolla 
em. longa, densissime villosa. L. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, 
Enel. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105, partim 
TropicaL AFRICA. Eritrea‘ Bogos, Beccari, 82; Keren, 
on Combretum Hartmannianum, Schweinf., Hildebrandt, 517. 
Gallabat : Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2193. 
Var. nyasicus, ame le. 313, anglice ; a var. Sodenii, Engl., 
cul proximus, foliis angustioribus subtus pube persistente, petio. ols, 
calyce antheris longioribus recedit. 
Folia elliptica, obovato-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice 
rotundata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, rarius subcordata, 4—5°5 em. 
longa, 2-3°5 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, juventute utrinque grosse 
dense pubescentia, in statu adulto supra glabra subtus Pa cat te ; 
petioli 6-18 mm. longi. Capitula 3- 4-flora ; pedunculus 2-3 m 
longus, Sonnbepaité us; bractea spathaceo-cupularis, 1:5 mm. tra 
limbo horizontali foliaceo 0°5-0°8 mm. infra apicem inserto late 
elliptico vel suborbiculari 2-3°5 mm, diametro utrinque tomentello 
saepius munita. Torus calycecum elongato-cupularis, circiter 
mm. longus, superne glabrescens, cingulo basali villorum 4 mm. 
longo. Calyx subtruncatus, ciliatus, 3°5 mm. longus. Corolla 
circiter 5 cm. longa, extus parciuscule villosa ; tubus circiter 2 cm. 
longus, ampulla basali clavata 7-8 mm. longa inferne glabra superne 
longe pilosa ; lobi circiter 3 cm. longi. Filamenta 6-7 mm, supra 
basin corollae loborum inserta ; antherae 3°5 mm. longae. Discus 
3 mm, altus, leviter 5-lobus, lobis parce pilosis. . Dreg 
forma obtusifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partim, non 
SS in Eng]. Jahrb. xx. 105. 
PICAL AFRICA, German East Africa : Uluguru ents 
106! ot Goetze, 162 ; Kinga Mountains, Goetze, 1014. Nyasaland : 
Zomba, rine 154. 
Var. ovatus, Sprague, l.c. 314, eagle ee ENE ovatis, 
floribus eee villosis a var. Soden 
Folia late ovata, apice rotundata vel obusisima, basi cordata vel 
subcordata, rarius rotundata, 3-9 cm. longa, 2°5-6 em. lata, coriacea, 
juventute pilis verticillatim ramosis utrinque eae pubescentia, 
in statu adulto supra glabra, subtus grosse pubescentia ; petioli 
5-12 mm, longi. Pedunculus 2-5 mm. longus, tomentosus. Corolla 
circiter 4°5 cm. longa, densissime ferrugineo-villosa. 
TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Usambara; Aman 
Braun, 1092, 1970; Warnecke, 349 ; clearings in rain-forest, 900 "aa 
on Citrus Aurantium, Linn., Engler, 707. 
Var. foliaceus, Sprague, l.c., anglice ; affinis var. subcunerfoli, 
Sprague, et var. herenico, Sprague, a quibus bracteis foliaceis 
distinguitur 
Folia subséssilia vel petiolata, elliptica vel ovata, apice rotundata 
vel obtusissima, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 4-7 cm, longa, 
