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ovatis fere usque medium in segmenta 2 anguste linearia divisis 

 microscopice puberulis ; floribus parvis breviter pedicellatis 

 in paniculam cymosam subracemiformem foliis breviorem vel 

 tandem subaequilongam minute pubescentem postea fere 

 glabram digestis cymulis pro verticello 3-4 pedunculatis 

 paucifloris ; ovario eylindrico quam calyx cupularis 5-dentatus. 

 paullulum longiore ; corolla parva extus glabra intus in 

 faucibus dense albo-lanata lobis 5 late oblongis obtusis quam 

 tubus paullo brevioribus ; antheris faucibus uisertis vix 

 exsertis ; disco optime prominente ; stylo glabro ramis obtusis 

 microscopice papillosis ; fructu late ovoideo calyce coronato 

 cocco utroque facile partibili dorso alte 4-sulcato glabro. 



Sapphire Creek (No. 135). 



Folia 22-24 x 34-4 cm., in sicco grisea ; petioli lati, 

 5 mm. long. Stipulae 2-2 cm. long, (segmentis 1 cm. inclusis). 

 Inflorescentia spec, alterius floriferi nobis obvii nondum 

 profecto evoluta 7 cm. long., spec, alterius fructificantis 20 cm., 

 hujus pedunculus vix 10 cm. long., rami primarii patentes 

 cymulas sustinentes i 1 cm. long. ; pedicelli sub floribus 

 ovario circa sequilongi quam fructus vero plane breviores. 

 Ovarium 75 mm., calyx 5 mm. long. CoroUae albae tubus 

 25 mm., lobi 2 mm. long. Stylus 22 mm. hujus rami '4 mm. 

 long. Fructus albus, 5 mm. long. 



The foliage and stipules are the chief characters of this 

 distinct species. 



P. mafuluensis S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Arbuscula glabra ; ramuUs validis compressis longitror- 

 sum paucisulcatis ; foliis majusculis petiolatis oblongo-obovatis 

 apice subito cuspidato-acuminatis (acumine brevi acuto) basi 

 cuneatis pergamaceis costis lateralibus pag. inf. optime 

 eminentibus utrmque circa 20 a costa medio angulo fere 

 recto abeuntibus leviter arcuatis ; stipulw late obovatis apice 

 (amie semper ?) bidentatis dentibus triangularibus obtusis ; 

 paniculce terminali folia excedente laxe aperteque pauciramosa 

 pedunculo valido compresso cymulis patentibus pro verticillo 

 2-3 laxe paucifloris ramis teneris insidentibus ; floribus parvis 

 pedicellatis ; ovario turbinate calyce eupulari medium usque 

 5-lobo longiore ; corollce parvse triente sup. in lobos 5 late 

 oblongos obtusos divisse tubo eylindrico intus villoso ; antheris 

 subsessUibus subexsertis ; disco prominente ; styli inclusi. 

 ramis obtusiusculis ; fructu adhuc valde crudo ovoideo calyce 

 discoque onusto. 



Mafulu (No. 416). 



