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iiervia, ovata vel obloniva, aiiila vel subcaudalo-aeumiiiala, simpliciler argute dentala. supra sjnirse 

 pilosuia, subtus cons])icue reliculata, paice pubescentia, diam. fere 8-9: 4 — 6 cm; loliola iateraJia 

 brevitcr petiolulata. Inflorescentia sal ampla, panniculata, inferne foliifera, ca. 20—10 cm longa, 

 ramisereclo-patentiI)us, panniculatis, supremiscorymbosis; rliachiscumramulis cano-tomcntosa, falcato- 

 aculeala; i)racleae lineari-lanccolatae; flores parvuli, diam. vix 2 cm; scpala ovato-lanceolata, ulrinque 

 tomentosa, mucrone glabro instructa, post anthesin reflexa. Petala rotundata, sepalis paullo longiora. 

 Fructus e carpellis succulentis pilosis fere 20 compositi. 



R. myriantho similis, differt vero inflorescentia et foliolorum serraturis. 



Var. (?) adenocomus. 



Rami pedunculique copiose glandulosi, glandulis aequalibus; foliola brevius petiolulata, quam 

 in planta lypica, oblonga (ferc 10:6 cm), subtus indumento tenuis.simo lomenlello pallida. — Anne 

 species dislincla? 



In Gebirgen dcs tropischen Oslafrika, insbesondere am Kilimandscharo. 



212. R. ulugurensis Engler Bot. Jahrb. XXVI 374 (1898). 

 Diagnosis autoris: 



,,Ramu]is alque peliolis cum basi aculeorum novellis dense, adullis sparse pilosis; foliis longe 

 peliolalis, Irifoliolalis, subtus densius, suprasparsemolliler jjilosis; folioiis majusculis, Ialerali])us breviter 

 petiolulatis quam tcrminale paullo minoribus, late ovatis, basi oblusis vel emarginatis, apice subacutis, 

 niargine duplicato-serratis, nervis lateralibus I utrinque ca. 10 breviter arcuatis atque nervis II inter 

 illos obliquis cum venis dense reticulatis subtus valde prominentibus, supra profunde insculptis; panicula 

 terminali lolia longitudine superante, multiflora, dense cinereo-pilosa, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis vel 

 linearibus; pedicellis aculeolatis longiusculis; sepalis ovatis acuminatis cinereo-tomentosis reflexis; 

 petalis oblongis quam sepala Ho plo longioribus; staminibus quam sepala paullo brevioribus; carpellis 

 oblongis in stylum aequilongum attenuatis glabris." Frutex 2 — 3 m altus; petala rosea. 



Var. (?) adenophloeus. 



Infloresccnliae elongalae rhachis ramulique dcnse glandulosi; rami saepe subraccmosi ramulos 

 unifloros vel cymoso-paucifloros gerentes. Habitus R. SteudniTi revocat. 



Deutsch Ostafrika. Bergwald bei Lukwangula in West-Uluguru, in 2000 m Hohe. 



213. R. kingaensis Engler Jahrb. XXX p. 313 (1902). 



Caules annui ad 10 m longi, alle scandentes; rami novelli breviler et dense pilosi, adulli cum 

 petiolis glabri, puipurei, aculeis compressis apice leviter recurvis numerosis armati. Folia pinanato- 

 ([uinata; foliola coriacea vel subcoriacea, glabra, apiculato-serrata, subtus nervis prominentibus venisque 

 Iransversis reticulata; terminale ovato-oblongum. diam. 7—8: 3,0— 3,.5 cm, lateralia breviter peliolulala. 

 oblongo-Ianceolata, diam. ca. 5: 2 cm. Inflorescentia panniculala, pyramidalis, ramis mediis et superiori- 

 bus abbreviatis; bracteae inferiores trifoliolatae vel ovato-oblongae, superiores lineari-Ianceolatae; 

 pedicelli tenues, densiuscule aculeolati, flore longiores. Flores parvuli; sepala externc dense cinereo- 

 pilosa, lanceolata, fere 6 mm longa, 2 mm lata, in acumen purpureum exeuntia, petalis obovato-spatulalis 

 albis paullo breviora; carpella leviter curvata, compressa, minute cinereo-pilosa, immatura purpurea. 

 (Descr. secund. autorem). 



Indigenis audit: mloni. 



InternuHlius fere inter R. didijophyllum et R. pinnatum sed glabrior et inflorescenlia angustior. 



Deulsch-Oslafrika. In Schluchten der Yamiri-Berge des Kingagebirges, in 1700 m Hohe. 



