TaBuLa 3015. 
LOEWIA TANAENSIS, U7rb. 
TURNERACEAE. 
L. tanaensis, Urb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxv. Beibl. 60, p. 2; 
affinis L. glutinosae, Urb., ramis et foliis stellato-pubescentibus sind 
breviter pedicellatis differt. 
Fruiex parvus ; rami teretes, tuberculati, leviter purpurei ; ramuli 
juniores Sante pubescentes. Folia obovata, cuneata, 3-5-5 cm. 
longa, 2-3-5 cm. lata, nisi tertia parte inferiore dupliciter crenata, 
tenuiter shaathacs utrinque stellato-pubescentia et glandulosa ; 
nervi laterales utrinsecus 5-6, distincti; petioli 5-7 mm. longi, pubes- 
centes. Flores solitarii, axillares; pedicelli circiter 3 mm. longi, 
dense pubescentes; prophylla ovata vel ovato-oblonga, pinnatifida 
vel pinnatisecta, usque ad 5 mm. longa, tomentosa, lobis linearibus 
vel oblongo-linearibus. Calycis tubus ce ricus, circiter 1 cm. 
longus, extra tomentellus ; lobi 5, oblongo-lanceolati, obtusi, 5-7 mm. 
longi, 2-2-5 mm. lati, pubescentes. Petala 5, obovata, re rotundata, 
circiter 10 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, glabra. Filamenta calycis t tubi 
basi adnata, gracilia, glabra ; antherae vix exsertae, a mm. longae. 
Ovarium oblongum, 5 mm. longum, apice contractum, pubescens ; 
styli 3, graciles, exserti, glabri, apice capitati. Capsula ovoideo- 
lanceolata, circiter 1 cm. longa, molliter SS oa Semina nomena 
obovata, leviter arcuata, utrinque obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 1-5 m 
crassa, soa eho sition: hilo subgloboso, arillo oblongo albo margine 
lacerato instruc 
Tropica, East Arrica: British East Africa ; : Tana itive, 
F. Thomas, 48 in itin. Denhardtiano ; Battiscombe, 522 
The stellately pubescent hae and leaves serve to distinguish 
anaensis from L. glu net a, Urb., the other known species of this 
of about 300 m. in hs’ oe hbourhood of the Tana River, British 
East Africa, and the latter in Somaliland.—J. HuTcuinson. 
Fie. 1, eS section of flower; 2, anthers; 3, pistil; 4, transverse 
section of 0 ovary; 5, seeds; 6, longitudinal section of seed; 7, embryo. All 
enlarged. 
