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exceptis glabra, ramis junioribus gracilibus flexuosis lon^is ope 

 radiculofum substrate affixis, vetustis grosse 5-sulcatis cortice^pallido, 

 foliis rotundato-ovatis vel ellipticis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis' 

 breviter acuminatis, subquintuplinerviis, sicco nigricantibus, umbellis 

 ex axiUis fohorum longe vel brevius pedunculatis 2-8-floris pedicellis 

 longiusculis crassiusculis, calyce obconico, petalis in alabastris in 

 conum_ breveni acutum contortis oblongis, staminibus 4 episepalis, 

 antheris lanceolatis subrostratis, connectivo basi haud producto antice 

 bilobo lobis subulatis postice triangulari-calcarato, ovario vertice 

 glabro haud producto ope septorum 4 cum tubo calycino connate. 



r^^n""' /xT°To^o; ^^™^^^' Heccari {-No. 304); m^^h, Ilav Hand and 

 C. Hose (No. 2.33). 



Folia ad 3 poll longa, ad IL poll, lata ; petiolus f-U poll, longus. 

 Pedunculns |-2 poll ongus ; pediceUi ^-| poll, longi. Caivx 3^-4 

 bn. longus. Fetala 5 lin. longa. J 2 



H. Forbssii, Stapf {sp. nov.) ; partibus juve ilibus ferrugineo- 

 furfuraceis exceptis glabra, ramis flexuosis vetustis verrucosis grosse 

 4-sulcatis, folus rotundato-ellipticis basi rotundatis apice obtusts vel 

 apiculatis 5-plinervns umbellis in ligno vetusto pluribus e ramis | 

 abbteviatis g oboso-nodosis breviter pedunculatis paueifloris, pedicellis - 

 iongis gracilibus, calyce quadrangulari-campanulati limbo subpatulari, * 

 fn!:T -l TF-vT^'^'l^' ^*f™inibus 8 valde in^qualibus, episepalis 

 intfoP h-l'J ri • ^ r -^ ^- '^.f ^' linearibus connectivo bak producto 

 vTu. \iT f j^^^^^r^-oblongis postice tri^xngulari-calcarito. ej.!- 



tTvo t.r>, r ^ fT ""'''' °^"^"^ ^^^^'1^^ ^^^--S^^ erostrls connic 

 c dcara . nv ^'^^T'" ""^f ^'^'^' '°^^^ HnearibSs postice breviter 

 :a1;:LTcornr. ^'"'"^ ^'^'^-^ ^""^^^^^^ ^^^ --P^--- ^ cum tubo 



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Folia ad 3 poll longa, ad 2 poll lata; petiulus 1-} poll lonsus. 



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Tiz^"^ Iwl'^r''' "^'''1^'^^ was placed by Cogniaux in iJ^Wo/m'^.- 

 wi;/ R] ^ ?T')^^~*'*^'^^^.'' ^^'^^ ^- P^^nctulata, Hook, fil., T?- 

 ITect and no I f/ f ""*^^^^^^' ^aud., plants of an e^tiivlv diBerent 

 SCLk\ i " /^F- ''^ representatives of the genus Dissoclu.ta. 

 Srbab?* ? ^m/..p^tn.rn. differs from ihem in its scandent or 

 brar c^Ls^^^^^^^^ flexuose stem and the long, slender, aud wavy 



iSh Teats °tbr;"'^^ '"^ ^.^^'^^ ^' ^"PP'^^^^ themselves ; in the 

 Ind i^ the Sit « 1^'''''''-^'^^^' "^ ^^"^h are few and obscure; 

 -enerallv reduced Tn ,? P°«''"^ ^^ '^'^ inflorescences, which are 

 Cei mi'htl f ^""'^^''^fy ^T''^- The general stru turc of tl.e 

 tZs Xre tit It ^'^''''^'':!^:}>^\ I do not know any species of this 



fesrcamnanul P^' '' '? '^"'^^''r^^^ "^'^•°"^^*^» ' ^^ i-'^ always more or 

 less campauulate or ovoid, and becomes soon constricted Ibove the 



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