Holstia. 



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1-florae; pedicelli utriusque sexus zb 3 mm longi. Sepala q? 2 mm longa, ad 3 /4 

 longitudinis connata, ovata, acuta, extus longiuscule pilosa; petala obovata vel orbicularia, 

 obtusa vel trimcata, 1 i/ 3 mm attingentia, extus setulosa intus barbato-hirta; stamina 

 10 — 12; filamenta basi hirta; sepala Q inaequalia, 3 — 6 mm longa, lanceolato-ovata, 

 extus pubescentia, ciliata; petala 5, minuta, vix 1 mm attingentia, obovata, rotundata, 

 extus intusque pilosa; ovarium dense pubescens. Capsula ignota. — Fig. 22. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz. 



Var. a. genuina Prain in Journ. Bot. L. (1912) 128. — Folia supra pilosa, 

 subtus secus nervös pubescentia. — Fig. 22. 



Deutsch Ostafrika: Lofiafluss, Uferniederung und Bergabhang, 600 m (Goetze 

 n. 442!). — Shire Highlands, Ruo (Scott Elliot n. 8664). Sambesi-Mittellauf, 

 Boruma (Menyhart n. 794!). 



Fig. 22. Holstia tenuifolia Pax var. genuina Prain. A Ramulus flores Q proferens. B Flos <3 • 



C Flos Q. — Icon. origin. 



Var. ß. glabrata Prain in Journ. Bot. L. (1912) 128. — Folia glabrescentia. 



Ost-Usambara: Unterer immergrüner Schluchtenwald zwischen Lungusa und 

 Derema, 400 — 600 m (Engler n. 444!). Mozambique, Gorongoza (Vasse n. 440). 



2. H. sessiliflora Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLHI. (1909) 220. — Tannodia 

 sessiliflora Prain in Journ. Bot. L. (1912) 128. — Frutex ad 2 m altus; partes juveniles 

 pubescentes, mox glabratae. Petiolus */ 2 — 3 cm longus, pilosus vel glabrescens, limbus 

 6 — 10 cm longus, 3 — 5 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, subcaudato-acuminatus, apice ipso 

 obtusus, basi rotundato-obtusus, tripli- vel subquinquenervius, integer, supra pilosus, 

 subtus fere glaber, margine ciliatus, adultus in utraque pagina fere omnino glabratus, 

 membranaceus ; stipulae nullae (?). Spicae (j* elongatae, 7 — 13 cm longae; bracteae 

 3 mm longae, ovatae, longe acuminatae, hirtellae, bistipulatae, dz 1 cm inter se distantes; 

 flores qj 1 in axillis bractearum glomerulati, breviter pedicellati, examinati vaide juveniles. 

 Calyx in alabastro ovoideus, extus hirtellus; petala minuta, orbiculari-ovata, emarginata 

 vel truncata; stamina 8 — 10; disci glandulae 5. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Usambara, Buiti, fruchtbare Vorlandsteppe, 

 Unterholz (Holst n. 2377!). 



