Mostuea.] lxxxvi. LOGAxiACEiE (baker). 505 



Leaves small, stroiif^ly ciliate 22. M. gahonica. 



Leaves large, not ciliate. 



Corolla 4 in. long 23. M. Hchweinfurthii. 



Corolla ^ in. long 2-4. 3f. anr/oiana. 



Calyx-lobes linear, very unequal .... 25. M. poggeana, 



1. M. microphylla, Gilg in Enyl. Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 310. A 

 shrub ; young branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 subacute, petioled, chartaceous, glabrous, ^ in. long. Cymes 4-7- 

 flowered, terminal ; pedicels i-i in. long. Calyx campanulate, gla- 

 brous, yV in. long ; lolies acute. Corolla J in. long. * 



XMEozainb. 3>l8t. German East Africa: Usannno; Kiseiawe (Kiserawa), 

 1000 ft., Stuhlmajin, 6172. 



2. M. penduliflora, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xx'm. 108. A shrub; 

 young branchlets hispid. Leaves obovate, }-l in. long, rounded at the 

 base, narrowed to a petiole ^^-^ in. long, membranous, glabrous, 

 opaque. Flowers solitary, axillary, pendulous ; pedicels slender, 1 in. 

 or more long. Calyx-segments nearly free, equal, ovate, acute, slightly 

 hispid. Corolla white, J- J in. long; lobes broadly ovate. Stamens 

 subequal, nearly as long as the corolla. ^Capsule pendulous or sub- 

 erect. 



South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda; in fore-t by the Lulua Klver, 

 Fogge,886, 1129. 



3. M. BrunoniSy Bidr. in Vidensk. Meddel. Xat. Foren. Kjob. 185:>, 

 87. A shrub; branchlets smooth with very short internodes. Leaves 

 very shortly petioled, obovate, rarely ovate, 1 in. long, \ in. broad, 

 narrowly revoiute at the edges, pubescent only on the midrib above 

 and principal veins beneath. Peduncle slender ; pedicels and flowers 

 glabrous. Calyx ^^ in. long ; lobes ovate. Corolla \ in. long ; lobes 

 orbicular, \ the length of the tube. Pericarp parchment-like, brown, 

 subpuberulous. Seeds brown, opaque; testa fragile. 



XiOwer Cruinea. Lower Congo, Smith. Tondoa, JBuffner, 400, 401. 

 JMCozamb. Hist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte. 

 This species is the type ot the genus. 



4. M. Thomsouiy Benth, in Hook. Ic. PI. sub t. IIOG. A shrub ; 

 branchlets slender, obscurely pubescent. Leaves ovate, obtuse, about 

 1 in. long, cuneate at the base, glabrous; petiole very short; stipules 

 very small. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, shortly peduncled ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts minute. Calyx yV in. long ; lobes ovate, acute, aa 

 long as the tube. Corolla \-\ in. long ; lobes orbicular. Capsule with 

 two divaricate oblong lobes. — Leptocktdua Thomsoni^ Oliver in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. viii. 160, t. 12, fig. 3. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar, Thomson, 44 ! 



5. M. Buchholzii, Evgl in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 330. A shrub 

 4-5 ft. high ; branchlets very slender, slightly hairy. Leaves oblong, 



