500 Lxxxvi. LOGAXiACE,^ (baker). [Mostuea. 



acuminate, membranous, glabrous, 2-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed into a short petiole ; stipules very small. Cymes few- 

 flowered, terminal and axillary, shortly peduncled ; pedicels short, 

 thickened ; bracts minute. Calyx glabrous, ^ lin. long ; lobes ovate, 

 ficute, as long as the tube. Corolla |- in. long; lobes orbicular. Cap- 

 sule with two oblong divaricate obtuse lobes ^ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Camcroons : Bipiiule, Zenker, 849 ! 



ZiO-wer Guinea. Gaboon : banks of the Gaboon Kiver, Mann, 970 ! Mount 

 .lolni on the Kiver Kongue, Mann, Vlll ! 



6. M. Ijujsei, l)e Wild, d- Durancl in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 

 xxxix. 67. A shrub, ;3-4 ft. high ; young branches pubescent; nodes 

 swollen. Leaves shortly petioled, elliptical, o-4 in. long, acute, narrowed 

 to the Ijase, glabrous on both surfaces ; stipules deltoid, jV in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, many-flowered, shortly peduncled ; bracts ciliate ; 

 pedicels \ in. long. Calyx-teeth ovate-triangular, yV in. long, slightly 

 pilose, ciliate on the margin. Corolla-tube gradually widened to the 

 throat, |- in. long ; lobes semi-orbicular, yV in. long. Stamens 5, as long 

 as the corolla-tube ; filaments pilose. 



XiOwer Guinea. Lower Congo : Sabuka, near Stanley Pool, Luja. 



7. M. ulugurensis, Gilg in Enyl. Jahrb. xxiii. 198. A very 

 dense shrub, 2-o ft. high ; young branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate, 

 acute, tI-1 in. long, narrowed to a very short petiole, membranous^ 

 glabrous above, slightly pubescent on the ribs beneath. Flowers 2-4 in 

 terminal cymes ; pedicels very short. Calyx-lobes very unequal, ovate- 

 deltoid or lanceolate, pilose,. J-i the length of the corolla. Corolla 

 i- in. long; tube funnel-shaped; lobes suborbjcular. Stamens equal, 

 J the length of the corolla-tube. 



XMCozamb. Bist. German East Afi-ica : Usagara ; at Nglewenu in the 

 Uln^'uru Moinitains, -4900 ft., Siuhlmann, 8865. 



8. M. erythrophylla, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 117. A 

 shrub ; young branches densely clothed with thick yellowish hairs. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 1 in. long, obtuse, subcuneate at the base,. 

 glabrous, opaque, purplish when dried. Cymes lax, terminal, 3-7- 

 flow^ered ; peduncle and pedicels slightly pilose, the latter i in. long. 

 Calyx-lobes free, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, y\j in. long. Corolla 4 

 times the length of the calyx ; tube obconic ; lobes roundish. Stamens 

 5, subequal, half the length of the corolla-tube. 



IVKozamb. Sist. German East Africa : east side of Lake Tanganyika,. 

 Trotha, 10. 



9. M. Batesii, Baker. Alow erect much-branched shrub ; branch- 

 lets slender, densely clothed with firm white hairs. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, oblong, 1-2 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, membranous, 

 clothed with long hairs on both surfaces. Cymes few-flowered, dense,, 

 axillary; bracts lanceolate. Calyx \ in. long; lobes long, lanceolate, 

 densely clothed with long white hairs. Corolla white (Bates), J in. long ; 



