Jfostiiea.] Lxxxvi. loganiace^ (baker). 507 



lobes oblanceolate, obtuse. Filaments pubescent, more than half as 

 long as the corolla ; anthers small. Fruit not seen. 

 Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Ef ulen, Bafes^ 3o2 I 



10. M. Zenkeriy Gily in Xotizbl. Kouvjl Bot. Cart. Berlin, i. 73. 

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

 obtuse, narrowed to a short petiole, 1-2 in. long, glabrous above when 

 mature, pilose on the ribs beneath. Cymes terminal and axillary, 3-II- 

 Howered ; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx -^jj in. long, 5-partite ; 

 lobes deltoid, acute, | lin. long. Coiolla under i in. long; tube funnel- 

 shaped ; lobes J-^ in. long. Stamens equal, more than half as long as 

 the corolla. 



iLower Guinea. Cameroons : YauDcle, Zenker, 211 ! 



Gilg describes the total length of the caly.K as 2'5 mm., of which the lobes 

 occupy ^ mm., but in a specimen received from lierlin the calyx is divided neiu-ly 

 to the base. When more material is accessible, this and M. Walleri, Hakcr, may 

 have to be united. 



11. M. Walleri, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 181)'), DC. A. much- 

 branched shrub ; branchlets slender, densely pubescent. Leaves oblong, 

 obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the. base, at most 1 in. long, hispid on 

 the ribs beneath ; petiole very short ; stipules small, ovate, acute. 

 Cymes mostly terminal, 2-3-flowered ; pedicels hispid, longer than the 

 calyx; bracts minute. Calyx hispid, J in. long; lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 1 lin. long, much longer than the tube. Corolla pure wliite, 

 J in. long ; tube broadly funnel-shaped ; lobes J in. long and broad. 

 Capsule not seen. 



Mozamb. X>lst. Portuguese East Africa : summit of Morambala ^lountain, 

 3000 ft., Waller I 



12. M. grandiflora, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 310. A 

 shrub ; young branchlets clothed with brown hairs. Leaves ovate or 

 oblong, rounded at apex, narrowed to a short petiole, A- J in. long, 

 glabrous above, slightly hairy on the ribs beneath. F4owei-s solitary at 

 the end of the branchlets. Calyx pubescent, | in. long ; lobes lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Corolla | in. long. Stamens subequal. 



X^ozaml). Bist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Lutiudi, 4000-5000 ft.. 

 Solsf, 3430 ! 



13. M. fuchsisefolia, Bakei' in Kev Bulletin, IHO'), 00. A shrub 

 li-2 ft. high; branchlets very .slender, finely pubescent. Leaves 

 oblong, membranous, obtuse, slightly pubescent beneath, cuneate at the 

 base, 1-2 in. long ; petiole very short ; stipules deltoid. Cymes axillary 

 or terminal, few-flowered ; peduncles very short ; pedicels longer than 

 the calyx ; bracts minute. Calyx ^V in. long ; lobes very acute, much 

 longer than the very short tube. Corolla pure white, A in. long ; lobes 

 J in. long and broad. Capsule with two suborbicular divaricate lobes 

 I in. long.— Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. GlI'J. 



