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Var typica Hochr. var. nov. (Lebeckta sarcophylloides 
sensu str.) 
Folia minora 3.5-6.2 cm. longa et 0.5 mm, lata, fasciculata, in- 
ternodia ee caules angulati; flores in caulium apice numerosi 
et sufful 
Afr. ae (ERL et Zey. no. 1338). 
Var. major Hochr. var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis longioribus, 4-7 cm. longis et fere 
latis, quam in var. ¢ypica crassiori ibus, fasciculatis, internodiis 
longioribus, caulibus Se floribus in caulium apice pauciori- 
bus et magis distantibu 
Africa australis ae Fuller Aug. 1888), in Herb. N 
Bot. Gard.; id. ( Wolley Dod, no. 3466) in Herb. Kew. 
Except Ded xo. 3g66 all specimens of the Kew herbarium be- 
long to the variety ¢1fzca, but some of them are intermediate forms, 
for instance Burchell no. 720¢. The name carnosum is older but 
it was given by Curtiss to a plant which is not S. carnosum 
Thunberg; therefore later on an author was not bound to take up 
this name again in the new genus, because it was not valid. In 
consequence the binomial Ledeckia sarcophyllotdes is correct. 
MALPIGHIACEAE 
Hiraea platytriphylla Hochr. sp. nov. 
Caules tomentosi, sordide ferruginei, novissimi subtrigoni. Folia 
ternata; petiolus supra applanatus vel canaliculatus, ut caules 
tomentosus, in longitudinis medio, vel supra, stipulifer ; stipulae 
parvae; subulatae, tomentosae; lamina late elli ipt ica, pilosa, tactu 
velutina, subtus tomentosa et + canescens, apice rotundata et 
abrupte acuminata vel etiam mucronata, basi anguste cordata, quasi 
auriculas duas efformans; lamina penninervis, utrinque 10-11 nervos 
laterales praebens. Inflorescentiae axillares; umbellae plerumque 
3-florae in glomerulos vel ig oe aoe umbellae bracteis 
dentiformibus 4-6 involucratae. s longe pedicellati, pedicelli 
adpresse ferrugineo- sericei. alyx partitus, extus ut pedic elli 
adpresse ferrugineo-sericeus, ae glaber; sepala ovata, apice sub- 
rotundata, nec glandulosa. Petala longe Se eee amina sub- 
circularis, fere integra, oe Stamin 10, basi dilatato-con- 
crescentia, glabr ra. Carpidia in ist inc ee ae 3, glabra, 
in stylum, apice iGo a ee Stand bonoune terminatum, attenu- 
ata. Samara dorso cristata (crista parva laciniata) e utringue 
alata; alis duabus, magnis, semicircularibus, adpresse et parce seri- 
ceis, a subsinuatis. 
Petioli o.7-1.8 cm. longi; lamina 9.5 x 4.5-11.3 x 5.6-18 x 9 
