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genus Osmzanthus. Schlechter’s figure also shows that the petals 
are imbricate in the bud. 
MENTHACEAE 
PROSTANTHERA MARIFOLIA R. Br. Prod. 509; Benth. 
1. Austr. 5: 98 
Bentham says in the analytical key of the genus, for the group to 
which this species belongs: ‘‘leaves not rugose.” I wish to call 
attention to it, because it is an obvious error which may lead to false 
naming. All specimens of this species in the Kew herbarium, and 
especially the type, are very rugose. They were all named by 
Bentham so that there is surely an error in the wording of the 
description, which is probably a misprint. 
SOLANACEAE 
Bassovia SOLANACEA Benth. et Hook. ex Daydon Jackson 
Ind. Kew. 1: 278. 1893 
Witheringia solanacea L’Her. Sert. Angl. 1: 33. 
Capsicum solanaceum O. Kunze Rev. I: 450. 
Var. glabrescens Hochr. comb. nov. 
Capsicum solanaceum var. glabrescens O. Kunze, loc. cit. 
ov. Grenada, oble, Guindio, alt. zooo m. (7riéana no. 
2282), in Her r. 
Bentham and Hooker in their Gen. Pl. 2: 891, did not build the 
binomial name attributed to them by the Index Kewensis. Now I 
do not think it practical to enlarge the genus Cafszcum to such an 
extent, and to combine with it so many other genera as Kuntze 
does. That is why I transfer the variety of Kuntze into the genus 
Bassovia. 
Cyphomandra Holtonii Hochr. sp. nov. (e sect. 
Fiuthystemon Miers, Ill. Pl. S. Amer. 1: 41) 
Caulis suffrutescens, cylindricus, reget sed sub lente vali- 
dissima minute glandul oso-papillosus. Folia petiolata, glabres- 
centia sed ubique ut caules minutissime glanduloso-papillosa ; 
petioli subcylindrici, quam lamina reviores: lamina late ovata, 
terminales racemosae, + scorpioideae, pedunculatae, simplices vel 
