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Mogiphanes soratensis sp. nov 
Pilose throughout; stems clengared, slender, prostrate, rooting 
at the joints, oe deeply channelled on one side above each node, 
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1.5-4¢ road, ovate, abruptly contracted into a short peti- 
ole, , thin, sparsely pilose above, fre underneath; the 
secondaries t h side, strongly ascen acre venation 
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nee than the stamens; anthers broadly oblong; akenes not 
ee 
s 
"Sorts, 7500 ft., Sept. 2, 1901” (No. 2384). Thesameas Rusby 
No. 1520 
Mogiphanes aaa sp. nov. 
s 5-7 dm. long, rooting at the base, erect or pean 
loosely branched, channelled, the internodes about t 7 cm. 
leaves 2-4 cm _ long, 1-2 cm. broad, ovate, abruptly Patents 
into a very sho rt petiole, thickish; inflorescence loosely paniculate; 
heads varying ae sessile to rather long-penducled, broadly ovoid, 
obtuse, 10-12 mm. long; bracts 2.5-3 mm. long, scarious, broadly 
ovate, carinate, ie keel prolonged into an awn half as long as the 
ody; perianth 3.5-4 mm. long, the segments ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse; stamens two- ao the length of ie perianth. 
“Sorata, 7500 ft., Sept. 1, 1901” (No. 2401). Species very near 
the last but well distinguished by its indumentum, smaller leaves, 
paniculate inflorescence with stouter and shorter penducles, and 
shorter stamens with smaller anthers. 
CARYOPHYLLACEAE 
Tissa pazensis sp. nov. 
Scabrous; stems much branched from the base, the branches 
ect or ascending, 15-30 long, articulated, very slender; 
stipules imbricated at the base, about on ly ovate 
ac hite, ver and scarious; leaves opposite or 
mostly Seen very unequal, the 2m ear, 
acute; branches of the cyme 2, elongated, loosely flowered; pedicels 
slender, erect, ae than the flower, unequal, some 18 mm. long, 
in fruit: sepals, in flower, 6 mm. ong, 2-2.§ mm. broad, oblong, 
and scarious; petals two-thirds as long as the sepals, broadly oval, 
obtuse, very thin, finely nerved, white or faintly pink; stamens 
nearly as long as the petals, the filaments stout, narrowed upward, 
the anthers oblong; ovary ovoid, smooth, half as long as the Seale 
