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account of its inferior micropyle. Further, the position of the latter 
depends, I think, on the comparative heaviness of the ovule and length 
_and strength of the funiculus, and is not contingent on true parent of 
the ovulle itself. 
Antuericum (Phalangium) ca Baker, u.sp.—Fibri radi- 
cales on es — _ dense cespitosi, collo radicis fibris setosis 
cincto, vaginis rioribus membranaceis. Folia 5-6 erecta anguste 
linearia glabra 28 poll. ‘longs a, basi 1 lin, lata, ad apicem acuminata, 
ini gracilis pollicaris. 
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longis. Perianthium album 4-4 lin. longum, egmenye sblanceniaies 
_dorso viridibus laxe 3-5-nervatis. Stamina pe hio paullo breviora, 
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antheris 1 lir. longis, filamento glabro gd es triplo breviori- 
bus. Stylus filiformis glaber 2-2} lin. longus, 
a —Somali Land ad rupes sh iy Oy ee 5000-6000 pedes. No. 
: esx ERICUM Signe, dive abhi a Baker, n.sp.—Fibri radi- 
cales graciles dense cespitosi 2-3 poll. longi; vaginis exterioribus 
fibr Bilt beatae olia ad cta 3-4 anguste linearia® grami- 
antheris oblongo-globosis filamento glabro 3-4-plo at mates 
Hab.—Somali Land, alt. 6000-7000 pedes. oe 
RA! scuizaAntua, Baker, n.sp.— Arbor 8 ft dichoto- 
longum, tubo brevi sane eat saaclaiia "Genital 
inclusa. Filamenta Tame ye ta 1} lin. longa, antheris oblongis. 
Ovarium oblongum ; stylus ovario equilongus, stigmate capitato. 
a Sabet Land, ie 2500-5500 pedes. No, 1472! Moli 
incolarum 
Remarkable for its downy rachises, densely-crowded small flowers, 
and very short perianth-tube. Unfortuna tely we have no leaves. 
Cyatnea Hinpesranptu, Kun in ‘ Index Ret. Hort.° Berol,” 
1875, p. 20.—Arbor 5-metralis. Lamina ampla deltoidea tripinnata 
modice firma glabra supra viridia infra distincte glauca, rachibus pri- 
mariis et secondariis calvis. Pinnz oblongo-lanceolate sesquipedales 
et ultra. Pinnule sessiles lanceolate acuminate 3-4 lin. longe, basi 
8-9 lin. late, segmentis tertiariis ligula atis obtusis 1 lin. latis. Vene 
lucro parvo persistente campanulato ore truncato. 
Hab. ahd insulam Johanna, alt. 2500-4500 oped, No. 1747! - 
A well-marked plant, differing from C. excelsa by the glaucous 
