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subtus conspicue nervosa. Ramulorum floriferorum fasciculi in- 
feriores circa 3:0 cm. long., vix totidem lat., fasciculi caulini circa 
2°5 em. long. et bee Folia floralia 1:5-2°5 cm. lon 
lat., rigida, subtus eminenter 1- ones ner ue transvers 
vosa. Bractea vix 0-1 cm. long. s lobi (lobis renee 
exemptis) oblongi, anteriores 1:5 cm. = posteriorem paullo 
superantes; lobi laterales Hineari- lanceolati fere 1:5 cm. long. 
) m. 
sursum O°7 cm. lat., hujus jobi pn sdediceim, 0:3 cm. long. 
Antheree 0°35 cm. lon ng. se ellipsoidea, vix 1:0 cm. nekee 
a 0-6 cm. long. et 0°5 ¢ 
e affinity of this seems S i with B. Bainesii S. Moore, but 
the "diferent habit, broader leaves never spiny at the margin, 
differently shaped espinose floral lea Uk and bracts, &c., of the 
latter, make it easy to ates tg the two. 
Barler ria (§ Acanrsomra) D pian koe. sp. nov. Sufirutex 
caule pubescente Stapltivto mox glabro, foliis ge ovatis spinu- 
loso-mucronatis basi cuneatis isn scentibus, mis abbreviatis 
ibt 
amplificato calycem fere duplo excedente limbo squaliter 5-fido, 
ovulis perfectis quove in loculo 
Hab. British East Africa, 3 near Lake Marsabit, 1898; Lord 
Delamere Lage Mus 
Folia 0°7-1°3 cm. ‘long., 0:4-0°5 em. lat. ons interpetiolares 
modice circa 10cm. long. Racemi 2-0-2°5 cm. long. Sepalum 
sola “ig em. lat. et ine ejusdem longitudinis ; pee antica 
1:2 em. lo ong., horum lamina lat. et spine long. 0°3 omnia 
sen tnveitey nervosa; sepala lateralia 0-8 cm. long., ciliolata. ” Corolla 
3°5 cm. long.; tubus basi 0-4 cm. medio 0-8 em. sub limbo 0°7 em. 
lat., puberulus. Stamina Srevitar e exserta. Antherw 0-2 cm. long. 
Stam minodia duo vix 0°4 cm. long., tertium ad merum rudimentum 
lineari-subulatum 0°15 cm. long. reductum. Discus lobulatus. 
Ovarium ovoideum, Che 0-3 cm. long. Stylus vix 8-0 cm 
long., pilosulus. Capsula — 
AY very distinct species, per haps nearest B, spinulosa Klotzsch, 
but with too many characteristic features to render comparison 
Bichar But for its flowers, this might be taken for a 
as (§ Hemistoma) Mackinderi, sp.n. Erecta, ramosa, 
crebro reat caule valido hirsuto, arti ovatis vel ovato-oblongis 
obtusis grosse crenatis vel crenato-serratis deorsum in petiolum 
villosulum desinentibus hirsuto-pubescentibus juvenilibus subtus 
albo-tomentosis, verticillastris subdistantibus multifloris, bracteis 
