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Differs from P. nobilis 8. Moore in the glabrous stem, the 
glabrous or almost glabrous leaves, the short stipules, the short 
ciliate lobes of the calyx, the exserted style, &e. 
Virecta Kaessneri, sp. nov. Caule erecto sursum ramo: 
tereti puberulo demum glabro novyellis dense pubescentibus, foliis 
: f : : 5 
lanceolatis longe acuminatis basi acutis. vel obtusis vel et. 
pubescentis segmentis 5 quorum 4 maxime elongatis filiformibus 
. 
ab. Kibanda, Lake Tanganyika, on slopes of mountain; 
Kédssner, 3052. 
Folia vulgo 3°5-5 x 1-1:3 em., tenuiter membranacea, in sicco 
brunneo-viridia, subtus griseola. Cyme circiter 2 x 3 
Bractezse + 4 mm. long. 
Pentas verticillata K. Schum. ex §. Elliot in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
xxxil. 431. Var. PUBESCENS, var. nov. Caulis necnon folia dense 
molliterque pubescentes. 
Hab. anda, Mabira Forest; 2. Brown, 470. [Also in 
Herb. Kew: Toro; Doggett, 5.] 
Canthium Kitsoni, sp. nov. Verisimiliter elatum ramulis 
sat validis teretibus saltem superne iosi 
u 
) : # circa equante, pedicellis 
illimis ovaria longe excedentibus, floribus 4-meris, ovario 
parvulo subhemispheerico glabro, calycis limbo abbreviato in lobos 
late triangulares obtusos acutosve diviso puberulo lobis ciliatis, 
corolle ext i ul 
ecurv: 
tubo brevioribus ovatis acutis cito 
a calyptrato. 
ib. SS. Nigeria, dry zone of Western Province; A. E. Kitson. 
Foliorum limbus 7-9 em. long., 3-7-4-3 em. lat., in sieco supra 
