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that it is so, I ask you to consider whether such a survey should 
not be undertaken; and, if you approve the proposal, I further 
ps 
be taken towards organizing such a survey, and preparing materials 
for a national flora of the British Islands. 
ALABASTRA DIVERSA.—Parr XIX. 
By Spencer LE M. Moore, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
(Concluded from p. 222.) 
2. AcANTHACEH Nov. 
Thunbergia (§ THunBERGropsis) alba, sp.nov. Caule ascen- 
ente ramoso distanter folioso glabro, foliis longipetiolatis ovatis 
a ovato-oblongis acutis basi truncato-rotundatis interdum levis- 
m ri 
sime cordatis integris vel basin versus d is 5-nervibus 
membranace e omnino glabris, ge A axillaribus - longi- 
pedunculatis, bracteolis pro rata ao oDiongis obtusis 
obis tubo multo brevioribus inter. se subzqualibus obovato- 
oblongis obtusissimis eee crispis, antheris ovatis apice pro- 
ductis loculis basi bar tis margine ciliatis staminum duorum 
basi muticis see Siero mutico altero i incurvo- calcarato, capsula 
bracteas bene excedente subtilissime sericea 
Hab. Toro, forest near Fort Portal, 4500 ft..; te cage 1267. 
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Foliorum limbus summum 9: 5 , m 
2:5-3 cm., pag. inf. pallidus; petioli 2-3-5 em inde, foliorum 
gonianoran maxime abbreviati vel ta bnulli edunculi 
2-4 em. long., graciles. Bracteole 13 x 6 mm., virides, reticulato- 
nervose. Flores albi. Calyx ea alt., hujus lobi circa ‘5 mm. 
Corolle tubus 2:5 em. long., deorsum 3-4 mm., sursum 
lat., extus parissime pilosus ; Tobi cirea 6 x 5 mm. Antherarum 
loculi inter se Vix anes 2-2°5 mm. long., loc. calearatus 3mm. 
Discus in toto 1:25 mm. alt.; hujus lobi -25—5 mm. Ovarium 
mm. long. ; cam lt n mm. long., stigmatis os fere 5 mm. pets 
Capsula 23 mm. long. (rostrum 15 m m.). Semina 
orbicularia, plano-convexa, margine tuberculata alibi Cn, 
saturate brunnea, 4 mm. diam 
Apparently nearest T. mollis Jae Say hes different from it in 
shape of leaf, small bracteoles, corolla, & 
Dyschoriste Monroi, see nov. aS sat validis quadran- 
— frequenter ramulosis ut ramuli subtiliter pubescentibus 
puberulis, foliis parvis petiolatis oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel 
sani basi obtusis firme membranaceis utrinque micro- 
8, cymi | 
7 partetaibis suffultis, bracteolis parvis oblongis acutis puberulis, 
—_ puberuli tubo superne leviter amplificato lobis triangulari- 
