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4-plo excedente lobis 5 abbreviatis rotundatissimis, staminibus 5 
equalibus. 
Hab. Rabai, November. 
Rami circa 0:15 em. diam. -Ramuli doriast e circa 0:3 em. long., 
in anthesi squamis parvis sea ay onusti vel foliorum maxime 
li 8:2 x ioli 
0-4 cm. long., seepe vero breviores. Pedicelli 0-8 cm. loug., divari- 
eati vel ascendentes. Calyx 0:2 cm. ie Corolle tubus 0:9 cm. 
long., basi 0°275 cm., faucibus 0°4 em. dia Filamenta crassius- 
cula, pubescentes; antherre medium tubum aflingentes 0°1 cm. long. 
Ovarium 0°15 cm., a o 5cm., hujus rami 0°12 cm. ramulique 
0-1 cm. long. De fructu sileo. 
To be placed next M Pan Gilg. The habit, the long slender 
5a pai and the very small calyx with strongly ciliate lobes are the 
chi 
Thunbergia Hookeriana Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 4 
38 hig October. Flowers in a very early state, but dentin’ 
tion certai 
Ruellia amabilis 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 7.—Kaya Bome, 
Rabai, April. 
rig tee paren B. Clarke in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 111.—Torrent 
bed at Rabai uary. 
In the Flora Be Tropical Africa recorded only from German East 
Africa. It is now known also from British East Africa and the 
Uganda Protectorate. 
S. Boivini C. B. ol arke in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 110.—Ravine at 
Rabai, October. A large-leaved form (qy. var. ?), apparently the 
por as Pseudoblepharis Heinsenti Lindau, which Mr. Clarke ewe, 
n S, Botvini. The leaves reach 20 cm. in length by 9 ¢ 
bnadik 
Lepidagathis hyssopifolia T. And. in Journ. ae Soc. Bot. vii. 
34,.—Old ae bed behind nee cies Rabai, Jan 
Asysta: Prigiienns st sp.n Foliis m ee iolatis 
ellipticis apice cu ds somisabe basi longe attenuatis haud 
obliquis utringue SS EE membranaceis in sicco olivaceo-griseis 
subtus pallidioribus, paniculo thyrsiformi saltem dum 
quam folia multo breviore cito glabrescente, braeteis bracteolisque 
parvis subulatis, exceden 
bus Giles ce seh adhue haud profecto evolute tubo 
sat lato superne amplificato lobis late oblongis obtusis extus obscure 
puberulis, antherarum loculis equalibus omnibus basi breviter oa 
caratis, disco elevato abet ovario lineari-oblongo superne 
stylum elo 5 aa: desinente, stigmate capitellato, capsula ——. 
ab. ere own, Oe ecem mber 
Caulis a in sicco sursum ‘aliquantulum compressus bisul- 
utringue 8, ascendenti-arcuate, marginem 
petioli circa 2°5 cm. long., foll. pric adusque 0°7 cm. reat 
glabri. Bracteole cirea 0-25 em. . long. Calyx totus 0-4 me, 
