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ae Siete by the faint nervation of the leaves, which are 
and narrower, the flowers in denser verticillasters, and the 
more deinen bent stems. The hybrids are : one characterized by 
having larger flowers than those of the 
n a future sg ay we shall discuss ‘ced este the distribution 
of Thymus in Britain 
ALABASTRA DIVERSA.—Part XVI. 
By Spencer LE M. Moors, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
New or Rare AFRICAN PLANTS. 
RuBIACE. 
as no sagen ‘Sp. Nov. Frutic ulo osa ramulis crebro foliosis 
in satis Ie xis "brett seine 
quam calyx plan 1 Beta wets aie rae io) campanulato 
longitrorsum senrat dense griseo-pubescente limbo brevi lobis 5 
(nonnunquam 6) elongatis subulato-linearibus inter se inequalibus 
onusto, corolle tubo calycem circa 6-plo excedente ad rei 
generis lato faucibus parum dilatato extus pubesoente lobis 5 (rar 
4 vel 6) oblongis acutis quam tubus multo brevioribus, sbi 
infra fauces insertis, ovario 2-losulo, stylo “aang am 
incluso, capsulis anguste ovoideis coriaceis puberulis valvis per- 
sistentibus donatis 
H Theos Mazoe, on precipitous side of Iron-mask Hill; 
F, Eyles, 248, 496. 
Folia 8-0-9-0 x 4-0-4:'5 em., in sicco brunnea, aliquantulum 
nitida; coste ena a perspiousn; a griseo-pubescentes, 
: , silee 
0-9 em. long. Stylus wegre 8-0 cm. long.; hujus rami lineari- 
oblongi, 0:35 em. long. Capsula calycis reliquiis coronata, circa 
9-costata, b 0-8 cm 
A very fine plant, differing from P. sping K. Schum., known 
to me only by description, among other characters, in the ovate 
leaves rounded (not acute) at — and ¢ the shorter pubescent (not 
tomentose) corolla with shorte: 
P. Woodii 8. Elliot in Sikcn. Tis: Soe. xxxii. p- 434. 
Mazoe; F. Eyles, 275. 
