74. THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
ferentibus dispositis, bracteis linearibus quam calyx seepissime 
brevioribus puberulis, calycis puberuli lobo antico postico sub- 
ge verisimiliter cyanee tubo calycem plane excedente 
superne gradatim amplificato lobis late oblongis obtusissimis 
Hab. Entebbe, Uganda Protectorate; E. Brown, 313. (Herbb. 
Mus. Brit. and Kew 
Folia 11-0-13-0 x 45-5-0 em., juniora circa 4:0-6:0 x 2:0- 
cm., summa vero adusque 1:5 ‘2 cm. imminuta, in sicco 
olivaceo- Bt eg subtus pallidiora, fac. sup. cystolithis sub lente 
nullo negotio aspectabilibus copi ao induta ; La tioli + em 
long., pu male Inflorescentia saltem 7-0 em. long., et corollis 
neglectis 0-25-0°3 em. diam. Bees 0-1-0:8 em. long. Pedicelli 
‘1-0:2 cm. long. Calycis ape anticus 0°9 em., posticus 1:0 cm. 
Filamenta crassiuscula, 4-5 cm. long., anther 0°3 cm.; staminodii 
oom 0:25 cm. long., anther 0:13 cm.; quinti rudimentum 
0-12 cm. long., filamenta omnia basi dilatata Stylus circa 
4:5 em. ile, . Stigma vix O-lem. Capsula apice “breviter umbo- 
nata, fusca. 
The late Mr. Clarke left a note about this plant, indicating its 
affinity to B. grandis Hochst., and this is undoubtedly correct, 
but there are so many differences between the two as to render 
detailed comparison unnece aay 
sticia (§ Brronic stead Fruticulosa, 
novellis puberulis nodisque albido- ath soe exceptis glabra, 
caule erecto anfracto subtereti sursum ramulos teneros ascen- 
dentes gignente, foliis sessilibus vetustioribus anguste lineari- 
lanceolatis obtusis junioribus filiformibus, bracteis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis basi trinervibus sursum nervo unico perspicuo 
ercursis puberulis in sicco dilute virescentibus, bracteolis brac- 
5°5-7-5 em. Toei: ., Sursum 05 om a. costa apis utrinque 
prominens; folia filiformia solemniter 30-40 em. long., 0°1- 
