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Under the above number is sent a second specimen with fibrous 

 root, somewhat longer and narrower leaves, and flowers a little 

 smaller. As there seems no essential difference between the two 

 specimens, this is probably a first year's plant. 



Plumb agine^. 



Plumbago Dawei Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 522. 

 Near mouth of Mpanga, Toro ; Bagshawe, 1137. 



Sapotace^e. 

 Sideroxylon (§ Eusideroxylon) oblanceolatum, sp. nov. 



Arbuscula ramulis sat validis crebro foliosis cito glabris, foliis 

 oblanceolatis obtusissimis basi in petiolum distinctum gradatim 

 extenuatis pag. sup. glabris languide nitidulis altrinsecus minute 

 albide furfuraceo-pubescentibus costis secundariis pluribus necnon 

 tenuibus, floribus s&pissime axillaribus fasciculatis, pedicellis quam 

 calyx brevioribus appresse sericeo-pubescentibus, calycis appresse 

 sericeo-pubescentis lobis interne connatis ovatis obtusis, corollae 

 tubo quam lobi ovato-oblongi obtusi paullo breviore, filamentis 

 corollae faucibus insertis filiformibus antheras oblongo-cordatas 

 apice obtusas paullo excedentibus, staminodiis 5 parvulis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, ovario ovoideo-oblongo 5-loculo appresse villosulo in 

 stylum brevem crassum villosulum exeuute, bacca . 



Hab. Durro Forest, Toro ; Baashawe, 1087. 



Folia ssepissime 100-17-0 x 3-5-4-5 cm. ; costse secundaria 

 utrinsecus circa 20, patulre, juxta margiuem arcuatse, pag. sup. 

 impress®, pag. inf. parum eminentes ; costulse difficile aspectabiles ; 

 petioli 0-8-2-0 cm. long. Pedicelli circa 0*15 cm. long. Flores 

 viridescentes. Calyx humectatus campanularis, in toto 0*25 cm. 

 long.; lobi 0-2 cm. long. Corollae tubus 0*15 cm. long.; lobi 

 0*2 x 0*14 cm. Filamenta 0-2 cm long, vel paullulum ultra; 

 anther® 0-15 cm. long. Stamiuodia circa 0*065 cm. long. Ovarium 

 0*225 cm., stylus 0*2 cm. long. 



Distinguished by the oblanceolate leaves with their peculiar cloth- 

 ing beneath, the obtuse anthers, small acuminate staminodes, &c. 



Ebenace^:. 



Euclea Eylesii Hiern, sp. nov. Frutex pumilus plurimum 

 glaber dioicus, ramulis graeilibus pallide viridibus subglaucescenti- 

 bus minute glanduliferis foliosis, foliis linearibus apice acutis vel 

 subobtusis apiculatis basim versus angustatis subsessilibus vel bre- 

 viter petiolantibus rectis vel subfalcatis saepissime oppositis nonnun- 

 quam suboppositis alternisve patulis integris coriaceis glabris glan- 

 dulis sessilibus parvis minio-rubris utrinque aspersis 3-5 cm. longis 

 2-4 mm. latis ; floribus femineis tetrameris 3 mm. longis 2-5 mm. 

 latis in cymulis axillaribus saepe oppositis plerumque trifloris 

 ± 6 mm. longis bracteolatis aggregatis, pedunculo communi 

 3-5 mm. longo, pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis lateralibus patulis, 

 bracteolis subulatis circiter 1-5-2 mm. longis caducis, calyce sub- 

 hemisphaerico breviter lobato pallide viridi coriaceo glabro extus 

 minute glandulifero 1 mm. longo 1-5 mm. lato lobis obtusis vel 



