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Pauloivilhelmia polyspermia Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 479. 

 Near Durro River, Toro ; Bagshawe, 1090. 

 An Upper Guinea plant (Sierra Leone to Cameroons) recently 

 found in Buddu by Mr. M. T. Dawe. 



Mellera lobulata S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1879, 225, 



Waki River, Unyoro ; Bagshawe, 836. 



This is a Nyassaland, Mozambique, and Usambara plant, which 

 Mr. Scott Elliot discovered growing upon the eastern side of Lake 

 Albert Edward, and therefore somewhere in the neighbourhood of 

 the above habitat. 



Dr. Bagshawe notes that the corollas are " a washed-out blue." 



Lankesteria elegans T. And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vii. 33. 

 Hitherto found only in the Upper and Lower Guinea Provinces 

 (Ashantee to Corisco Bay). 



Barleria (§ Somalia) matopensis, sp. no v. Inermis, veri- 

 similiter suffrutieosa, ramulis gracilliniis pubescentibus dein glabris 

 novellis griseo-tornentillis, foliis parvis manifeste petiolatis lanceo- 

 lato-oblongis obtusis primo griseo-tomentellis cito pag. sup. l*ete 

 viridibus glabris cystolithis sat magnis prseditis pag. inf. pallidi- 

 oribus pubescentibus puberulisve, floribus mediocribus in axillis 

 summis solitariis sessilibus, bracteolis foliis consimilibus nisi mino- 

 ribus, calycis griseo-pubescentis lobo antico ovato-oblongo ab ^ fisso 

 lobulis lineari-lancolatis acutis lobo postico anticum paullo exce- 

 dente lanceolato-oblongo acuto lobis lateralibus minoribus lanceo- 

 latis longiuscule acuminatis, corollae tubo cylindrico a limbo bene 

 superato lirabi lobis -obovato-oblongis obtusissimis antico quam 

 reliqui breviore, antheris subexsertis staminibus 2 valde imminutis 

 anantheris quinto vix aspectabili, ovario ovoideo-oblongo sursum 

 breviter attenuato glabro, ovulo quove in loculo unico addito altero 

 ad meram papillam redacto, capsula calycem breviter excedente 

 rostrata disperma. 



Hab. Matopo Hills ; F. Eyles, 1165. 



Foliorum lamina 2-0-3-0 cm. long., ± 1*0 cm. lat., margine 

 leviter undulata, basi in petiolum anguste alatum 0-6-0-8 cm. long, 

 desinens. Bracteohe circa 1*0 cm. long. Calycis lobus posticus 

 1-5 cm. anticus 1-2 cm. long., hnjus lobuli 0-4 cm. long.; lobi 

 laterales 0-9 cm. long. Corolla glabra, dilute violacea, in toto circa 



3-5 cm. long. ; tubus 1-0 cm. paullulum excedens ; lobus anticus 

 2-0 cm., reliqui 2-3 cm. long. Filamenta 2-5 cm. staminodia 

 0-2 cm. long,, hffic basi dilatata. Discus undulatus, circa # 12 cm. 

 alt. Ovarium 0-45 cm. long. ; stylus glaber, 3-4 cm. long. Capsula 

 1-3 cm., ejus rostrum 0-6 cm. long. Semina subrotunda, araneosa, 

 0-55 x 0-5 cm. 



Nearest B. Hochstetteri Nees. The sessile flowers, longer and 

 narrower acute calyx-lobes, the anticous ones not entire but bifid, 

 the larger corollas and glabrous capsule, are prominent points of 

 difference. 



Asystasia longituba Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxii. 118. 

 Durro Eiver, Toro ; Bagshawe, 1046. 



A species known only from the Cameroons till Dr. Bagshawe 

 himself gathered it at Entebbe. 



