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Oxyanthus Bagshawei, sp. nov. Fruticosus, glaber, ramulis 

 compressis deinde subteretibus in nodis aliquantulum tumidis, 

 foliis majusculis anguste ovato-oblongis apice obtusis basi oblique 

 cordatis tenuiter eoriaceis petiolis abbreviatis validis fac. sup. late 

 canaliculars, sfcipulis late oblongis obtusis niox a latere altero 

 semifissis altera oninino disjuuctis firmis, floribus magnis in racemis 

 axillaribus paucifloris ebracteatis quam folia multo brevioribus 

 dispositis, pedicellis patuli-ascendentibus validis calycem manifeste 

 excedentibus, calycis tubo (ovario) subcylindrico quam liinbus satis 

 latus ore undulatus paullulum longiore, corollae tubo elongato lobos 

 longe excedente extus glabra intus deorsum araneoso, filamentis 

 abbreviatis antheris linearibus apice acuminatis basi sagittulatis, 

 ovario 2-loculari, stigmate anguste fusiformi lobis lanceolatis brevi- 

 bus, bacca . 



Hab. Toro, forest-bank of the Semliki River ; Bagshawe, 1285. 



Folia in sicco laete viridia, pag. inf. pallidiora, adusque 2O0 x 

 8*0 cm. ; costas secundaria utrinque circa 10, basales apertissime 

 fornicatae, reliquae patuli-ascendentes, marginem versus arcuatee, 

 omnes supra planse subtus eminentes ; petioli ± 0-5 cm. long. 

 Stipulze circa 1 # 5 cm. long. Racemi 7-flori, validi, compressi, 

 3-0-3-5 cm. long. Pedicelli ±1*0 cm. long* Flores virescenti- 

 albi. Calycis tubus (ovarium) 0*35 cm. long. ; limbus 0-3 cm. 

 long., segre 0*4 cm. diam. Corolla tota humectata 19-5 cm. long.; 

 tubus 17*0 cm., lobi 2-5 cm. long. Filamenta vix 0*1 cm. long., 

 antherae 0*9 cm., stigma 0*7 cm. long., hujus lobi 0-125 cm. 



Near O.formosus Hook., from which it differs, inter alia, in the 

 inflorescence, the broader corollas, and the calyx. 



Canthium myrtifolium, sp. nov. Fruticosum, glabrum, 

 ramulis patuli-ascendentibus gracilibus sat crebro foliosis ad nodos 

 tumidis, foliis submediocribus ovatis apice leviter cuspidatis ipso 

 obtusis basi obtusis rotundatisve eoriaceis supra nitidis castaneis 

 subtus opacis petiolis abbreviatis crassiusculis, stipulis ima basi 

 dilatatis inde lineari-subulatis rigidis diuscule persistentibus, flori- 

 bus parvulis 5-meris in fasciculis axillaribus sessilibus paucifloris 

 dispositis, pedicellis quam calyx plane longioribus gracilibus pube- 

 rulis, ovario depresse hemisphaericali quam calyx longiore, calycis 

 perbrevis limbo 5-dentato dentibus tnangularibus acutis margine 

 ciliolatis, corollas parv*e extus leviter glanduloso-puberulae tubo 

 brevi sat lato intus juxta fauces annulatim barbato limbi lobis 

 tubum breviter excedentibus anguste ovato-oblongis obtusis cito 

 reilexis, staminibus subsessilibus antheris ovato-oblongis basi bre- 

 viter sagittatis, disco glabra, stylo leviter exserto glabra, stigmate 

 mitreformi. 



Hab. Toro, forest near mouth of the Mpanga; Bagshawe, 

 1152. 



Folia 3-0-5-0 x 1-7-3-0 cm. ; costae secundariae utrinque 4, 

 ascendenti-patulse, marginem versus aperte fornicatse, utrobique 

 paullo eminentes ; petioli 0-2-0-3 cm. long. Stipulae 0*3-0-4 cm. ■ 

 long. Florum virescentum fasciculi 0-7-1-0 cm. diam. Pedicelli 

 0-5-0-6 cm. long. Ovarium 0-1 cm., calycis limbus 0-075 cm. long. 

 Corolla in toto 0*45 cm. long. - tubus 0-2 cm. long., ima basi 



