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ovatis obtusiusculis basi alte cordatis margine lobulatis vel grosse 

 lobulato-dentatis utrinque costa costulisque fac. inf. minute pube- 

 scentibus exemptis minute puberulis petiolo sursum late alato 

 quam lamina multo breviore etsi sat elongato suffultis, foliis 

 superioribus subsessilibus inferioribus multo minoribus margine 

 sat grosse necnon distanter dentatis summis in bracteas transeun- 

 tibus, paniculis subthyrsoideis folia superiora saepissime exce- 

 dentibus, calycis lobis corollae tubo brevioribus linearibus (postico 

 lineari-oblongo) obtusiusculis minute pubescentibus, corollae majus- 

 culae tubo extus glanduloso-pubescente labia extus glanduloso- 

 pubescentia circa semieequante, staminibus breviter exsertis ima 

 basi leviter dilatatis ibique pubescentibus ceteroquin fere glabris. 



Hab. Forest near Fort Portal, Toro ; Bayshatve, 1270. 



Herba fide cl. Bagshawe circa 3-orgyalis (" 15-18 ft. high"). 

 Foliorum inf. limbus adusque 34-0 cm. long., medium versus 

 32*0 cm. lat., supra laete viridis subtus viridi-griseus ; costaB secundi 

 ordinis utrinque circa 12, late arcuatae ; lobuli triangulares, apice 

 obtusi, 1-5-20 cm. long. ; spatia interdentalia + 2-0 cm. lat. ; 

 petioli crassiusculi, circa 12*0 -15*0 cm. long., hujus ala sub limbo 

 circa 3*0 cm. lat. Folia superiora circa 10-0-20-0 x 6-0-14-0 cm., 

 summa imminuta. Bracteae ovatae + 0*8 cm. long. Panicula 

 minute pubescens, pilis glandulosis brevibus sparsissime induta, 

 adusque 20*0 cm. long. Calycis lobi inter se inaequales, 0-5-0-8 cm. 

 long., 0-05-0-1 cm. lat., posticus usque ad 0*15 cm. lat. Corollas 

 purpurea} tubus 1-2 cm. long., 0*5 cm. lat. ; labium anticum 2*6 cm. 

 long., 1-3 cm. lat. ; hujus lobi oblongo-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, 

 lobus intermedins anguste ovato-oblongus, obtusissimus, lobi omnes 

 0-4 cm. long. ; labium posticum 2-4 cm. long. Fihunenta 2-2 cm. 

 long., antherae 07 cm. Staminodia 0*7 cm. long., horum anthera 

 cassa 01 cm. long. Stylus circa 3*2 cm. long. 



A very fine species, known by the large dentate-lobulate leaves 

 combined with the subthyrsoid panicles, the relatively short calyx- 

 lobes, and the relative sizes of corolla-tube and lobes. The affinity 



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Brachystephanus cceruleus, sp. now Herba prolixa saltern 



semiorgyalis caule sat gracili tetragono ad nodos tumido frequenter 

 ramoso ut ramuli minute puberulo, foliis ellipticis apice acuminatis 

 basi in petiolum sat longum attenuatis tenuiter membranaceis 

 supra laete viridibus subtus parum pallidis utrinque ad nervos 

 minute puberulis ceterum glabris, fioribus parvulis in spicis tenui- 

 bus deorsum interruptis sursum continuis folia aequantibus sub- 

 aequantibusve pubescentibus digestis, foliis floralibus amplis ovatis 

 acutis extus piloso-pubescentibus, bracteis calycis lobis similibus 

 etsi brevioribus, calycis piloso-pubescentis lobis angustissime 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis inter se paullulum inaequalibus, corollae 

 tubo stricte cylindrico calycem paullo excedente limbo tubum 

 aequante labio postico integro antico breviter 3-lobo. 



Hab. Mpamba River, Lake Albert Edward ; Bagshawe, 1378. 



Foliorum lamina ± 10-0 cm. long., 3*5-8-5 cm. lat., juvenilia 

 vero minora; costal secundaria utrinque circa 8, inferiores ap- 

 proximatae, superiores distantes, fac. sup. subplanae, fac. inf. valde 



