CCCLXVIII.—DECADES KEWENSES. 
PrawrARUM Novarum IN Herparro Horti REGI CONSERVATARUM. 
. DECAS VIII. 
Gl ophila tenuis, V. Æ. Brown |Cruciferw] ; caulibus gracili- 
bus ag Lore ape 'subglabris (pilis sparsissimis instructis), foliis 
Habitat. South Africa, Zwarteberg, Pig appe. 
aules 6-15 poll. longi. olia 4-3} poll. longa, 1-1} lin. lata. 
Pedicelli fructiferi 4-6 lin. longi. Siliqua 14-1} poll. longa, 1 lin. 
lata. Stylus 11-2 lin. longus. 
A very distinct species, having the appearance of a ti nd but the 
rootstock of the plant is not present in the Kew specim 
72. Abutilon Ranadei, Woodrow et Stapf [Malvaces]; frutex, 
ramulis novellis furfuraceis mox glabratis vetustioribus pallide fusco- 
brunneis, foliis rotundato-cordatis longtuseule e t anguste acuminatis sinu 
i tus 
us glabrescentibus 7 asa ervis venisque subtus prominentibus 
cse robustis 2/3 laminae Mete stipulis subulatis tomentosis 
valde caducis, floribus sollte! is in axillis foliorum ramorum evi 
a - 
torum, pedicellis Ehdaéocdoosdhbel is sub apice saepe recurvis vel 
refraetis, calyce velutino-tomentello campanulato lobis tubo aequilongis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis, corolla campanulata petalis calycem plus quam 
duplo superantibus obovato-cuneatis aurantiacis basin versus purpureis 
venis distinctis prominulis, staminum tubo breviter basi exannulato, 
carpellis 5 breviter rostratis stramineis villosulis. 
Habitat.—Ratnagiri, Amba Ghat, N. B. Rana 
Frutex 4 ped. altus. Folia ad 7 poll. longa, ad 2i poll. lata ; petiolus 
ad 4} poll. longus. Pedicelli 1 poll. Jongi. Calyx 9-11 lin. lon ngus. 
Petala 13 poll. longa, ad 5 poll. lata. Carpella 10 Tin. lon 
This is a eyi d species. Its affinity with A. polya ndrum, Don. 
s quite clear; but it differs considerably in the bell-shaped corolla and 
in the length of TA regm, tube, 
73. Rhynchosia comosa, Baker [Leguminose; Tribe Phaseole»]; 
sarmentosa, caulibus Se dense pubescentibus, foliis trifoliolatis 
faeie tenuiter dorso dense pubescentibus, stipulis parvis lanceolatis 
pilosis, foliolo terminali Va reat racemis densis oblongis longe 
pedunculatis, bracteis magnis lanceolatis herbaceis persistentibus, pedi- 
cellis brevibus, ealyee densissime hirsuto tubo brevi dentibus longis 
setaceis, coroll yee sesqui-longiori, petalis subsquilongis glabris, 
ovario cylindrico piloso 
Habitat.— — N yassaland, Buchanan, 254 of 1881 collection, 390 and 
687 of 1891 collection. 
Foliola 2-4 poll. lata. Racemus 3-4 poll. longus. Calyx 6 lin. 
longus. 
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