ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLEIIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 139.] JULY. [1898. 
DCXI.—DIAGNOSES AFRICAN.E, XI.* 
600. Trimeria tropica, Burkill rm eit T. alnifolice, Planch., 
similis, foliis ovatis acuminatis differ 
Arbor vel frutex inermis. Rami juniores eget Folia 
utrinque, | praesertim subtus in venis, ie albidis vestita; petiolus 
i poll. longus; lamina ovata vel obovata, basi subeordata, apice 
acuta, breviter acuminata, margine tetuer dentata, 2 1 poll. ie nga, 
1$ poll. lata ; stipule transverse elliptica, majores a Å lin. longæ, 
6 lin. latæ, apice minute mucronatæ, utrinque pubesce ntes. Spice 
flores masculinos gerentes nunc simplices, floribus in glomerulos 
aggregatis, nunc e glomerulis basalibus breviter ramoss. Flores 
bera agi tetrameri, sessiles vel brevissime pedunculati. Sepala 
nuta, lance eolata,' à lin. Vien extus pilis d obtecta. 
Potala sepalis consimilia, paulo majora, flore expanso margine in- 
voluta. Stamina 12, inter glandulas subglobosas xls indistincte 
3—4-dentatas 3-na inserta. Ovarium imperfectum tenue, in stylum 
leviter curvatum staminibus subequilongum productum. Flores 
feminei ignoti. 
GERMAN EAST AFRICA. Amboni, Holst, 2582. 
e extension of this genus from South Africa into the tropics 
is of Diss st. 
601. Oldenlandia acutidentata, C. H. Wright [Rubiacew-Hedyo- 
tides] ; ad O. grandifloram, Hiern, accedit, sed cymis subcapitatis 
et calycis lobis longe seats iffert. 
aulis erectus, pedalis, vepres subtus lignosus. Folia anguste 
lanceolata, ac uta, 1-1} poll. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, scabra; stipule 
fimbriatz, '4-5-dentatæ esie. viec ale mpes ubeapitatze. Calyx 
miel dentibus subulatis ciliatis tubo triplo longioribus. Corolla 
extus pilosa, 5 lin. longa, czrulea?, lobis ovatis acutis reticulatim 
nervatis. Stamina inclusa, antheris oblongis. Ovarium globosum. 
Fructus 2 lin. diam. 
LU CENTRAL AFRICA. Mount Zomba, alt. 4000—6000 ft., 
yte. 
* The altitudes given for Mr. Forsyth Majors new Madagascar plants. plants, 
Kew Bulletin, 1897, pp. 276, 281, and 300, should be yards instead of feet. 
110—1375—7/98 Wt90 D&S 99 
