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persistentia, demum scariosa. Stamina basi in cupulam ovario 
sequilongam coalita ; staminodia 5, ligulata, petalis paullo breviora. 
Ovarium globosum, dense pilosum ; ; Styli 5, elongati, pubescentes, 
apice falcati. 
ice CENTRAL AFRICA. Between Mpataand the beginning 
f the Targanyika prom alt. 2000-3000 feet, and Nyika plateau, 
alt, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte 
671. Geranium Whytei, Baker [Geraniacere] ; ad G. tuberosum, 
Linn., europeum habitu et foliis accedit ; differt radice elongata 
fusifor mi haud tuberosa, petalis angustioribus. 
Herba perennis, radice dura, fusiformi. aon radicalia multa, 
longe petiolata, ad basin dissecta, 1-1} pol l. longa, leviter r pube- 
scentia, segmentis profunde pinnatifidis, lobis paucis ascendentibus 
BLUE uninerviis, superiora reducta. Caulis PM pubescens, 
ectus, subpedalis, foliis paucis preditus. Pedunculi pauci, 
aty cries s, biflori; bractez parvee, lanceolate, scariosae ; pedicelli 
gat ascendentes, pubescentes. Sepala lanceolata, pubescentia, 
4 lo: Petala oblanceolata, obtusa, rubella, in. longa. 
Stamina calyei equilonga, filamentis esiste dnt Carpella 5, 
se pilosa, rostris elongatis pubescentibus 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Mount Malos and Mount Zomba, 
alt. 4000-6000 ft., Whyte. 
Differs greatly from any Tropical African species already 
known. 
672. Phyliea tropiea, Baker Serr a ad £F. FORMEN, 
Linn., capensem habitu et foliis accedit; di fectu stipulam 
Frutex erectus, ramulis multis erectis eges lignosis 
albo-incanis ad apicem crebre foliatis. Folia sessilia, lanceolata, 
5-6 lin. longa, integra, mucronata, rigide coriacea, exstipulata, 
facie atroviridia nitida glabra, margine recurv vata, dorso albo- 
incana. Capitula sessilia, terminalia, pauciflora, dense pilosa. 
Calyx parvus, campanulatus, persistens segmentis 5 lanceolatis 
recurvatis. Ovarium globosum, pilosum, brevissime pedicellatum. 
diam. globosus, durus, niger, indehiscens, glabrescens, 2 lin. 
iam. 
ITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. me South Nyika 
M ni. alt. 4000-7000 ft., Whyte 
673. Virecta salicoides, C. H. Wright [Rubiaceæ-Hedyotideæ] ; 
ad V. rdc ni te m accedit, sed major, foliis acutis et 
staminibus longe ex 
Caulis lignosus, ies lineis duabus pubescentibus Sp 
ad n 
rnatus. Folia irr ure Nes apiceque acuta, supra a vos 
appresso hirsuta, 13-2 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata; stipulæ alte "2-4- 
partite. Flores ad hiec apices eymoso-corymbosi, 1 poll. 
