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Arbor parva. Folia integra vel Kd dentata, glabra, 7 poll. 
longa, 24-3 poll. lata; petioli j-poll. longi. Cyme terminales, 
pauciflore. Sepala 2 lin. longa, rotundata, valde imbricata, minute 
fimbriata. Petala oblonga, quam sepala sesquilongiora, viridi- 
dicen Fila he dee brevia; anthere oblongs; connectivum 
supra endic riosam productum. Ovariwm globosum, 
piai 4 Sbaresubula: atlas filiformis, stigmate subpeltato. 
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA. Efulen, Cameroons, Bates, 432. 
The oblong leaves are much larger and less coriaceous, and the 
cymes bear fewer flowers than in any other African species. 
420. Pittosporum malosanum, Baker [Pittosporee]; ad P 
abyssinicum, Del., et P. viridiflorum, Sims, arcte accedit. 
rutex vel arbor pa: rva. Rami graciles, juniores pubescentes. 
Folia breviter petiolata, vicini oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, 
ae Pete glabra, 2-8 poll. longa, ad basin sensim attenuata 
ym 
vodicedlis calyce Sepe lon ioribus. Calyx campanulatus, 
pubescens, 1 lin. longus, lobis ovatis obtusis, tubo brevissimo. 
Petala oblanceolata, obtusa, flavo-brunnea, 24 lin.longa. Stamina 
posts; paro breviora, filamentis antheris longioribus. Fructus 
ceri CENTRAL AFRICA. Mount Malosa, near Zomba, alt. 
4000-6000 ft., Whyte. 
421. Hibiscus — Carsoni, — Secu day ad H. 
micranthum, Linn., et H. petreum, Hiern, accedit 
Herba perennis, 'sesquipedalia vel bipedal, Caulis erectus, 
gracilis, setis stellatis appressis scaber. Folia obscure petiolata 
oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, 3-34 poll. longs: subcoriacea, ad 
basin rotundata, dimidio superiore dida infra medium triner- 
vata. Panicula laxa, elongata, ramulis brevibus erecto-patentibus 
ad apicem &epissime trifloris. Bractee epicalycis 6, lineares, 
lobis lanceolatis. Petala cuneata, c a, 9-10 lin. longa, dorso 
pilosa. Stylus petalis paulo Previo. Calla dense pilosa. 
BRITISH CENTRAL Pu Fort uh Nyasa-Tanganyika 
plateau, alt. 3000-4000 ft., yte; Fwambo, Lake Tanganyika, 
alt. 5000-6000 ft., Carson. Caltiva ted a Kew in 1896 from seeds 
gent by Mr. Kenneth J. Camer 
422. Dombeya tanganyikensis, Baker [Sterculiacew]; ad D, 
oe Rich., magis accedit. 
i lignosi, graciles, glabri, teretes. Folia longe petiolata, 
cordato-orbicularia, cuspidata, cre nata, 3-4 poll. longa et lata, 
trinque dense pubescentia. Panicula terminalis, ampla, 
osa, — multifloris ics -patentibus simpliciter 
umbellatis furcatis; bracte ante anthesin duca, 
pedicellis pilosis 3-4 lin. longis. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, 
44-5 lin. longa, dorso pubescentia. Petala cuneata, rubella, 
persistentia, demum scariosa, sepalis equilonga, Stamina a basin 
