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subulatis, cor rolle tubo. pug ii pane duplo; longiori, limbi: lobis 
Meis lanceolatis, staminibus ex tu 
^ Habitat. — Lake : "Teig 4. Carson v of 1894 
dblisetion n). 
Caulis sesquipedalis vel bipedalis, Folia caulina 4—6 poll. onga. 
Dentes emi 3 lin. longi. Corolle tubus 6-7 lin. longus 5 bi 
lobi 3 lin. long 
Remarkab ie 18% the manner in which the connate bases of the upper 
pair of sem are dilated s so as to form a € which encloses the base of 
the inflorescence. 
152. Pentas speci iosa, Baker [Rubiacei]; annua, caule simplici 
elongato dense pubescente, foliis ternatis breviter petiolatis ovatis acuti 
branaceis gael pilosis | a viridibus dorso pallide viridibus, 
libu 
mem 
internodiis folio multo longioribus, is paucifloris termina 
confertis, bracteis tandedlitis foliaceis pubescentibus, calycis dentibus, 
magnis lanceolatis foliaceis, corollæ t brupte 
dilatato, limbo pue rubello lobis magnis obovatis cuspidatis, antheris 
in edis clusis 
Hab C f ike Tanganyika; pool 20 miles south of Niomkoto, A. 
Carson KET collection). 
Caulis 2-3 pedalis. Folia 14-2 poll. longa.. Dentes calycini 4 lin. 
longi. Corolle tubus 15 lin. longus ; limbus diu sua 15 lin. diam 
Very distinct, with a much larger flower than in P. carnea, Benth. 
in Bot. Mag. tab. 4086, or in any other Species aiid known. 
3. Pentas. confertifolia, perennis, . Pe 
simplici pubescente, foliis, in Pole alils eu ual okers sessilibus 
aanp Ra AuNON | eens linearibus vel lanceolatis utrinque viridibus 
pubescentibu cymis compositis densifloris terminalibus, bracteis 
scd pilosis, pedicellis brevissimis, ovario piloso - hese dentibus 
calycinis parvis lanceolatis, cořollæ tubo elongato cylindr Bici 
nac Tobis brevibus lanceolatis, antheris ex tubo exse rdi 
Habitat.—F wambo, Lake “Tanganyika, A. Carson. G of. 1894 
collection). 
Caulis sodquipedalis vel bipedalis. ' Folia majora 2-24 poll, longa, 
2-3lin, lata. | Corolle tubus 2 poll. longus, lobi 3 lin. PHP 
Near P. iiit; Schum. jot -eit We ce 
sect as why ye ce aes € ode xt k b. ow 
154. aequom incid “Baler “[Rabinoer] ; annua, caule 
erecto ramoso pubescente, stipulis membranaceis. laciniatis basi breviter 
connatis, foliis sessilibus MAASE vel lanceolatis facie viridibus glabris 
dorso obse pubesce , cymis paucifloris terminalibus, calycis 
dentibus. Vnceibus Corolla bere tubo cylindrico fauce glabro, lobis 
mn. tubo subzquilongis, antheris in tubo inclusis, fructu globoso 
magnitudin e pisi dentibus calycinis persistent ntibus coronato. 
Habitat. aoe wank, Lake apse Ae Carson. 07. of .1894 
collection). . 
Caulis pedalis en us. "Folia majora 2-21 poll. longa, 24. lin, Mii: 
Dentes calycini demum 2 lin „longi. Corolle tubus 4 lin longus.: 
Nearly allied to O. abyssinica, Hiern, 
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