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pedicellis gracilibus, sepalis ovatis vel oblongis obtusis vel sibat, 
eorolle campanulate submembranaceæ lobis oblongis obtusis, coronæ 
lobis falcatis, stylo apice late obconico subtruncato-bilobo ultra antheras 
exserto. s 
Habitat.—Mombasa, Wakefield. 
Foliorum petioli 2—1 lin. longi, laminz 4-8 lin. longs;e, 2-4 lin. late, 
Pedunculi 1 lin. longi. Pedicelli 3 lin. longi. Sepala vix 4 lin. longa. 
Corolla 2 lin. longa. 
333. Microstephanus, JV. E. Brown PU Lu genus novum] 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata, tubo bre , lobis angustis 
contortis sinistrorsum  obtegentibus. Coron obi 5, minuti, cum 
anthe e Columna stzeminum prope basin corolle enata, 
5-suleata. Anthere erect», oblonge, ne ee 
dorso valde convex, basi suleate. Pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, 
pendula, Stylus ultra antheras longe productus, apice bifidus. F'ollicult 
lanceolati, acuminati, leves. Semina comosa. Fruticulus procumbens 
vel volubilis. olia opposita. Cyme umbelliformes pauciflore ad 
nodos laterales. Flores parvi. 
A gen f one species, that has hitherto been placed eg 
Astephanus, but it differs from that genus in the presence of a coron 
which, although minute, is quite evident when searched for, and in 
the different structure of the staminal- column, the anther-wings being 
turned inwards towards the centre of the flower, forming five dee 
grooves between the anthers, whilst in Astephanus they are turned 
outwards in the usual way. 
M. cernuus, N. £. Brown ; foliis petiolata. pune ovatis. ovato- 
lanceolatis ovato-oblongis vel e culatis vel acutis 
glabris vel plus minusve puberulis, cymis peduncolatis 1-4 floris, sepalis 
ovatis acutis glabris, corolle campanulate lobis linearibus A e 
obtusis leviter tortis glabris.—Astephanus cernuus, and A. 
Deene, in Ann. Scien. wee vot. ser. 2, E eid and in DO. Prod Prod. 
viii, p. 507; .4. aren Dee ne in DC. Viii, p. 
A. recurvatus, Klas i in v Peters Maun. P. 274. po ovata, 
Poir. ex. Decne. . Prod. 508. 
Habitat. Por Trop. pins : Pemba Island, Bojer; Zanzibar, 
Bojer, Kirk ; Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1166, 1978; Mozambique, ark, 
Scott; Usambara, Holst, 3037 ; Madagascar, Grévé, Elliot, 3011, 
Commerson, Baron, 6192 ; Aldabra Island, Abbott : 
iorum petioli 2—4 lin. longi, laminz 3 lin. ad poll. longs, 1 
gt tion Padan li 1-2 lis longi. Pedicelli 11-24 lin. ME 
Sepala 4 lin. longa. Corolle lobi 15-2 - longi. 
The foliage of this € varies very much in form and texture, being 
much thieker and more fleshy in some ancl than in others, but all 
intermediate stages veni: and there.is no difference in the flowers of 
the different specimens. It isa maritime plant. 
a 
334. Glossonema affine, N. Æ. Brown; caulibus pubescentibus, 
a: petet ovatis obtusis = a subtus parce pubescentibus, 
sessilibus i 
us 
pees pu ten ntibus, coroll lobis prias -ovatis obtusis. marginibus 
reflexis, coronz lobis oblongis abrupte subulatis 
