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floribus folia supcrantihus in axillis singulis, calyce puherulo, 

 corolla ultra f lohata glabra, corona; suhsimplicis squamis in- 

 terioribus lanceolatis staminum clorso adnatis et ibi plica iii- 

 cimhentibus basi utrinque dente rectangulo (squamis cor once 

 exterioribiis) appendiculatis, antheris apice obtusis incrassatis. 

 Kikuyii District, near the base of Kenia, 5,200-6,500 feet. 



APOCYNACEiE 



99. Acokanthera Schiviperi (Hochst.). Bth. et Hook. 



Ngongo Bagas, 6,250 feet. A so-cahed ' Morio ' tree, whose 

 inspissated sap is 

 used for poisoning 

 arrow-heads. The 

 tree has a spheri- 

 cally shaped crown 

 of leaves, and weeds 

 will not grow be- 

 neath it. The blos- 

 soms have an ex- 

 ceedingly agree- 

 able, aromatic 

 scent. The poison 

 is identical with 

 the Wabaio of the 

 Somal, which is 

 prepared partly 

 from another closely 

 related species {A. 

 Ouabaio), and partly from this. 

 100. Adenimn Spcciosivm, Fzl. 



Growing on bare rock on the route from Lake Eudolf to 

 Lake Stefanie, and on Mount Nyiro. 



BLOSSOM AND LEAF OF 

 THE ' ADENIUM SPECIO- 

 SUM.' NATURAL SIZE. 



G. S. 



Primulace^ 



101. Lysimachia Qnartiniana, A. Eich. 



Ndoro, Northern Kikuyu, 6,350 feet. 



