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venosis oblongis basi apiceque rotundatis .... Cirri 
simplices . . . Bractese .... Alabastra oblongai 
obtusa. Floris tubus brevis tubulato-campanulatus bas 
haud intrusus, Sepala 5-6 lin. long, oblonga obtusa navi- 
cularia extus tomentosa intus maculis linearibus purpureis, 
verrucisque albidis notatis. Petala sepalis conforma parum 
breviora tenuiora membranacea, albida maculis purpureis 
minimis crebris obsita. Corona faucialis biserialis ; series 
extima e ligulis petalis jequilongis petaloideis, purpureo- 
maculatis dolabri-formibus, apice obliquis et in acumen 
longiusculum tortum prolatis ; series intima e folis numero- 
sis procedentibus dimideo brevibus, capitatellis. Corona 
mediana e tubo versus medium assurgens basi membra- 
nacea, apice in fila brevia divisa. Corona infra mediana 
e tubo versus basin emergens annularis, sub carnosa mar- 
gine deflexa. Tubi facies interna, inter coronas, processi- 
bus parvis membranaceis ut videtur dense obsessa. . . . 
. . . Gynandrophorum basi ut videtur quinquangulum, 
angulis anguste alatis, supra medium tumidum ibiquc 
puberulum. Antherse oblongse obtusse flavidK. Ovarium 
ut videtur oblongum angulatum longitudinaliter costatum 
puberulum. Stigmata majiuscula reniformia. Our House. 
141. Begonia tovarensis, Kl. var ? fructibus breviter alatis. House. 
128. 5,750 feet. 
162. Upper slope. 
Crepinella, E. Marchal, nov. gen. — Flores hermaphroditi. 
Calycis margo brevis obsolete 4-dentatus. Petala 4-valvata. 
Stamina tot quot petala, subdico epigyno explanato superne 
in stylum sulcatum abeunte inserta, filamentis brevibus et 
antheris ovatis. Ovarium i-loculare, i-ovulatum, ovulo 
pendulo. Fruftus ignotus. Frutex (?) glaber. Folia digitata. 
Flores in umbellas compositas terminates digesti. 1 Braftese 
parvje squamiformes. Pedicelli sub flore continui. 
Notwithstanding the absence of fruit the genus Crepi- 
nella is very different from other Araliaceas with 1 -celled, 
i-ovuled ovary differing from Eremopanax, Baillon, Cupho- 
carpus, Dene & Naud, and Mastixia, Blume, in its digitate 
leaves and umbellate tetramerous flowers. Dedicated to 
Mons. Crepin, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Brussels. 
