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biovulatum, ovulis ex apice loculi pendulis, anatropis, raphe introrsa. 
Stylus simplex, filiformis, glaber, longe exsertus, in alabastro vario 
modo curvatus, stigmate simplici. Fructus fere magnitudinis nucis 
myristice, 1-2 in quoque pedunculo, ovales, acuti, tomentosuli, 4-sul-. 
cati, sulcis fundo rugosis, pericarpio ligneo, in valvis 4 partibili. Semen 
unicum, totum loculum fructus implens, substantia interna meandri- 
formi, in sicco inextricabili.—(v. s. sp.) 
Hab. In Africa austro-orientali, et verisimiliter provincia Caffrorum. 
Aecording to the information gathered by Professor Bertoloni, 
the butter produced by this tree is called Chiguito by the Caffres, 
and commonly used to dress their victuals; it is also carried to the 
coast of Mozambique as an article of commerce. It is white, and 
rather hard, with a peculiar aromatic odour, which may be traced 
to the fruit and its kernel from which it is obtained. Its chemical 
composition is—Olein 25, Margarin 75— 100. 
I cannot agree with Professor Bertoloni in the opinion that our 
Combretum butyrosum is the same as the Shea-tree of Mungo Park, 
as such an opinion is grounded on no other fact than that both are 
from Africa and produce a kind of vegetable butter. The figure 
given in the first Voyage of Mungo Park of the Shea-tree is of а 
plant far different from our Combretum, with its elliptical-oblong, 
slightly obovate, obtuse leaves, with rather long foot-stalks, alter- 
nate and clustered in close spirals at the top of the branches. 
The fruit also is different. Nor is there any reason to believe 
with Professor Bertoloni that the figure was drawn by mistake 
from some other plant. Mungo Park referred the Shea to the 
order Sapotacee, and it seems rightly, as it has been subsequently 
described by G. Don as a kind of Bassia (B. Parkit). 
Descriptions of New Species of Utricularia from South America, 
with Notes upon phe Genera Polypompholyx and Akentra. 
By Danrex Ошфув, jun. F.L.S. (With a Plate.) 
[Read Nov. 17, 1859.] 
I rurnisn, in the first place, a description, with an excellent 
figure by Mr. Fitch, of a new and remarkable epiphytical Utricu- 
laria sent recently by Professor Jameson of Quito to Sir William 
J. Hooker. 
UrRIcULARIA, L. (Sect. Orchidioides, A. D.C.) . 
U. JauEsoN1ANA.  Scapo gracili (2-3-pollicari) 1-2-floro, folio 
basi ejus lineari-lanceolato v. lanceolato-spathulato, corole labio 
