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Tlui plants recorded as B, pohjgalacea from M.{ii]{\^^A^(^{\Y (HUdebrandt !}098 

 and Baroit G455) npp(Nir to mo to btdong to B. cappnridifoJia. 'J'li^T ^i'^^'^'^ 

 sub-corlacoous livnves; tlio loavos narrow oTadually to tlio opex^ and the cus- 

 pidate^ point so oh:u-actoristic oF polygalacea is absent ; and the inHoresconco 

 is niuoli more hairy (densely so in Hildebrandt\s plant, which app(^ars to be a 

 starved form). Moreover^ true poJygalacea lias not been found outside the 

 area of Guinc^a and KanierujK 



3. B. Radoliffei, Baker f. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxxviii, (1005) 111. 



Uganda. Bagsliawe 74! 755! 1072! ])ummer 3901! (alt. 1450 m.). 



Vssl 



ter 93 ! 



Fyjfe \j% ! Dawe 972 ! 



(alt. 1300 ni.). 



Easily distingnislied liy tlic very small and delicate axillary racemes in 



clusters, g^ent^'allv sliorter tlian 



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the petioh^Sj witli capillary pedictds. 

 following description of th(^. fruit may he added to l\Ir. Baker's account ; 



LoguuKui monospi^'mum, ohliijue-oblonnum, 3-4 cm.xl'r)-2 cm., apicc 

 cornutum, supcrficic glabra, nigra^ reticulata. SenuMi rufum, 2"5-3 cm. 

 longuuK 





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4. B. roLYGALACEA, I3!ik(^r in OJivor, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 248 (1871). 

 B. Pijnacrtu, Do Wild, in Ann. Mus. Cong. ii. 143 (1907). Bradeohma 

 pohjgalacea, Hookor f. Niger Fl. 322 (184i)). CarpoloUa dul'ia, G. Don, 

 Grn. Svst. i. 370 (1831). 



UrrER Guinea. Sicrni Loonc ! Liberia ! Ni<'-(M-ia ! 



Kameuun, Virgin fori\<t m^ar Yaund(\ Zenker G81 I Ft^rnando To. 

 Mann ! 'Barter ! 



Belgian Coxoo. N(^ar Eala. Pgnaert 239 ! 



A note append(^d to a specinu^n gathered hy A. E. Kitson in South Nigeria 

 states that ''the twigs are barlu^d, smashed and used as torches, and that the 

 plant is used as a cnre for diarrhoea," 



Do \Vild(Mnan says of B. Pgnaertii : ^' Cette plante nous a paru voisinc do 

 />, poJggalacea, Eak(M', qu<^ nous ne connalsons, il (^st vrai, que par d(»scription.^' 

 To nu^ it seeuis indistinguishab](\ 



This is a w(dl-kno\vn and rather variahl(^ s|)ecies, Tlie plants recordi^d as 

 ^' pohjgalacea from Madagascar, as has been aln^idy said, arc here ndVrred . 



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There has been some confusion about the synonyms. 



IJaker {/. c) identifi(Ml liis polygalacea ^vith Delaria pyrifolia, Dcsv., and 



(1884) 



ed the identifu^ation, 



bnt changed th<' nam(^ to ./>. pf/rifolia. Harms, in Pflanzenfam. Nachtr, i. 200 

 (18U7), acc(q)ted both tlie i<hMitIfieation and Baillon's nam(% and specimens 

 from Kamernn {Preiiss 1257!) wer<^ issmul from B(^rlin which are labelL'd 

 B. j^irifolia. But the identification is maulfivstly erroneous. B, polfjgalaeea 

 is a Bmrteolaria, not a Jhdaria^ and a more glance at l)esvaux\s plate and 



