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asily distinguished from 2)ilosa hy the broad^ shining, coriaceous leaves^, 

 the short dark brown indumcntam of tlic infloresccncCj and the greenish, 

 thinly pilose bractcoles. 



l\9, B. ELEGANSj Lester-Garhmd, sp. nova. 



Frutex scandens vel decunihens, ramulis junioribus dense pubescentibu.'=, 

 adultis glabrcscentibus. Folia pc^tiolafa ([^etiolo piloso circa 1 cnu longo), 

 laneeohita v(d oblongo4anceolat:ij hasi rotundata, apice scnsim acuminata^ 

 chartacea, supra atro-viridia (ut videtur) et glabra nisi in ncrvis depressis, 

 snbtus [)lus minus obsita pilis brevibus sparsis adpressis, nervis dense pilosis* 

 Flores in racemes axillares (c. 3 cm.) dispositi ; rhachis et pedicelli dense 

 pnbescentes ; pedicelli stipulis bracteit'ormibus duobus persistentibus suffiilti, 

 bractea ipsa minuta et mature decidua seu rarius per abortionem floris 

 crescente et persistentc ; bracteoli 4-5 mm. longi, oyato-oblongi, virides, 

 striata, extus adpresse pilosis^ intus glabris. Calyx spathaceus, circa 9 mm* 

 longus, pilis fulvis adpressis obsitus ; vexillum ad 1*7 cm. latutUy inargine 

 eleganter minute undulato ; ovarium pilis longis dense obsitum. 



Kamerun. Batanga. G. L. BateR 154 ! 



There are two sheets of this plant at Kew^ on one of which it is described 



as ^'^climbinu" hioh over trees. Thick bush : not uncommon " ; on tlu^ other, 

 as a '■ trailin 



ii' or climl)iir 



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<•• Vine' with white flowers. It is clearlv distinct 



from the other two species of the section. From pilosa it is distinguished by 

 the short close indmnentum and the stiifer. almost sub-coriaceous leaves ; from 

 calophylla by the smaller and much narrower leaves and the absence of the 

 dark brown indumentum which cliaracterises that species. 



^ Var. VESTITA* Tota infloresccntia pilis fulvis sed multo breviorlbus quam 

 in 7i. pilosa vesiiia. Flores permnlti, racemis in panmculos plus minus 

 densos congestis. 



Gabun. Xlaine 2457 ! 



This is the plant referred to by Harms in his account of B, calophjUa as a 

 form of j5. pilosa with shorter incUimentum. But the leaves arc quite 

 different froui those oi j^^^^^^^^ ^'^^^ exactly resemble -those of elegans^ and the 

 general look of the iiiHorescence suggests what the latter species would be if 



covered with longer hairs. 



C. L0NGIBKACTEOLAT.E. Bracteoles longer than they are broad, generally 



oblono' lanceolate or linear, and larger than in the Sub-section A, 



40. B. MACROCALVX, Harms in Engb Jahrb. xl. 33 (1908), with Plate. 

 East Africa, Eastern slope of the Rondo plateau ; sunny thickets. 



Basse 2557 ! Liiidi. Basse 2980. Nondoro. Braun 1203. 



The bractcoles in this species are almost sub-orbicular, but too large for 



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