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Nearest i?. Balansa: BailL, uliicli lias sliiuing leaves more markedl}' 

 narrowed at fhe base and not at all prominently reticulate, and moreover with 

 mucli less tendency to a verticillato arrangement, also larger ciliolate cupnlate 

 bracts and larger oblong drupes. 



Balaxops rAXCHERi Baill, var. simplex Baill (ex descripL). Mt. Ponma ; 



abundant in serpentine scrub; 0-1300 ft. 2366. Low woody sbrub reaching 



4 ft,, somelinies branched from the base, usually with simple stem. Answers 

 the description so far as that goes, except for the somewliat smaller leaves 

 (up to 13'5x2'8 cm. as against 15x4 cnn). Tlie ripe fruits, hitherto 

 undescribed, are broadly ovoid, and 2 cm. long by about 17 cm. in width. 

 Baillon gives Mt. Poume as the locality for this variety. 



B. ACICAUPA S. MoorCj sp. nov. Frutex metralis glaber ; caule sa3pissime 

 snnpliei sub foliis subtereti cicatricibus foliorum florumgennnarumquc crebro 

 ornato cortice cinereo-nigro levi necnon nitenti obducto; foVns 12-15x3-5- 



5 cm. saltern inferioribus fere constanterverticillatis obloniro-oblanceolatis 

 apico obtusissimis nisi rotundatis basi in petiolnm latum l-l'O cm. long, 

 nngustatis margine revolutis usque ad medium undulato-denticulatis aliter 

 integris crasse cori:iceis; Jlorlhus fomineis axilhiribus solitariis ; Iradeis 

 pluribus circa 7-serialibus ovatis apice rotundatis ipso sa?pe nigro-mucronatis 

 exterioribus l-2'5 nun. intermediis 5-6 nnn. lono\ intimi:^ acumiiuitis fere 

 10 mill. long, inferioribus fiiscis glaln-iscjuc ceteris facie utri^que pra3sertiin 



vero exteiiori albo-sericeis; fnictii aiUmc immaturo comprcsso ovoideo- 

 acuminato 2-loculari olaLro fere 2 cm. lono-. ad medium 9 mm. in transvorium 



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stylorum 2 sat validoriim piiberulorum reliquiis ouusto. 



Cap Bocnge ; frequent in dry serpentine scrub; 100-1300 ft. 1365. 

 Sbrub 3-1 ft. Stem usually simple. Fruit in dry state a dull brick-n 

 with a few lonnitudinal furrows. 



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At first this was thought to be a form possibly of B. Theophrasla Baill.j a 

 species not represented in our herbaria ; but this is described as having much 

 larger leaves (up to 30x10 cm) lenglhily narrowing into the petiole, while 

 the drupe (3xl'5 cm.) is iuvested by a cupule of bracts of -which all are 

 acuminate and are villous on the back and elsewhere glabrous. 



Triloculahia srAusiFOLTA Schlochter. Mountains to north of Ngoye ; 

 Casuanna forest ; 2500 ft. 2067. Large tree, 35 ft. This is a fortunate 

 discovery, tlie specimens being those of the male plant hitherto unknown. 

 To the generic description (Bot. Jahrb. xxxix. 91) the following addition 

 should bo nude : 



Flores masculi in amenta sparsa paucitlora di^poslta ex ramulis inter folia 

 onunda. Stamina sa^pissime 3-5, quoJquo bractoa minuta sncpius sti})atnm, 

 feminei rudimentum parvulum 2-3'lobum clrcumdantia ; antherse lateraliter 

 dehiscentca. 



