SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETALE. 147 
Folia vulgo 5°5-8 em. long., 2-3 em. lat., raro 10 x 4 ст. attingentia ; 
jugum proximale triente inferiore ad 2-3 mm. а margine percurrens, superne 
crebro arcuato-anfractuosum ; jugum distale ad 1-1:8 em. a basi insertum 
primo rectum-deinde arcuatum et cum ordinis secundi costis cir 
са 0-6 costu- 
lisque. numerosis anastomosantibus : costularum rete utrinsec 
us prominens 
sed foliorum vetustiorum pagina superiore spe minus aspectabile, Flores 
flavi. Calyx 15 mm. long. Corolle 3 mm. long. ; tubus 1:5 mm. long., 
gre 2 mm. lat. : lobi 5x 1:9 mm. Filamenta 0:5 mm., anthers vix 1 mm. 
long. Ovarium 0°9 mm. long. Васса viva flava, in sicco 1:3-1*4 em. long., 
1:221: em. diam. Semina fusca vel fusco-rubra, 9 x 7 mm. 
Mr. Swynnerton notes this as one of the largest trees of the Melsetter 
district. The yellow fruits are eaten by birds, squirrels and monkeys. 
Flowers a creamy Naples yellow in colour. The forest Touraeos (Turacus 
livingstonii) ате particularly fond of the berries, which are borne very 
abundantly. 
Srrycunos ($ Intermedia) MELLODORA, Ж. Moore, sp. nov. 
Arbor mediocri altitudine ramulis ascendentibus validis с 
glabris cortice brunneo-rubescente nitido obduetis, foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis 
apicem versus siepe cuspidato-attenuatis apice obtusis basi in petiolum brevem 
cuneatim coartatis tenuiter coriaceis glabris basi ipsa jugo proximali tenui 
adjecto trinervibus jugo distali validiore ad 5-10 mm. supra basin costæ 
centrali inserto costis secundariis reliquis utriaque 4-6 pr 
rebro foliosis cito 
imo ascendentibus 
marginem versus late arcuatis necnon leviter anfractuosis, floribus in сутаз 
paniculatas axillares pedunculatas multifloras fulvo-pubescentes dispositis, 
bracteis ovatis obtusis pedicellis brevioribus, floribus tetrameris, calycis lobis 
æ tubo abbreviato зе. 
obtusis tubum 4-plo ex- 
atis corolle lobos semi- 
eequantibus, ovario glabro stylo crassiusculo longiore, bacea 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 £t. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 101. | 
Folia seepius 8-10 x 3-4 cem., in sicco plus minus castanea, pag. sup. nitida: 
jugum  proximale nullo negotio aspectabile etsi tenue, apicem versus 
evanescens ; costularum rete laxiusculum, utrinque 
solemniter 2:5-3:5 cm. long. 3-35 сш. diam. 
rotundato-ovatis obtussisimis margine ciliolatix, coroll 
calyce breviore limbi lobis anguste ovato-oblongis 
cedentibus intus albo-villosulis, filamentis complan 
satis prominens, Cymæ 
Peduneulus communis 
1-12 mm. long. ; pedd. partiales vulgo 5-10 mm., raro usque ad 15 
mm. ; 
pedicelli 1-2 mm. long. Bractez cirea 1 mm. long. Flores albi, mellis 
odorem spargentes. Calyx 1 mm. long. Corolle tubus 0-6 mm. long , 
L25 mm. lat.; lobi 2:5 mm. long. Filamenta 1-2 mm. long.; anthers 
oblongze 0*7 mm. long. Ovarium fere 1 mm. long., stylus 0*4 mm. 
Near S. alnifolia, Baker, but different in habit, form 
and nervation of the 
leaf, and the short tube of the corolla. 
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