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diam., girt with 4 persistent cuneate reflexing coriaceous glabrous 

 bracts ; peduncle about an inch long. Fruit hard, glabrous, glo- 

 bose, 3 in. in diam., with a thin coriaceous epicarp and 4 pyrenes. 

 —Baron 2209 ! 2864 ! 2961 ! 



Uapaca clttsioides, n. sp. 



Glabra, ramulis percrassis, foliis magnis obovato-cuneatis petiolatis 

 rigide coriaceis obtusis, floribus focmineis ignotis^ floribus masculis in 

 capitulos globosos axillares pedunculatos dispositis, bracteis reflexis coria- 

 ceis, perianthio obconico coriaceo ore piloso, staminibus 5 exsertis. 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts except the perianth, with the 

 leaves and male heads produced from terete woody branches half 

 an inch in diameter. Leaves 6-8 in. long, 4-5 in. broad above 

 the middle, very thick and rigid in texture, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces, with 6-8 pairs of parallel arcuate-ascending 

 main veins distinct from the midrib to the margin ; petiole 1-1£ 

 in. long. Male heads globose, ^ in. in diam., enclosed in a whorl 

 of very much imbricating persistent reflexing orbicular-cuneate 

 bracts ; peduncle rugose, erecto-patent, 1-1J in. long. Male 

 perianth ^ in. long, formed of 5 coriaceous segments. Stamens 

 5, much longer than the perianth ; anthers oblong. Fruit un- 

 known. — Baron 2546 ! 



Bkidelia coccolob^folia, n. sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis petiolatis ovatis vel oblongis cordatis sub- 

 coriaceis lucidis, floribus foemineis in paniculam terminalem ramulis spi- 

 catis dispositis glomeratis, periantbii segmentis ovatis, disco cupulari, 

 fructu ellipsoideo coriaceo venoso apiculato, semine solitario. 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with terete woody branchlets. 

 Leaves alternate, 3-4 in. long, l-J-2 in. broad, obtuse or sub- 

 obtuse, shortly cordate at the base, firm in texture, green and 

 rather glossy above, opaque beneath, with 10-12 pairs of very 

 distinct arcuate-ascending veinlets. Female flowers arranged in 

 several dense spikes 2-3 in. long, which form a terminal panicle, 

 sessile and clustering on the branchlets. Fruit 6 in. in diam., 

 dark brown, coriaceous in texture, with a distinctly veined epicarp, 

 girt at the base by the persistent campanulate perianth, with 

 its ovate segments, and inserted on a much-raised disk. Male 

 flowers not seen.— Baron 2330 ! 2450 ! Allied to B. angolensis, 

 Mull. Arg. 



ACALTPHA IIOLOOYKA, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, monoica, ramulis junioribus obscure pilosis, foliis oblongis 



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