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l. P.PrLosUM,sp.nov. Foliis obovato-oblongis breviter apiculatis basi 
subcordatis, membranaceis subtus parce pilosis, racemis elongatis 
simplicibus v. furcatis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis pedicellis aequilongis 
v. longioribus, petalis exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis.— 
Ramuli pilis ferrugineis molliter tomentosis. Folia 10-14 poll. 
longa, supra medium 53-63 poll. lata, supra glabrescentia, subtus laxe 
pilosa, petiolo brevissimo nervoque medio sericeo-pilosis. Racemi 
(penduli?) 6 poll. ad 2 ped. longi, ferrugineo-pilosi, bracteis 1 poll. 
longis. Flores pedicellati bracteis sæpe oppositi. Sepala ovato- 
lanceolata acuta extus pilosa, lin. longa. Petala exteriora anguste 
lanceolata, 6-8 lin. longa, interiora fragilia multo majora, exun- 
guiculata, basi circa genitalia concaviuscula, extus sericeo-pilosa, intus 
plus minus pubescentia v. sparse tomentella, ad 11-2 poll. longa. 
Andrecium globosum. Carpella 4-6 hirsuta, ovariis liberis, stigma- 
tibus sessilibus, pilosis, coalitis; ovula circiter S, uni- v. subbiseriata. 
Hab. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson. 
Mr. Thomson describes the “calyx as externally light brown. 
Corolla very light pink, with deeper streaks.... Fruit of several 
united carpels; seeds in two rows, covered with a little pulp; 
bright scarlet.” 
2. P. GLABRESCENS, sp.nov. Foliis oblanceolato-oblongis breviter acu- 
minatis, basi ssepius obtusis, glabris glabrescentibusve, paniculis 
cymose dichotomis, bracteis ovatis acutis, petalis exterioribus ovatis 
v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis.—Arbor 30-pedalis. Ramuli primum pilosi, 
annotini glabrescentes. Folia 4-8 poll. longa, supra medium 13-2) 
poll. lata, basin versus sepius leviter angustiora, pagina superiore 
glabra, inferiore glabrescente v. sparse pilosula, nervo medio atque 
venis secundariis pilosis exceptis. Panieule dichotome ad 10-12 
poll. longze, ramulis ultimis ferrugineo-pilosis, bracteis parvis pedi- 
cellis szepius brevioribus. Flores nutantes. Sepala triangulari. 
ovata, acuta, adpresse pilosa, intus glabriuscula. Petala exteriora 
quam sepala fere duplo longiora, interiora multo majora, ad 7-1 poll. 
longa, ovato-lanceolata v. oblonga, acuta, utrinque tomentosa v. extus, 
basin versus, adpresse pilosa. Carpella 4; ovulis 6-10 biseriatis. 
Hab. Kongui River, East Tropical Afriea, Mr. Gustav Mann, August and 
September 1862. 
RHAPTOPETALUM. 
OLACINEARUM genus novum. Tribus Olacee. 
Cuar. GEn.—Calyx parvus enpulatus, margine subinteger v. dentato- 
lobulatus, fructifer immutatus. Petala tria perigyna ad marginem 
disci inserta, coriacea, glabra, sestivstione valvata. Stamina indeti- 
nita (30-40), filamentis brevibus in tubu:n ad basin petalorum adnatum 
coalitis, antheris elongatis anguste linearibus erectis, apicem versus 
rima longitudinali breviter dehiscentibus. Ovarium in discum leviter 
immersum, semiinferum, quadriloculare, dissepimentis ad apicem 
LINN. PROC.—BOTANY, VOL. VIII. O 
