84 DR. OTTO STAPF ON 
connectivi appendice ovato-lanceolato acuto fere 1j lin. longe, 
thecis minutissime mucronatis, mucrone pilosulo. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
Alsodeia Johnstonei, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis A. kamerunensi, 
Engl. (e descriptione), sed foliis tenuioribus lanceolatis, amoene 
viridibus, nervis lateralibus intra marginem eleganter arcuato- 
conneetis, paniculis ovatis brevioribus, andracii tubi lobis ovatis 
distineta. 
Ramuli juniores pubescentes, mox glabrati, fusci. Folia 
lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, basi obtusa vel subacuta, acute 
acuminata, magis minusve serrulata vel subcrenata, ad 7 poll. 
longa, ad 2- -91 poll. lata, ameene viridia, tenuia, glabra, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 8-12 tenuibus eleganter arcuato- connectis, 
nervo eolleetivo 2-3 lin. a margine distante, venarum reticu- 
latione tenui; petioli 21-5 lin. longi, pubescentes. — Panicule 
terminales, cum pedunculo brevi 1-3 poll. longæ, densiuscule, 
elabre vel subglabre ; bracteæ ovate, 1 lin. longe ; pedicelli ad 13 
lin. longi. Sepala ovata, obtusa, 11-21 lin. longa, tenuiter albo- 
marginata, ceterum exsiccata fusco-nigrescentia, glabra. Petala 
oblonga, 2-8 lin. longa. Andræcii tubus brevis, 5-lobatus, lobis 
brevibus ovatis; anthere intra lobos tubi sessiles, cum con- 
nectivi appendice lanceolato-acuto 2 lin. longs, thecis ad apices 
contiguis. Capsula 9 lin. longa, glabra, apiculato-acuminata. 
Semina ambitu triangulari-obovata, compressa, ad 3 lin. longa. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
Oncoba brevipes, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis O. glauce, Hook. f. 
(quoad plantam Beauvaisianam), sed foliis ad vel supra medium 
latissimis abrupte latiuscule obtuse acuminatis, breviter petiolatis, 
floribus haud earmineis diametro 4-5 poll. distincta. 
Planta glaberrima, novellis resinosis. Folia elliptico-oblonga 
vel obovato-oblonga, subito in acumen brevem obtusum contracta, 
basi acuta, ad 7 poll. longa, ad 3} poll. lata, pallide viridia, haud 
glauca, nervis lateralibus obliquis utrinque 8-9, venis laxe 
reticulatis obscuris; petiolus 3-1 poll. longus. Racemi 2-3- 
flori, brevissime pedunculati; pedicelli subrobusti, ad 1j poll. 
longi. Petala circiter 10-12, obovato-lanceolata, cum ungue ad 
2 poll. longo, ut videtur alba. Anthere acute, 24 lin. longe. 
Near Monrovia, Whyte. 
