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ATnOXIMA *, Stapf (gen. nov. Polygalacearum). 
Aflinis. Carpolobie, G. Don, differt petalis subæqualibus, 
infimo haud naviculari, fruetu duro, pericarpio crustaceo, semini- 
bus endospermate destitutis. 
Sepala 5 structura simillima, magnitudine inequalia, interiora 
majora. Petala 5, subæqualia, lanceolata, haud unguiculata, 
infimum quam estera vix vel paulo latius et ut ea leviter con- 
"avum, ima basi tubo staminali adnatum, duo summa multo 
altius et oblique adnata intusque infra medium sericeo-villosa. 
Stamina 5, monadelphia, tubo staminali in latere superiore tota 
longitudine fisso; anther sessiles vel filamentis distinctis 
insideutes. Ovarium sessile, 3-loeulare, loculis l-ovulatis ; 
stylus filiformis; stigma punctiforme. — Fructus subglobosus, 
durus; pericarpium crustaceum (more Xanthophylli). | Semina 
subglobosa; testa tenuiter molliter pilosula ; endosperma 
nullum, Embryo cotyledonibus crassis sectione transversa 
subsemiorbicularibus. 
Arbuseula vel frutices, glabre. Folia alterna, coriacea. 
Flores in racemis plerumque gracilibus longiuseulis axillaribus, 
'arius paniculati. 
Species note 4 in Africa tropica occidentali. 
A. liberica, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affinis A. macrostachye, Stapt 
(Carpolobia macrostachya, Chod.), sed foliis majoribus magis 
conspicue reticulatis, breviter petiolatis, inflorescentiis fori- 
busque preter sepala ciliolata glabris distincta. 
Ramuli graciles, cortice pallido. Folia oblonga, aeuta vel 
subobtusa, apice subcaudato-acuminata acumine obliquo, 4—6 poll. 
longa, 14-27 poll. lata, tenuiter coriacea, nervis lateralibus utrin- 
que cireiter 6 valde obliquis areubus a margine 2-3 lin, distan- 
tibus connectis, reticulatione venarum arcta utrinque conspicua 
prominula ; petioli erassiusculi, nigrescentes, 2 lin, longi, 
Racemi solitarii vel bini in axillis foliorum, circiter 2 poll. 
longi; bractez late ovate, minute ; pedicelli 1 lin. longi. Sepala 
lite ovata, obtusa, minute ciliolata, interiora 9 lin, longa. 
Petala 3 lin. longa. Anthere sessiles. 
Sinos Basin, Whyte. 
* arpotimos, not eatable; in allusion to the fruit, 
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