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loppositipetalum : stamina antheris effotis 5, 4 oppositipetala, 
lalternipetalum ; filamenta petalis fere tota longitudine adnata, 
bullata (imprimis staminum imperfectorum). 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
The petals of Olax Mannii are under 2 lin. long. 
Uroporrya, Stapf (gen. nov. Olaeacearum). 
Affinis Opilie, Roxb., sed toto habitu, racemis longissimis, 
disco annulari indiviso, filamentis quam petalis duplo longioribus 
distincta. 
Calyx ad marginem obscurum redactus. Petala 4-5, valvata 
tandem libera et reflexa. Stamina petalis opposita, hvpogyna, 
filamentis eapillaribus longissimis ; anthers ovoides, basi affixe. 
Discus annularis, crassus, undulatus vel truncatus. Ovarium 
l-loeulare; stigma stylo brevi imposito vel sessile, parvum ; 
ovulum 1, e placenta ascendente ex apice loculi pendulum. 
Fructus mihi ignotus; a Dryandro bacca descripta. 
Frutices glabri, nisi interdum racemorum rhachides pubes- 
centes. Folia subcoriacea vel membranacea. Racemi longi, pen- 
duli; braetez nulle vel hyaline. Flores fasciculati, pedicellati. 
U. angustifolia, Stapf (sp. nov.). 
Frutex glaberrimus. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel oblonga, 
acuminata, basi acuta, 6 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata, subcoriacea, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7-8 tenuibus uti venis 
ineonspieuis vel exsiccando prominulis; petioli crassiusculi, ad 
21 lin. longi. Racemi ad 10 poll. longi, ebraeteati; pedicelli 
graciles, 3 poll. longi. Petala ovato-oblonga, subaeuta, 12 lin. 
longa. Filamenta 3 lin. longa. Stigma sessile. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte; near the St. Paul's 
River, 60 miles inland, Reynolds. Also in Sierra Leone, Smeath- 
man. It is the fruit of the latter which was described by 
Dryander as baccate in a note in the herbarium of the British 
Museum. 
U. latifolia, Stapf (sp. nov.). 
Frutex racemis exceptis glaber. Folia late elliptica, basi ro- 
tundata, apice breviter acuminata, 5 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata, 
fere membranacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5, curvatis, tenui- 
bus distinctis, venis inconspicuis. Racemi ad 8 poll. longi, 
braeteati; rhachis minute pubescens; braetes ovate, acute, 
i-3 lin. longs, hyaline, viridi-flavescentes. pedicelli gracillimi, 
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