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tella reflexa. Stamina 4; filamenta per paria basi connata, 
lanceolata, pubescentia. Ovarium 4-loculare, sericeo-tomen- 
tosum, in stylum superne glabrum contractum. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
Spiropetalum triplinerve, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affinis S. hetero- 
phyllo, Gilg, differt foliis 3-4-jugis, foliolis supra subglaucis 
subtus einnamomeis triplinervibus (7. e. nervis secundariis infimis 
2 fere a basi ortis, ceteris perpaucis remotis), venis transversis 
subhorizontalibus utrinque eleganter prominulis. 
Ramuli florifert robusti, primo  minutissime ferrugineo - 
tomentelli, deinde glabrescentes, cortice fuscescente. Folia 
3-4-jugi ; rhachis 2 ad fere 4 poll. longa, tenuissime pubescentia, 
deinde glabrescens ; foliola oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, breviter 
acuminata, basi subacuta vel obtusa, ad 2 poll. longa, 1 poll. 
lata, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus in costa tenuiter pubescentia 
exterum glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3 admodum obliquis 
tertio a secundo longe remoto, venis utrinque prominulis ; 
petioluli 1-1j lin. longi, tomentelli. Racemi densi, sepe 
compacti, solitarii vel fasciculati, }-1} poll. longi, a basi flori- 
feri ubique fulvo-velutini ; braetes ovate, parve; pedicelli 
brevissimi. Calyw 13-1? lin. longus, ad medium 5-partitus, 
segmentis oblongo-ovatis obtusis. Petala lorato-linearia e basi 
latiore, ad 5 lin. longa. Stamina longiora calyce breviora. 
Carpella velutino-tomentosa cum stylis calycem sequantia. 
Near Monrovia, Whyte. 
Connarus libericus, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis C. floribundo, 
Schum. & Thonn., differt imprimis inflorescentia, nempe pani- 
culis brevibus gracilibus plerumque racemiformibus versus 
ramorum apices fasciculatis. 
fami floriferi robusti, cortice cinerascente lenticellato. Folia 
circiter 4-juga, glaberrima; rhachis 3-4 poll. longa, teres; 
foliola elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, subabrupte acuminata, basi 
obtusa vel subacuta, 24-8 poll. longa, 14-14 poll. lata, tenuiter 
coriacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 valde obliquis, 
venis transversis tenuissimis; petioluli 2 lin. longi. Panicule 
13-2 poll. longze, sepe racemiformes vel saltem ramis longioribus 
paucis, a j—l poll. supra basin divisæ, tenuiter ferrugineo- 
pubescentes, graciles, fasciculate, numeross versus ramorum 
apices; bractez minimz; pedicelli ad 1 lin. longi, graciles, 
medio artieulati. Calya vix 1 lin. longus, profunde 5-partitus, 
segmentis ovatis subobtusis tenuiter pubescentibus. Petala 
