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lanceolato-ligulata, 3 lin. longa, ? lin, lata. Stamina majora 
calycem :wquantia. Carpella sericeo-villosula, cum stylis gra- 
cillimis 14-1} lin. longa. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
Connarus Reynoldsii, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis C. floribundo, 
Schum. et Thonn., differt foliis conspicue nervosis, inflorescentiis 
axillaribus et terminalibus quam foliis brevioribus densissimis, 
petalis longioribus, staminibus stylisque multo brevioribus. 
Frutex ramis cortice brunneo tectis multi-lentieellatis. Folia 
3-4-juga ; rhachis gracilis tenuiter rufo- vel fulvo-pubescens vel 
tomentella; ima juga circiter 2 poll. a basi distantia; foliola 
oblonga vel elliptieo-oblonga, breviter acuminata aeumine cuspi- 
dato, basi rotundata vel subacuta, 2-32 poll. longa, 3-14 poll. 
lata, coriacea, supra glaberrima, nitidula, infra in costa nervisque 
magis minusve tenuiter fulvo-pubescentia esterum fere glabra, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 2-3 valde obliquis et prorsus curvatis, 
venarum retieulatione laxa prominula; petioluli tomentelli, 
lj lin. longi. Panicule numerose in foliorum axillis et ad 
ramorum apices dense congeste, cirea 2 poll. longe, densiflore, 
fulvo-velutine ; braetez ovate vel lanceolate, acute, pedicellos 
2-12 lin. longos paullo superantes. Calyw fulvo-velutinus, 
12 lin. longus, ad medium 5-lobus, lobis ovatis subacutis vel 
obtusiuseulis. Petala anguste lorato-linearia, superne longe 
attenuata et erispo-undulata, circiter 7-8 lin. longa, ad 14 lin. 
lata. Stamina perfecta 10; longiorum filamenta paulo ultra 
13 lin. longa, breviorum duplo breviora, Carpella 5, fulvo- 
tomentella, eum stylis parum brevioribus vix ? lin. longa, 
stigmata subdisciformia. Ovula 2, collateralia. 
Liberia, near the St. Paul’s River, about 70 miles from the 
coast, H. Reynolds. 
Dalbergia Ecastaphyllum, Taub., forma trifoliolata, Stapf, a 
typo differt foliolis 3, terminali quam lateralibus multo majore. 
Foliorum rhachis 1-14 poll. longa; foliola oblonga vel ovato- 
oblonga, basi rotundata, apice sensim breviter acuminata, ter- 
minali ultra 6 poll. longa, ad 2? poll. lata, lateralia minora, 
coriacea, supra opaca, subtus subglaucescentia, pilis minutissimis 
sparsis adpressis, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 9, ceeterum 
ut in typo. Flores in specie majusculi, ceterum ut in typo. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
This is a rather striking form, which might be taken at the 
