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decidum ; bracteole 2 flores involuerantes obovate, fere 6 lin. 
longs, obtusiuscule ; pedicelli ad 6 lin. longi. Calyx fere ad 
basin 5-fidus, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis ciliolatis 21-21 lin. 
longis. — Vexillum longiuseule unguiculatum, lamina rotundatum 
profunde 2-lobum, petala cetera calycis segmentis simillima 
eisque :equilonga. Stamina fertilia 3; filamenta pilosa ; 
anthere 2j lin. longs; staminodia pauca, minutissima, denti- 
formia. Ovarium rufo-villosum ; ovula circiter 5. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
Acioa Whytei, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis A. padlescenti, Baill., 
differt folis minoribus, inflorescentiis glabris rhachi parce 
pilosula excepta. 
famuli glabri, cortice brunneo. Folia oblongo-elliptiea vel 
ovato-lanceolata, subacuminata, basi rotundata, 21—4 poll. longa, 
1-13 poll. lata, coriacea, pallide viridia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
6-7 nti venarum reticulatione laxa utrinque prominulis ; petiolus 
crassus, l lin, longus. Racemi rhachi parce pilosula excepta 
glabri, vix pollicares, a basi densiflori ; bracteæ ovato-lanceolate, 
ad 2 lin, long, bracteoleque pallide, tenuiter membranacez, 
glabre ; pedicelli graciles, glabri, 3-4 lin. longi. Jieceptaculum 
tenue, glaberrimum, 8-9 lin. longum. Calyw 4-5 lin. longus; 
sepala elliptiea, obtusissima, extus preter margines in alabastro 
imbrieatos glaberrima, intus albo-velutina. Petala elliptico- 
oblonga, breviter unguiculata, 2-loba, 4i lin. longa. Filamenta 
in laminam liguliformem 12 poll. longam 4 lin. latam juneta, 
parte summa libera 3—4 lin. longa excepta. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
A specimen collected by G. F. Scott Elliot (no. 5521) near 
Kafogo, Sierra Leone, after flowering but with some remnants 
of inflorescences, seems to be identical with A. Whytei. 
Cassipourea czsia, Stapf (sp. nov.); aftinis C. parvifolie, Stapf 
(=Dactylopetalum parvifolium, Scott Elliot), differt foliis supra 
cesiis, calyce cæsio, petalis dense lanatis, disco intrastaminali 
multo minus alto lobulato lobulis cum filamentis aiternantibus. 
Frutex ramulis gracilibus primo adpresse pubescentibus cito 
glabratis, cortice brunneo. Folia anguste elliptica vel obovata, 
iatiuseule acuminata, basi cuneata vel acuminato-cuneata, 2- 
kz poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata, subchartacea, glabra, supra eximie 
cæsia subtus viridia, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6, 1- 
