100 DR. OTTO STAPF ON 
Rami cortice fuscescente. Folia oblongo-elliptica, abrupte in 
acumen obtusum vel subaeutum ad 6 lin. longum latiusculum 
contracta, basi breviter aeutata, 21-5] poll. longa, 14-24 poll. 
lata, coriacea, opaea, subtus pallidiora, nervis venisque plane 
obseuris, costa subtus prominente obtusa, supra tenuiter cana- 
lieulata; petioli vix 1 lin. longi. Cyme@ axillares, ad ł poll. 
longi, a basi fere divise, dens: ; bracteæ ovate, ad 1 lin. longe, 
citissime decidue; pedicelli 4-14 lin. longi. Receptaculum 
obovoideo-globosum, 1} lin. longum. Sepala latissime ovata, 
1-2 lin. longa, ad 14 lin. lata. Petala elliptico-oblonga, crassa, 
vix l1 lin. longa, obtusa. 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. 
Homalium molle, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affinis H. stipulaceo, Welw., 
differt folis subtus molliter pubescentibus, petalis in fructu 
maturo multo brevioribus. 
Rami juniores molliter pubescentes, demum magis minusve 
glabrescentes, cortice brunneo vel fusco. Folia lanceolata vel 
oblonga vel elliptica, acuminata, basi rotundata, subaeuta, margine 
repando-serrata, 4-63 poll. longa, 13-33 poll. lata, subcoriacea, 
supra preter costam primo minutissime puberulam glabra, subtus 
molliter pubescentia pube persistente, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
cireiter 9 magis minusve prorsus curvatis venis transversis 
laxiuseulis uti retieulatione subtus subprominula ; petioli 2-3 lin. 
longi, tomentelli; stipule admodum varie mox decidue vel 
subpersistentes, lanceolate usque orbiculari-auriculate sepissime 
oblique, ad 6 lin. longs, majores foliacez.. Panicule floribunde 
terminales et e foliorum superiorum axillis, ad 10 poll. longa, 
ubique tenuiter molliter cinereo-pubescentes, ramis gracilibus 
sspe subpendulis ad 6 poll. longis; florum fasciculi approximati 
vel inferiores magis distantes; bractew minime ; pedicelli brevis- 
simi. Receptaculum turbinatum, molliter pubescens, 3 lin. 
longum. Sepala triangulari-ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 
receptaculo paulo breviora. Petala sub anthesi oblonga, 3 lin. 
paulo excedentia, in fructu maturo ,indurata obovato-oblonga, 
1 lin. longa, albo-pubescentia. Stylus apice brevissime 3-4-fidus. 
— H. stipulaceum, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 498 (in 
part). 
Sinoe Basin, Whyte. Also in Sierra Leone, by the Bagroo 
River, Mann, 881. 
Mann's specimen was referred by Masters, l. c. to H. stipu- 
laceum, Welw. (no. 2495). This has, however, glabrous leaves, 
