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ceolato-oblonga vel elliptiea, in eodem ramulo valde varia, acute 
acuminata acumine ad 1 poll. longo, basi longe cuneato-attenuata 
vel summa rotundata vel subcordata, ad 1 ped. longa, 12-4 poll. 
lata, coriacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 15-18 subpatulis sub 
margine prorsus arcuatis uti venarum retieulatione laxa utrinque 
prominulis ; petioli ad 1 poll. longi vel summi brevissimi, crassi ; 
stipule basi in tubum brevem connate, late ovate, subulato- 
acuminate, ad 4 poll. longs. Corymbi multiflori, densissimi, 
pedunculo 3-5 poll. longo suffulti; rami primarii 5-9 lin. longi, 
interdum uti ramuli obscure papilloso-puberuli ; bractew bracteo- 
læque lanceolato-subulate, infime ad 3 lin. longe. Flores 2 vel 
plures ad apices ramulorum brevium braeteatorum sessiles. 
Jieceptaculum globosum, i lin. altum. Calycis segmenta late 
ovata, acuta, 3 lin. longa. Corolle tubus tenuis, cylindricus, 
6-7 lin. longus; lobi lineares, acuti, 4-5 lin. longi, basi papillosi. 
Anthere ad 3 liu. longe. Stylus 4 lin. e corolla tubo exsertus, 
tandem ad 14 lin. divisus. 
Siuoe Basin, Whyte. 
Ixora atrata, Stapf (sp. uov.); affiuis Z. Soyauxii, Hiern, 
differt ramulis strictis divaricatis, foliis glaberrimis, nervis 
venisque infra pulchre prominulis, alabastris acuminatis, coroll 
segmentis longioribus. 
Planta preter inflorescentias petiolosque interdum parce 
pilosulos glaberrima, exsiecando nigricans. Ramuli graciles, 
teretes. Folia elliptico-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acu- 
minata, basi acuta, 34-44 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, mem- 
branacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 valde obliquis sub 
margine arcuato conneetis uti venis transversis subtus pro- 
minentibus; petioli 11-3 lin. longi, graciles; stipule e basi 
latissima brevi abrupte tenuissime subulatæ ad 2) liu. longs. 
Cyme laxi, teichotomie, pauciflore ad ramulorum apices; pedun- 
culi graciles, 4-9 lin. longi, uti rami et pedicelli glabri vel parce 
rufo-pilosuli; rami 2-4 lin. longi; bractew lanceolate vel 
subulate, parvw; pedicelli ad 24 lin. longi. Receptaculum vix 
+ lin. longum. Calyx vix 4 lin. longus, segmentis ovatis obtusis 
vel acutis. Corolle tubus 23-3 lin. longus, cylindricus, superne 
paulo dilatatus ; lobi oblongi, 4 lin. longi. 
Within 6 miles of Monrovia, Whyte. 
Coffea nudiflora, Stapf (sp. nov.); affinis C. melanocarpe, 
Hiern, sed floribus folia precedentibus, corolla ore glabra, 
fructibus rubris distincta; a C. divaricata, K. Schum., et 
