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and the latter are indistinguishable from those collected by 
Speke and Grant, hence they are provisionally referred to a 
single species, which is quite distinct from the Senegambian 
T. macroptera, Guill. et Perr. Col, Grant describes the species 
as a tine, large, handsome tree, 10 to 12 feet circumference of 
trunk, with the old bark hard, black, and fissured, and the young 
marbled red and grey, and the wood lemon-yellow and watery 
when fresh. The leaves grow in tufts from the tips of the 
branches. The kernel of the fruit eats as sweet as an almond. 
He further remarks that it is called * M’toof’oo,” and that the 
natives use it for tinting their cloths (made of bark) a yellow 
colour, and that the Arabs make supports for their houses of its 
wood. 
Terminalia velutina, Rolfe; a T. glaucescente, Planch., ramis 
et foliis einereo-velutinis, fructibus non obtusis distinguenda. 
“ Arbor 9 m. alta.” (Brown). Rami teretes, cinereo-velutini. 
Folia petiolata, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, acuta, multicostata, 
velutina, supra demum subglabra, venis impressis, subtus crebre 
reticulato-venosa ; lamina 10-20 em. longa, 5-8 em. lata; petioli 
3-5 em. longi. Spice axillares, velutinz, densiflora, 6-9 em. 
longe. Bractee decidum. Perianthiit receptaculum inferius 
fusiforme, superius cupuliforme, cum disco piloso; segmentis 
ovatis acutis. Stamina 3—4 mm. longa. Fructus pedicellatus, 
oblongus, subacutus vel apiculatus, bialatus, velutinus, 5-6 em. 
longus, cirea 15-18 mm. latus; pedicellus cirea 8 mm. longus. 
Busogo district, at 1170 m, Brown, 260; on open land 
throughout the Unyoro district, Dawe, 697. 
Mr. Dawe remarks that the bark of this tree is boiled and 
used for tanning. Though markediy different from the Western 
speeies mentioned, the affinity between the two is very close, 
judging by the fruit. The section is a rather important one, but 
several of the species are stil very imperfectly known, either 
flowers or fruit being wanting. 
RUBIACER. 
Oldenlandia $ Conostomium, Stapf (sect. nov.) a sectione 
Kohautia differt floribus axillaribus, corolle tubo longissimo, 
ovario vertice conico producto, capsula costata apice dentibus 
4 angustis dehiscente. Species dux Afric tropice. 
