Otto Stapf: Plantae novae ex Liberia enascentes modo secundum usw. 353 
XCIV. Otto Stapf, Plantae novae ex Liberia enascentes 
modo secundum materialia Herbarii Regii Kewensis descrip- 
tae et in Sir Harry Johnston’s „Liberia“. Appendix IV (1905), 
pp. 570—669 publicatae. 
1. Zanthoxylum guineense Stapf, 1. c., p. 584. [Rutaceae.] 
A prickly shrub, prickles straight, !/; in. long; leaves pinnate, 5—7- 
foliolate, with a narrowly winged rachis (including the petiole 2—2'/, in. 
long) and elliptic to obovate leaflets, 1—11/, in. by !/,—9/, in., the upper- 
most often with à cuneate base, the nerves finely downy in the young 
leaf; flowers 5-merous, hermaphrodite, whitish downy, in terminal panicles 
(1—3 in. long) and subterminal small corymbs on slender peduncles, 
under !/, in. long, calyx lobes triangular, very small, petals 1/, in. long. 
Liberia: Cape Palmas, Ansell! — Also in Sierra Leone, Scott 
Elliot, 4887! 5310! 
2. Urobotrya trinervia Stapf, 1. c., p. 587. /Olacineue.] 
A shrub; leaves oblong or elliptic, subacute at the base, long acum- 
inate, 6—7 in. by 2?], in., papery, quite glabrous, with 5-6 side nerves 
of the first order, the lowest 2 almost from the base, very oblique and 
carried almost to or beyond the middle, where they join the next side 
nerve, which, like the following, spreads almost at right angles from the 
midrib; flowers as in U. angustifolia. 
Liberia: Kakatown, Whyte! 
The great resemblance of the inflorescences of these three species 
of Urobotrya and the diversity of the shape and nervation of leaves is 
remarkable, and they should be compared in the field. 
3. Milletia pallens Stapf, 1. c., p. 593. [ Leguminosae.] 
A glabrous tree (?) with slender branches; leaves up to 1 ft. long 
with usually 13 opposite ovate to oblong acuminate thin papery stipellate 
leaflets, 11/,—4 in. by 1—2 in., very pale green below and increasing in 
size from the lowest pair upwards; racemes or narrow panicles axillary, 
very slender, !/,—!/, in. long; flowers papilionaceous or silky on pedicels, 
up to !/, in. long; ealyx cup-shaped obscurely 5-dentate, slightly silky 
downy, !/, in. long; corolla almost ?/, in. long, pale purplish (?) with the 
standard silky on the outside. : 
Liberia: Monrovia and Kakatown, Whyte! 
It is allied to M. drastica Welw., which has, however, more numerous 
narrow leaflets and stiff rusty pubescent racemes. M. drastica possesses 
hard wood, and decoctions of the pods are used as a drastic purgative. 
4. Syzygium Rowlandi Sprague apud Stapf, Le, p. 604. [Myrtaceae.] 
A shrub or tree (?) with square slightly winged branchlets; leaves 
oblong or obovate acuminate, 3—6 in. by 1!/--2!/; in., dark and shining 
above, paler and dullish below; flowers white (?) in a terminal corymb 
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Repertorium novarum specierum. 
