70 MR. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE BOTANICAL RESULTS 
On the banks of the Niger, Farana, 10° N. lat., about 3600 ft. 
alt., March 26, no. 5370. 
Uvarta AFZELII, sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis rubris corrugatis, juventute dense pilis aureo- 
brunneis hirsutis ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis 
vel obtuse acuminatis, margine revoluto basi rotundatis, superne 
sparse pilis albis plurime simplicibus conspersis, inferne supra 
venas cum venulis prominentes densiuscule pilis aureis plurime 
stellatis obtectis ; facie etiam sparsiuscule hirsuto ; venis circa 12- 
jugis; foliis 9-14 cm. long. et 3°5-7 cm. lat.; petiolo hirsuto 
3-4 mm.; pedunculi solitarii oppositifolii cum sepalis petalisque 
dense aureo-velutini, 2-3 cm.; floribus 8-4 cm. diam.; sepalis 
ovatis acutis, 10-15 mm. long. et 5-11 mm. lat.; petalis 18 mm- 
long. et 10 mm. lat., exterioribus late ovatis, interioribus obovatis 
cuneatis ad basin interne albo-pilosis. 
Stamina numerosa subsessilia, circa 2 mm. long., lateraliter 
dehiscentes ; connectivo triangulare ; carpellis hirsutis ovulis circa 
6 campylotropis; stigmate carnoso triquetro. 
Fructus bilobus, longe stipitatus dense albo-velutinus, 2 cm. 
long. et 15 mm. lat. et diam.; stipite 3-4 cm. 
Between Kahreni and Port Lokko in Limba Country (in 
flower), April, no. 5812 ; near Mofari, on Scarcies River (in fruit), 
Jan., no. 4412. 
Also Afzelius no. 4 in Herb. Mus. Brit., Sierra Leone. 
CiatHrosrermum Vogetit, Planch. 
Professor Baillon has already pointed out (Adansonia, viii. 
p- 320) that this name contains more than one species in the 
Kew Herbarium and in the ‘Flora of Tropical Africa.’ The 
following Key may therefore be of use in discriminating the 
species. 
1. C. Voartu, Planch. 
Leaves rounded at base; outer petals broadly ovate, inner 
oblong ; stamens few, similar and dehiscing laterally. Hooker, 
Flor. Nigr. p. 208, tab. 10. 
On the Quarra Sterling, Vogel, no. 203! Barter, no. 1221! 
2. C. Bartton, 8. Ell.—Popowia Mannii, Baill. 1. c. 
Leaves rounded at base; outer petals almost orbicular, inner 
