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1. U. hirsuta, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 469. A shrub of 20 ft., the 

 extremities and under-surface of the leaves, especially on the prominent raid- 

 rib and lateral nerves, rusty hirsute-pilose. Leaves elliptical- or obovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse or retuse, cordate at the base, glabrescent above, paler, glaucous 

 and more or less hairy beneath, with transverse, subparallel veins, 4-6 in. 

 Jong, 2-3 in. broad. Petiole 2-6 lines. Peduncles lateral or subterminal, 

 firm, 1- or few-flowered, 1-2 in. long or much shorter, with 1 or more silky- 

 pilose linear-lanceolate bracts. Sepals broadly ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-6 

 lines long. Outer petals erect, obtusely pointed, shortly tomentose, 9-10 

 nnes long, 6 lines broad, probably larger in fully-developed flowers ; inner 

 petals much shorter, similar in form, erect, connivent at the base. Torus 

 plane. Carpels about 30, free, the ovary with appressed hairs; stigma linear, 

 recurved, about equal in length to the ovary ; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



2 - U. lucidula, Oliv. A shrub, sometimes tree-like, 6-10 ft., with 

 'oose spreading branches or subscandent. Extremities obsoletely pubescent 

 0r Slabrate. Leaves obovate-elliptical or oblanceolate-oval, sharply acumi- 

 nat e, rounded or obtuse (except in the narrow-leaved forms) at the base, 

 glabrous and more or less shining above, intensely glaucous with rather pro- 

 ""uent midrib and lateral veins beneath. Flowers in leaf-opposed or terminal 

 laacides of '2-5, on slender bracteate pedicels of £-1 in. Bracts small, lan- 



eolate or ovate. Sepals free, ovate-elliptical, scarcely acute, persistent, at 

 ]X oblon g-° vate - Stamens scarcely exceeding 20-30. Carpels about 



JO, with pilose ovaries ; ovules 3 or 4. Fruit-carpels scarlet, cylindrical- 



onilose, 1-4-seeded, on stipes of 1-2 lines. 

 lower Guinea. Golnngo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. JFelwitsch ! 



si \ U * obovata > Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 469. A small tree, with 

 jnder, divaricate, minutelv-pubescent twigs. Leaves membranous, obovate 



obovate-oblong, obtuse "rounded or broadly and obtusely pointed, base 

 slim?/ 6 ° r subcor date; with minute, scattered hairs above, sparsely and 

 line, * P llose -pubescent beneath, 2|-5 in. long, \\-Z in. broad. Petiole 2-4 

 wit! Pe(lun des slender, 1-flowered, usually leaf-opposed, 1-2 in. in length, 

 SenY SCSSile orl) icular or ovate-cordate amplexicaul bract near the base, 

 ment r ° tundate ' obtuse, about 2 lines long and broad, spreading, pilose-to- 

 tuse T externall y- Outer petals greenish, spreading, ovate-rotundate, ob- 

 Petal £ Ut 3 times as lon S as se pal s » shortly tomentose externally ; inner 

 si,* s ^ ter - Torus slightly convex. Ovaries densely pilose ; stigma very 

 s Pecim ° US ' obtuse or truncate. Fruit-carpels several, 1-3-seeded in the 

 «itJ ,t ^ een ' c °nstricted or continuous, glabrous, rugulose when dry, with 



pes of about \ inch. 



°*«Uttb. Distr. Foot of Moramballa, Zambesia, Br. Kirk ! 

 y« ferruginea, Oliv. A shrub usually more or less scandent, with 



4. 

 elon 



el 0n?af ." "6 inea » Uliv. A shrub usually more or icss ac-o««»»^ -•«- 



spread! , teral bra nches. Annual shoots rusty pilose-pubescent with short 

 or eta, S lrs - Leaves membranous, ovate-oblong or -elliptical, elliptical 

 " O «e-oblanceolate, apex rounded or slightly narrowed obtuse, base ob- 



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