322 XXXV. ochnace.e (olivbb). [Gomphia. 



by extrorse pores. Fruit-sepals about \ in. long, coriaceous, erect, incurved 

 over the drupes. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



Var. brachypoda. Leaves 5-12 in. Flowers crowded in racemes of 2-3 in., singly 

 bracteolate or less distinctly fascicled than in the above. Sepals apparently rather smaller 

 in fruit. 



Old Calabar, W. C. Thomson ! 



7. G. congesta, Oliv. Shrub. Leaves oblanceolate-oval or -oblong or 

 oblong-elliptical, sometimes elongate, acute or acuminate, narrowed more or 

 less at the cuneate or slightly rounded base, serrulate, midrib prominent be- 

 neath ; 3-10 in. long, \\~'i in. broad ; petiole 1-3 lines. Stipules triangular, 

 2-fid or 2-partite. Flowers more or less crowded in terminal, pedunculate, 

 simple racemes, together with the peduncle from 3J— 10 in. in our specimens. 

 Pedicels equalling the flowers, about \ in., usually in several-flowered fas- 

 cicles from obsolete lateral peduncles. Sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse. 

 Petals obcordate-cuneate. Filaments considerably shorter than the anthers. 

 Fruit-sepals equalling the drupes, bright red. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. A mints Bay, Mann ! 



In the Sierra Leone specimen the stipules are connate below, in the Ambas Bay examples 

 nearly free. This may iudicate specific difference. The Amba9 Bay plant much resembles 

 G. dependent, a Madagascar species, figured by De Caudolle in his Mom. Ochn. t. 0, 

 but the latter has remarkably large stipules. 



8. G. glaberrima, P. de Beauv. Fl. d'Oware, ii. 22. t. 71. Leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, acutely acuminate, serrulate, narrowed to the base, 3-4 in. long, 

 \\-\\ in. broad. Stipules narrow-subulate, distinct, lateral. Flowers in a 

 terminal raceme, simple or sparingly branched below. Pedicels patent, \ in- 

 long. Sepals about \ in., broadly oblong, obtuse, erect, enclosing the young 

 fruit. Filaments persistent, equalling the raised disk. 



Upper Guinea. Oware, Beauvois ; Old Calabar, W. C. Thornton! Lagos Island. 

 Barter ! 



9. G. axillaris, Oliv. A shrub of " 12 ft." Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 broadly oblanceolate or oval, acutely often rather abruptly acuminate, much 

 narrowed or cuneate at the base, rather distantly repand-spinulose-serrat", 

 teeth probably deciduous, acumen entire ; 4-6 in. long, H-2£ in. broad ; 

 petiole J~i in. Stipules apparently connate, deciduous. Flowers in lateral 

 fascicles of 2 or 3 ; common peduncle obsolete; pedicels i~J in. Petal* 

 very narrow, linear-oblong, exceeding the sepals. Filaments much shorter 

 than the elongate narrow-linear, but not abruptly narrowed, anthers. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. River Kongui, Mann ! Sierra Leone, Morson ! 



Order XXXVI. BURSERACEJE (by Prof. Oliver). 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Calyx 3-4-5-lobed or 

 -partite ; segments valvate or imbricate. Petals 3-5, valvate or imbricate- 



