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glabrous. Calyx turbinate, subtruncate, obscurely toothed. Corolla 
white, glabrous outside, coriaceous; throat densely bearded; lobes 
5-8, subobtuse, not acuminate. Anthers apiculate or obtuse. Style 
hairy; stigmas 2-3. Ovules 4-5 together. Berry 1-3-seeded, 
1-2-celled; pericarp thick.—Randia coriacea, Benth. in Hook. Niger 
F). 387; Diplocrater (sp.), Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 96. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Grand Bassa, 7h. Vogel! Gaboon River, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
8. T. Nyasse, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, with pale glossy 
roundedly 4-sided branches. Leaves oval, subacuminate, somewhat 
narrowed at the base, coriaceous, 3-45 by 2-24 in.; lateral veins 
about 5 pairs; tertiary veins transverse ; petiole 4-2 in. ; stipules sub- 
truncate, with long rigid acumen. Flowers } in. long, subsessile, in 
axillary clusters; bracteoles cup-shaped, glabrous or ciliolate. Calyx 
truncate, somewhat striate when dry, glabrous. Corolla-tube glabrous 
outside, funnel-shaped ; throat densely bearded; lobes 6, subobtuse, 
puberulous outside. Anthers subapiculate ; filaments rather short. 
Style pubescent. Ovules 6-8 together. 
Mozamb. Distr. West shore of Lake Nyassa, Kirk! 
9. T. reticulata, Hiern. A shrub or small tree, glabrous except 
the inflorescence. Leaves elliptical, acuminate, more or less narrowed 
hot attenuate at the base, thinly coriaceous, 2-6 by 3-24 in.; lateral 
veins about 5-6 pairs ; tertiary veins transverse ; petiole 44 in.; stipules 
subtrancate, with a long apiculus. Flowers }-4 in. long, shortly 
pedicellate, in abbrevigted axillary panicles; bracteoles cup-shaped, 
shor tly pubescent, the uppermost forming an epicalyx. Calyx truncate, 
rod in. long, shortly pubescent, with 4—5 subulate teeth. Corolla- 
tube glabrous outside, pubescent inside and at the throat; lobes 6-8, 
apiculate, rather hairy towards the tip. Anthers apiculate, often with 
minute tufts of hairs at the tip. Ovules 4-6 together. Style some- 
what hairy. Fruit glabrate, } in. diam., crowned by the persistent cup- 
shaped puberulous calyx-limb of about +1, in. in length.—Randia reti- 
culata, Benth. in Hook. N iger Fl. 886; Diplocrater (sp.), Benth. et 
Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 96. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Th. Vogel! G. Don! Senegambia, 
Heudelot : Bagroo River, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
10. ©. pallens, Hiern. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves elliptical, 
acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, pallid, glabrescent, 
3-44 by 13-2 in.; lateral veins about 5-6 pairs, very slender ; petiole 
6 10.; stipules very short, truncate, apiculate. Flowers subsessile, 
crowded in very short axillary clusters; bracteoles cup-shaped, shortly 
pubescent. Calyx turbinate, shortly pubescent, 4; in. long, truncate, 
obscurely toothed. Corolla 4-1 in. long, funnel-shaped, shortly pu- 
Scent outside except the tube; throat bearded ; lobes 5-6, obtuse. 
5 uthers obtuse ; filaments of moderate length. Style hairy. Ovules 
< together, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Manin! 
