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fimbriate stam. ferens, limbo unilab. 5lobo, stain. 

 4 didyn. arcuatis, antheris connexis, ovario vil* 

 loso, stylo apice glabro furcate, caps, ut Acan- 

 thus? Frutic\ fol. opp.fl. spicatis — very unlike 

 Acanthus to which united. 



923. Zonahlepliis polistachya Raf. Acan- 

 thus do Del, Cailt. 72 f, 2. Ramulis teretis, foL 

 sess. ovatolanc. acut, dentato unduL spicis term, 

 imbric. 4gonis, bract, ternis ciliatis, 2 subul, in- 

 fera Snervia — shrub of Nubia, leaves 6-12 inches 



pubescent beneath, fl. rosa:te, calix very unequal 

 in shape and size of segments. This and the 

 following till 934 are new trees and shrubs dis- 

 covered with 100 rare plants by Caillaud in Nu- 

 bia and Central Africa, near the Western Nile, 

 described and figured by Delile, in his travels, 

 but squeezed in akin Genera. 



924. Keringa Raf. (n. afr.) diff. Vernonia, 

 per, duplex, imbric. ext. brevior, phorantho nudo 

 poroso, akenis 15-20 turb. arcuatis lOnervis, 

 apice apiculatis, pappus 20-30 sctis denticulatis 

 Arhorea^ foL alt. fl. sub panic — certainly not 

 congeneric to our American herbaceous Verno- 

 nias. 



925. Seringa amygdalina Raf. Vernonia do 

 Del. Cail. Ramulis gracilis fol. subpet. lanceoL 

 subintegris, panic dichotomis, perianth, ext. lin- 

 earib. ext. subrot — tree of Central Africa, called 

 Ji.€ringy leaves 5 or 6 inches, flowers white. 



926. Pleuromenes R. (side lun) diff, Acakia, 

 Leg. spongiosis evalvis variabilis, ineq. obl. gib- 

 bosis vel strictis, vel arcuatis, vel globosis, vel 

 pyrifortnis, sem ovoideis lucidis, utrinque latere 

 macula lunulata. FoL hipin^ Jl. spicatis — this 

 G. must be added to my Series of Acakia after 

 756, the flowers must be described, but the pods 



are quite peculiar and strangely multiform. 



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