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agereeated scales beneath which are white with a dark centre. Flowers ? 
Fruit 2 in. by 12 in., nearly orbicular, generally emarginate at the apex 
and obtuse at the base, chocolate coloured, pedicels about 4 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Hills of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 
about 3500 ft. 
29. C. apiculatum, Sond. F7. Capensis, ii.510. Small tree. Branches 
round, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, elliptic or ellip- 
tical-oblong, 24-8 in. long, 1}-14 in. broad, reflexed at the apex, 
glabrous. Flowers in solitary spikes as long as the leaves. Calyx- 
imb campanulate. Petals minute, obovate, fringed with hairs, yellow. 
Fruit cordate-ovate, 1-1} in. long, 9 lines broad, lepidote, golden 
yellow, pedicels 3-6 lines long. (Description from Sonder.) 
Var.a. Leaves glabrous on both sides, 3-6 in. long. Fruit pedicellate, 14 in. long, 
? in. broad, shining and viscid, oblong or broadly elliptical, slightly emarginate. Pedicels 
nearly 6 lines long. 
Var. 8. Leaves at least when young puberulous. Fruit pedicellate, 1-1} in. long, 
2 in. broad, broadly elliptical. Pedicels 4-6 lines long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Between Tette and the sea, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! : 
C. upiculatum is a Natal species, the true form of which is not reported from Tropical 
Africa. I believe the different specimens above described to be only varieties, but as I 
ave seen no flowers, they may, on further investigation, prove distinct. 
30. C. anisopterum, Welw. mss. Tree-like shrub, 6-8 ft. Leaves 
opposite, shortly petiolate, 1} in. long by 7 lines broad, ovate or ob- 
ovate, downy. Flowers in very short densely-flowered spikes, often 
staminate only, glabrous. Calyx-tube acutely triangular, limb cyathi- 
form with very obscure teeth. Petals unguiculate, obovate, yellow. 
Fruit with slender pedicels 4—5 lines long, obovate-elliptical, emargi- 
nate, shortly tipped with the persistent base of the style. Wings 
Usually 3, sometimes 4, unequal. Nut globular. 
oe Guinea. Hills of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 
Lb. 
om. GC. dipterum, Welw. mss. Tree, 30-60 ft. Leaves alternate, 
petiolate, 44 in. long, 12 in. broad, or 8 in. by 1} in., ovate, shortly acu- 
minate, glabrous save on the petioles. Flowers white, in small long- 
Peduncled heads. Calyx-tube broadly lanceolate, attenuate at both 
ends, clothed with long dense hispid pubescence ; limb cyathiform, with 
very shallow rounded lobes, glabrous on the outside. Petals unguicu- 
late, obovate-orbicular, white turning yellow. Fruit in dense heads 
about ¢ lines long, oval, attenuate at the base, notched at the apex, on 
Tadiating pedicels about 6 lines long, generally 2, more rarely 
or 4-winged., 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 2000 ft. 
Var. attenuata, Welw. mss., has a smaller fruit with a gradually prolonged apex. 
82. C, Kirkii, Laws. Climbing shrubs; young branches sparingly 
lepidote. Leaves opposite, obovate from a cuneate base, 3-4 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, petioles } in. long. Flowers in spikes from the base of 
