210 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
2. Uvaria gracilis, Hook. fil.; glabra, ramulis gracilibus ul- 
timis pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis submembra- 
naceis obovato-lanceolatis longe et obtuse acuminatis basi 
subangustatis et juxta petiolum obseure cordatis subter pal- 
- lide glaucis venis rubris, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, 
sepalis patulis obovatis obtusis, carpellis glaberrimis breve 
' eylindraceis levibus subglaucescentibus longe stipitatis (an 
nunc. moniliformibus?) toro parvo capitato insertis mono- 
spermis.— Sierra Leone, Don. 
Rami crassit. penne corvine, parce ramulosi; cortice cinereo, 
striato, nunc albo-punctato. Folia 8 unc. longa, 1} lata, 
ima basi emarginata v. cordata, supra medium gradatim 
latiora, deinde angustata, apice subobtusa v. acuminata, super 
pallide viridia vix nitentia, subter alba, glauca; petiolo 2 
lin. longo. Pedicellus fructus uncialis, Lobi calycini } unc. 
longi, coriacei, persistentes, Torus parvus, 13 lin. lat., apice 
planus. Carpella parva, patentia, $ unc. longa, pedicello 
eequilongo suffulta, utrinque obtusa, apiculata. ; 
Specimens rather imperfect, but belonging to a very distinct 
species. Some of the carpels are distinetly monospermous, while 
others appear to be the lowest loculus of a moniliform carpel. 
Seeds very aromatic. 
3. Uvaria globosa, Hook. fil. ; ramis gracilibus, ramulis velu- 
tinis, folis breviter petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis lanceolatisve 
basi rotundatis apice angustatis utrinque nitidis ad vagas 
subter przcipue pubescentibus marginibus tenuiter recurvis, 
floribus axillaribus solitariis v. binis brevissime pedicellatis 
to give any character to distinguish this species from Uvaria, as generally 
extended to include Unona, or even from those species of true Uvarie, 
which Blume includes in his group Ambigue. The vertical laminz of the 
seed are by mistake described by Dr. Planchon as folds of the integu- 
ment almost meeting in the axis; when in fact they are the continuous 
portions of the albumen itself, by which the horizontal plates are more 
or less connected together. They are continuous with each other, occa- 
sionally forming a cross in the centre, and extend nearly to the circum- 
ference, the most complete of them being opposite to the raphis, from 
whence a narrow vertical fold of the integument projects into a slight 
furrow in the albumen.—(G. B.) 
