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velutinis, -carpellis 3-4 breviter stipitatis globosis dense fer- 
rugineo-pubescentibus toro capitato insertis, seminibus bise- 
riatis.—Accra; Vogel. 
Rami graciles, teretes, ramulosi, crassitie pennæ anatinz ; cor- 
tice atro tenuiter striato albo-punctato; ramulis patentibus, 
ascendentibus, pube rufa velutinis. Folia 2-4-uncialia, 3-1 
unc. lata, forma varia, pleraque lanceolata, rarius ovalia v. 
oblonga, e basi semper rotundata, ad 2 longit. sensim latiora, 
deinde angustata, summo apice acuminata v. obtusa, utrinque 
siccitate luride rufo-fusea; petiolo 1 lin. longo. Pedunculi 
1-2-flori, 1 lin. longi, validi, velutini. Flores parvi, extus 
dense sericei, pilis rufis nitidis. Sepala late ovato-triangu- 
laria, basi connexa, 2 lin. longa. Petala (in flore manco 
observata) exteriora late ovata obtusa, calyce paullo lon- 
giora, æstivatione verosimiliter imbricata, interiora haud visa. 
Stamina haud numerosa, lineari-clavata; anthere filamento 
?equilongze, connectivo incrassato, loculis linearibus lateralibus. 
Carpella pauca, singula 3-4 lin. diametro, stipite linea bre- 
Viori, rufo-velutina, vertice obtusissima v. depressa et notata 
cicatrice styli. Semina 4-7, horizontalia, laminis endocarpii 
separata, exarillata, mutua pressione variis modis verticaliter 
compressa, testa nitida coriacea, integumento interiore more 
plerumque Anonacearum intra plicas albuminis producto, 
costa verticali interiore vix in laminam producta, __ 
This species is evidently congener with several of the Eastern 
Uvarie retained in the genus by those who confine it within the 
narrowest limits, although the stamens appear to be less numerous 
than they usually are. It is very nearly allied to, if not identical 
With an undescribed Cape Coast specimen, which has rather 
broader, less acuminated leaves, almost cordate at the base, and 
Somewhat larger flowers. 
Four other West African species of Uvaria are enumerated ; 
two by DC., U. macrocarpa and U. ovata; and two by Schu- 
macher, U. cordata and U. cylindrica, which may belong to 
some of the above or following species. There are further, four 
undescribed in the British Museum, two of them from Sierra 
Leone, one from the Congo River, and the fourth from Cape 
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