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specimine omnes abortu maseuli parvi, albidi, per 2-3 e 
tuberculis seeus ramos sessilibus v. pedunculatis orti, pedi- 
cello lineam longo fulti. Sepala 4, minima, orbiculata. 
Petala 4, ovato-oblonga, lineam longa. Stamina 4, petalis 
subzquilonga. Ovarii rudimentum carnosum. 
This agrees in so many respects with the description given in 
the Flora Senegambiz of the Z. Leprieurii, which is drawn up 
from imperfect female plants, that our plant might be taken for 
the male of the same species, were it not that the number of 
parts of the flower appear to be constantly quaternary, not 
quinary. 
2. Zanthoxylum ? a very bad specimen, affording no materials 
to distinguish it from the American Z. pterota.— Cape Pal- 
mas, Ansell. 
The Z. Senegalensis, D.C., and the above-mentioned Z. Le- 
prieurii, Guill. et Perr., both from Senegal, are the’ only other 
W. African species known ; the Z. polygamum of Schum. and 
Thonn. being probably the same as the Z. Senegalensis. 
XXXVIII. Srmarvuspez. 
l. Brucea paniculata, Lam. Dict. 1, p. 472.—Sierra Leone, 
Don. 
The only other W. African species of this Order known, is 
the Hannoa undulata, Planch. (Simaba ? undulata, Guill. et 
Perr.) from Senegal. 
XXXIX. OCHNACE®. 
l. Ochna dubia, Guill. et Perr. Fl Seneg. 1. p. 137. t. 35.— 
Sierra Leone, Don. 
Another W. African Ochna has been published, the O. mul- 
tiflora, DC., from Sierra Leone. 
1, Gomphia glaberrima, Pal. Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. 2. p. 22. 
t. 71.—Oware, Beauvois ; Sierra Leone, Whitfield, Don. 
The slender panicles, and smaller, broad, nearly globose 
carpels, are the best characteristics of this species. The nerves, 
