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which are defined on the leaf, form a more or less oblique angle 
with the costa. 
2. Gomphia reticulata, Pal. Beauv. l. c. t. 72.—Benin, Beau- 
vois ; Sierra Leone, Forbes, Vogel. 
It is not easy to distinguish this from G. glaberrima, without 
the flowers. The whole plant is more robust, much darker in 
colour when dry, the leaves have stronger and better defined 
nerves, forming a right-angle with the costa. The foliage 
varies much in breadth, and is more or less (but never sharply) 
serrated. Judging from the buds, the flowers are smaller. 
Panicles simple or branched in both. Neither Beauvois' 
figures or descriptions assure me that these two are the plants 
he describes, nor that the latter are distinct from one another. 
8. Gomphia Vogelii, Hook. fil. ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
_minatis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis obscure sinuato- 
dentatis coriaceis utrinque lucidis venis e costa ascendenti- 
bus, panicula robusta ramis infimis elongatis ascendentibus, 
calyce fructifero majusculo, carpellis 3-4 globosis calyce in- 
clusis lobis dimidio brevioribus.—Grand Bassa, Vogel. 
Frutex ramosus. Rami teretes ; cortice pallide brunneo. Folia 
4-6 unc. longa, 14-2 lata, siccitate utrinque pallide flavo- 
brunnea, costa valida; venis primariis 4-2 unc. distantibus, 
prominulis; venulis creberrimis, parallelis. Panicula 8 unc. 
longa; pedicellis calyce equilongis longioribusve. —Calyz 
fructifer majusculus; lobis non reflexis, suberectis, sub- 
coriaceis, fere 3 unc. longis. Carpella magnitudine gram 
piperis. i 
This I distinguish from G. reticulata by its more coria- 
ceous leaves, remote ascending veins, which run obliquely, and 
are united by venules of extreme tenuity and regularity. 
The much larger, broader, calycine segments distinguish 1 
from G. glaberrima. 
4. Gomphia flava, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. p. 216. (fide Planch.) 
—G. macrocarpa, Hook. fil. MSS. Planch. in Lond. Journ. 
Bot. v. 6, p. 2; foliis anguste elliptico-oblongis acuminatis 
in petiolum angustatis argute serratis coriaceis planis reticu- 
latim venosis, venis primariis subremotis ascendentibus pani- 
