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cula basi ramosa, carpellis calyce reflexo longioribus teretibus 
utrinque obtusis.—Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Rami teretes. Folia subnitida, 6-pollicaria, 2 unc. lata, super 
fusco-viridia, subter pallidiora, utrinque reticulatim’ venosa ; 
venis e costa ascendentibus, deinde margine parallelis, re- 
motis, vix prominulis; venulis transversis conspicuis reti- 
culata ; supra basin ad apicem serrata; petiolo 1} unc. longo. 
Panicula terminalis ; florifera 4 unc. longa; fructifera elon- 
gata; pedicellis }-} unc. longis. Calycis lobi pedicellum 
*quantes v. breviores, post anthesin reflexi. Carpella 1-3, 
3 unc. longa, teretia, breviter cylindracea, utrinque rotun- 
data, 
Readily to be distinguished by the sharply serrated leaves, 
Which are very coriaceous, and especially by the large cylin- 
drical earpels. The veins and venules are not distant from one 
another, as in the following, the former ascend from the costa, 
and on approaching the margin run parallel to it for a conside- 
rable distance. 
5. Gomphia Turner@, Hook. fib; foliis elliptico-oblongis v. 
anguste lineari-lanceolatis in apicem longe acuminatis et in 
petiolum angustatis, valde coriaceis, obscure crenatis integer- 
rimisve, utrinque lucidis levibus, venis inconspicuis, pani- 
cula elongata ramosa, ramis patentibus gracilibus, floribus 
ternis subfasciculatisve, pedicellis calyci zequilongis.— Sierra 
Leone, Miss Turner, Don, Vogel. 
Rami teretes, subgraciles; cortice pallido. Folia elongata, 
utrinque fusco-castanea v. viridia, nitida, subter pallidiora, 4-6 
unc. longa, 14-2 lata, in petiolum } unc. longum angustata, 
apice in acumen gracile producta; costa valida; venis pri- 
mariis subremotis, ascendentibus ; venulis valde inconspieuis ; 
folia juniora margine obscure crenulata. Panicula 6-8 unc. 
longa, ramis elongatis gracilibus. Flores bini, terni v. sub- 
fasciculati, nutantes, $ unc. lati; pedicello }-} unc. longo. 
Petala late obovata, orbiculata, suburf®uiculata, intense 
lutea. : 
The flowers of this plant entirely resemble those figured by 
Beauvois as G. reticulata, from which the compound panicle, 
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