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Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 227.—Xeropetalum multiflorum, Endl. Nov. Stirp. Dec. 86. X. minus, 
Endl. 2. с.37. Dombeya senegalensis, Planch. 1. с. (? Xeropetalum quinquesetum, Delile, 
Voy. à Méroé, 85.) 
Hab. Woods, Madi, Col. Grant! А variable plant in respect of the size of the flowers 
and their pubescence. Occurs in other parts of the Nile basin, in Senegambia, and 
Zambesia. 
[Native name “keenga.” A young tree, with light-coloured bark, in full blossom, but not in leaf, 
January : Madi woods. Single leaves were 5 by 4 ог 6 by 5 inches, and had a rough surface. Calyx green ; 
petals pink-white, and shaped like a fly’s wing—namely, longer on one side than the other ; pistils 4, or 
more often 3, from the summit of a flattened hairy sphere. The natives said the fruit was not edible, 
but of a dark colour, and the size of а grain of Indian corn. The wood is tough, and is made into excellent 
bows.— J. А. G.] 
8. Ромвкүл Малвткват, Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. 5639; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 228. 
Hab. High banks of Nile, Сћорећ, 2° М. lat., Col. Grant! Grows also in Abyssinia 
and Nigritania. 
[Shrub with rich clusters of white flowers in November, upon the Nile banks 100 feet above the river 
at Chopeh, 2° N. lat.—J. A. G.J 
4. DOMBEYA RETICULATA, Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. і. 298. Ramulis glabratis; foliis 
ovato-cordatis, obscure lobulatis, sinuatis v. crenato-dentatis, late acutatis v. obtusiusculis, 
utrinque pilis brevibus stellatis scabridis, nervis venulisque subtus prominentibus; pani- 
culis cymosis axillaribus pedunculatis multifloris folio longioribus, pedunculis glabris ; 
pedicellis brevibus, cum calyce stellatim tomentosis ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis. 
Rami glabri v. glabrescentes. Folia majora 6-9 poll. longa, 6-8 poll. lata, basi profunde cordata; 
minora (tempore florifero) 2-22 poll. longa; petiolus glaber, 3 poll. longus. Pedunculi in axillis foliorum 
superiorum solitarii, erecti, glabri, supra medium 2-3-chotome ramosi. Pedicelli flore breviores v. sub- 
æquilongi, stellatim tomentosi. Bracteole lineares, 1-12 lin. longæ, deciduæ. 
Hab. 9? N. lat., Col. Grant! 
I have not dissected a flower. They are in bud only in the only specimen. 
Plate XV. fig. 1. Flower laid open, the petals removed ; fig. 2. Pistil; fig. 3. Ovary, 
transverse section. 
5. MELHANIA FERRUGINEA, A. Rich. Fl Abyss. i. 76: Mast. in ТІ. Trop. Afr. i. 231. 
Frutex ramosus ; ramulis dense tomentosis; foliis petiolatis, ovato-oblongis (v. ellipticis), 
basi subcordatis, dentato-serratis, utrinque velutino-tomentosis; pedunculis axillaribus 
solitariis petiolum superantibus 1-2-3-floris; involucro trifoliolato, foliolis late ovatis, 
tomentosis, calyci subæquilongis; calycis lobis ovato-lanceolatis, acutis; eapsula subglo- 
bosa, hirsuta, calycem æquante; seminibus obtuse angulatis, tuberculatis rugulosisve. 
Frutex 3-pedalis, ramulis obtuse angulatis, dense cinnamomeo-tomentosis. Folia alterna petiolata, 
ovato-oblonga v. elliptica, obtusa, dentato-serrata, utrinque velutino-tomentosa, 2-33 poll. longa, 11-14 
poll. lata ; petiolus 1—1 poll. longus, dense tomentosus. Pedunculi $-3 poll. longi, erecti, tomentosi, 1-3- 
flori; pedicelli 2-і poll. longi. Znvolucrum bracteolis 3 late ovatis, acutis, calyce brevioribus v. æqui- 
longis, tomentosis. Sepala lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata, hirsuto-tomentosa. Capsula subglobose, 
+ hirsuta, polysperma. | Semina ovoideo-angulata, tuberculata. | 
. Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! This is the No. 729 of App. to Speke's Journ. 
628 (under the name of Melhania Forbesii, Pl). Occurs also in Abyssinia. 
