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gracilis, subteres, in longum tenuiter striatus; partiales 

 breves in comraunem vix decurrentes. Foiiola cum 

 impari-4-juga, inferiora regulariter opposita, paris supremi 

 inter se et cum foliolo terminali insequaliter basi coniluentia. 

 Limbus 4-5 poll, longus, 2 poll, latus, folium Castanet vesca 

 aliquomodo referens ; textura rigida, fragili ; facie supera 

 minus lucida quam ilia foliorum G. obovata, inter nervos non 

 prominentes vix conspicue venulosa ; infera pallidiore nervis 

 elevatis, venisque intertextis, percursa ; serraturis adpressis, 

 intus sphacelato-mucronulatis. Stipulee in specimine florido 

 desideratae. Panicula folio supremo parum brevior, basi 

 simplex, nuda, ramis epidermide nitida vestitis, citissime 

 ebracteatis. Sepala exteriora late obovata, subtruncata, 

 emarginata, flabellatim striato-venosa, interiore longiora et 

 subacuta. Flores expansi diametro circit. 2-pollicari. Antherse 

 eleganter incurvse, transverse rugulosae. Capsula matura 

 vix 1 poll, longa. 

 Hab. In sylvis Novae Granatae, prope pagum La Cruz, 



Prov. Monpax ; Purdie in Herb. Hook. Floret August. 



Fig. 1. Une des ecailles exte'rieures du calice, vue en dedans, 

 pour montrer la serie de corpuscules cylindriques qu'elle 

 recouvre; fig. 2. l'ovaire legerement grossi ; fig. 3. capsule de 

 grandeur naturelle. 



Memoir* of the Life of Dr. J. R. T. Vogel; by L. C. Tre- 



VIRANTJS. 



{To be followed by Dr. VogeVs Journal of the Voyage up the 

 Niger, under the command of Capt. Trotter, R.N. and by a 

 description of the plants of this country.) 



Amongst tbe numerous sacrifices consequent on the un- 

 fortunate expedition to the Niger, science is not without her 

 peculiar loss. Whatever reliance may be placed on wealth 



* Translated from the German in the Linnaea, v. 16, 1842, by the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley. 



