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Natal (W. T. Gerrard, n. 1/|06, in hb. Kevv.). Adelanthus gran- 

 diflorus Harv, mss., in suopt. herb. — Hami lignosi, crassit. 

 pennae anserinse, cylindrici, adulti cinerci, juniores pallide fulvido- 

 velutini. Folia (malvoidea) apice rotundata v. rarius brevissime 

 acuminata penninervia reliculato-venosa; venis transversis supra 

 vix conspicuis, sublus prominulis fuseescentibus. Fructus sub- 

 sessilis cum gemma una axillaris. Perianthium basi persistens 

 gamopbyllum, lobis h, 5, apice leviler reflexis. Stamina circa 

 fructum persistentia, filamentisgraeillimis erectis perianthio S, h- 

 plo longioribus, aut sterilibus (?), aut (in staminé uno viso) anthe- 

 ram brevem subglobosam gerentibus. Fructus sessilis, extus 

 setoso-hispidulus, ad apicem curvum longe attenuatus. Lobi stig- 

 matosi 5, 6, breviter subulati summo fructu sessiles et cupula 

 brevissima vix basi muniti, nec absconditi. Mesocarpium tenue. 

 Putamen lignosum, intus valde aculeatum. Semen oblongo-ovatum, 

 extus valde foveolatum. Albumen carnosum ruminato-grumosum. 

 Embryonis albuminiaequalisradiculasupera breviter conica; coty- 

 ledones tenuiter foliacese insequales oblongo-obovatae valde corru- 

 galœ, margine sinuato-crenalse.Petioli ad 5 cent, longi. Limbusad 

 16 cent, longus latusque. Fructus ad 2 cent, longus, l - cent, latus. 



2. Pyrenacantha Vogeliana. 



Scandens, caule volubili, ramis gracillimis glabralis longitudi- 

 naliter striatellis, foliis breviuscule petiolatis oblongo-acuminatis, 

 basi breviter angustatis, apice breviter acuminatis, margine si- 

 nuatis membranaceis subcoriaceis penninerviis reticulatis, nervis 

 subtus valde prominulis limbo pallidioribus utrinque glabris v. 

 subtus pilis brevibus rarius tuberculatis conspersis, inflorescentiis 

 supraaxillaribus (e cicatricibus tantum notis), fructibus (ex sche- 

 dul. Vogel.) racemosis drupaceis. *> . In Africa trop, occ, ad 

 Grand Bussam (Vogel, n. 13, in exped. ad FI. Nigrum, ex hb. 

 Kew.). — Ramuli vix 2 mill. crassi, purpurascenti-fuscescentes. 

 Foliorum limbus ad 13 cent, long., k cent. lat. Petiolus cire. 



