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the ovary. Diffeivnce in the $ llower, if any, cannot be stated until 

 the 2 phint of aS*. Zcnkeri comes to lig-ht. 



Pyrenacantha sylvestris, sp. nov. Planta scantlens, caule 

 -vohibili prima juventute ferrugineo- vel brunneo-vehitino deinde 

 glabrescente ; foliis petiolatis oblongo-obovatis obovatisve nonnun- 

 quam levissime subpanduriforniibus acutis nisi acuminatis basi obtusis 

 primo margine denticulatis dein sumnmm undulatis nisi denticulis 

 perpaucis obscurissimis pneditis pergamaceis supra cito glabris paUi- 

 deque nitidis subtus strigilloso - pubescentibus costis lateralibus 

 utrinque 4-5 vix arcuatis prope marginem dichotomis una cum 

 reticulo laxo pag. inf. optima eminentibus ; inf o res cent iis d* et $ 

 fasciculatis (his rarius solitariis) sat elongatis laxifloris pubescentibus 

 illis gracillimis ; floribus S pedicellatis ; periantliii phyllis cblongis 

 obtusis ; anfheris parvulis subsessilibus ; florihus $ pedicellatis ; 

 perianthii phyllis c? simillbus nisi majoribus ; ovario anguste ovoideo 

 brunneo-velutino in stylum perbrevem desinente ; stigmafihus pluribus 

 brevisshnis; ovulis 2 altero subobsoleto ; hacca ovoidea brunneo- 

 velutina stylo jDersistente coronata. 



Maymiibe, abundant in shady woods at Buco Zau ; Gossiveiler, 

 6811. 



Folia 17-5 x 8 cm. attingentia, pleraque vero ±12 x 6 cm., non- 

 nunquam adusque 7x4 cm. redacta, supra in sicco olivacea subtus 

 pallidiora ; petioli validi, 1-5-3-5 cm. long., ssepe torti, velutini. 

 InflorescentijB S 4-7 cm. long. ; bracteae '5 mm., pedicelli 1-1-5 mm., 

 perianthii phylla 2 mm., antherae '3 mm. long. Inflorescentise $ 

 8-4 tandem usque 6 cm. long.; bractea 2 nun., ovarium 4 mm., 

 stylus -5 mm. long. Bacca 12 X 8-10 mm. ; endocar^jium album, 

 extus scrobiculatum, intus valide spinosum. 



A very distant species. The material under the above number 

 consists of 6 and fruiting specimens : under 6901 from the same 

 locality are sent $ in flower, which have been used in the description. 



Rhapktostyles FERRUciiNEA Engl. var. PARYiFOLTA, var. nov. 

 A typo distat ob folia minora (4-5-6 X 1-8-2-5 cm.) petalaque 

 longiora (9 mm. long.) extus ferruginea. Maiumbe, Belize; Goss- 

 iveiler, 6990. 



Olacace^. 



Strombosia retevenia, sp. nov. Arbor ? glabra, ramvlis teretibus 

 crebro foliosis ; foliis obovato-oblongis breviter acuminatis apice ob- 

 tusis basi in petiolum cuneatim coartatis pei-gamaceis pag. utravis 

 pallide nitidis costis lateralibus utrinque ssepissime 5 parum arcuatis 

 costulis optime visibilibus inter se 1-5-8 mm. d {stantibus s.^pe dicho- 

 tomis et adjuvantibus aliis tenuioribus reticulum perspicuum referen- 

 iih\xi^',fasci culls axillaribus vel ex-axillaribus paucitloris squamelliferis; 

 y/or/5ws subsessilibus ; alahastris ovoideis ; calycis dentibus brevibus 

 rotundatis; petalis anguste ovato-oblongis acutis; jllamentis juxta 

 basin petalis insertis complanatis crassiusculis anthcris ob connectivum 

 expansum late ovatis ; ovario ovoideo disco crasso valde prominente 

 abscondito ; stylo incrassato pimctis 5 stigmatosis prasdito ; ovulis 5. 



S. Nigeria, Oban ; Talhot, 1465. 



Folia 15-20 X 5-5-8-5 cm., in sicco griseo-viridia ; petioli ±1-5 cm. 

 long., superne incrassati. Pedicelli crassi, 1 mm. long. Calyx 75 mm., 



