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the intervening lobules ; moreover, although Hooker descrlLed the 

 tube as 2| inches long., i.e., about as long as that of U. Ju-ju, a 

 measurement copied into the Flora of Tropical Africa, inspection of 

 the type material at Kew shows this to be nearly double the true 

 length. 



As its name implies, this is one of the " Ju-ju " plants. Before 

 leaving England for what unhappily proved her last visit to Africa, 

 Mrs. Talbot promised to secure leaves if possible of this fine species, 

 a promise frustrated by her death. The flowers seem so different 

 from anything hitherto described that no apolog}"- is necessary for 

 describing the species without leaves. The material consists of a 

 piece of stem with a single inflorescence and a pencil drawing made 

 from the living plant. 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



Drypetes peltophora, sp. nov. Bamulis bene foliosis primo micro- 

 scopice puberulis mox glabris corticeque cinereo obductis;/b//«s breviter 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis apicem versus saepius coartatis obtusis 

 raro acutis basi obtusis necnon aliquantulum obliquis margine un- 

 dulatis vel undulato-denticulatis papyraceis utrobique glabris vel pag. 

 inf. summum levissime puberulis ; Jlorihus subsessilibus in fasciculos 

 breves pei'paucifloros squamis minutis sericeis stipatos ex axillis ramu- 

 lorum hornotinorum baud defoliatorum oriundis digestis ; sepalis <S 

 4 orbicularibus extus et intus minute fulvo-sericeis margine cih'olatis ; 

 staminlhiis 8 filamentis complanatis glabris quamantherie late ovoideae 

 utrinque obtusissimse plane longioribus ; disco latissimo piano margine 

 10-12-lobato fere omnino glabro ; florihtis 5 deficientibus. 



Yaunde, Bitye ; Bates, 1295. 



Folia usque 10x4 cm., ssepe vero minora, e. g. 7-9x2*5-3-5 cm. ; 

 costse laterales utrinque 6-7, ut reticulum pag. inf. bene aspectabiles ; 

 petioli 5 mm. long. Stipulse baud vis«. Pedicelli 1*5 mm. long, 

 minute sericei. Flores explanati circa 9 mm. diam. Sepala 4x4 mm. 

 Filamenta 2 mm., antherie 1 mm. long. Discus medio levissime 

 elevatus, a?gre 3-5 mm. diam. 



To be inserted in the genus next D. DinMacfei Hutchins., from 

 which it is distinguished by the smaller, not quite entire leaves, and 

 the larger <$ flowers with longer filaments and a much broader flat 

 disk. 



Drypetes Taylorii, sp. nov. Verisimiliter frutex, glaber; ramulis 

 subteretibus insigniter costatis cinereo-corticatis foliosis ; foliis lanceo- 

 lato-oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis basi obtusis margine leviter undulatis 

 tenuiter coriaceis pallide nitidis costis lateralibus utrinque circiter 

 10 pluribus aliis ord. inf. interjectis omnibus una cum rete pag. 



utraque optime eminentibus ; stipulis ; fasciculis multi- vel 



plurifloris ex ramis jam foliis orbis vel fere orbis oriundis ; foribus 

 (S solummodo cognitis breviter pedicellatis ; sepalis (5 subbiseriatis 

 interioribus ssepe paullulum minoribus ovatis vel oblongis obtusis ; 

 staminihus circa 12 circum vel inter disci lobulos insertis filamentis 

 quam antherae plane longioribus ; disco sat elevato latere rugoso 

 superne piano medio rudimentum 5 j^arvulum lineare vel brevissime 

 umbonatum gerente. 



East Africa, Mtoni ; Rev. W. E. Taylor. 



