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Foliola pilis setaceis albidis utrinque adspersa... 61. pseudo' 

 Foliola supra glabra subtus pubescentia, char- [paiiiculatus. 



tacea, siccitate cinerea 62. Kaessneri. 



Foliola glabra, viridia, subtus costarum axillis 



exceptis 63. chirindensu. 



Foliola glabra vel subvelutina, siccitate supra 



nigrescentia 64. africanus. 



Foliola papyracea, supra praeter costam glabra 



subtus pilis adspersa 65. brachycalyx. 



Foliola prajcipvie subtus tomentosa. 



Foliola parviuscula, obovata Q&. Hoi uhii. 



Foliola ovalia vel ovali-oblonga 67. stachyanthMS. 



Foliola obovata vel elliptica 68. griseo- 



Foliola obovata vel ovalia, crenato-dentata [tomentosus. 



vel subintegerrima 69. fulvo- 



[tomeyitoiiiis. 



Foliola oblongo-ovata vel obovata 70. cataractorum. 



Foliola terminalia elliptica, lateralia oblique 



ovata, subtus griseo-tomentosa 71. calophyllus. 



Species Austro-Africanae. 



Folia patula '72. melanocarpus. 



Folia ramis subadpressa 73. erosus. 



1. A. HiRTELLus Radlk. in Engler & Pmntl. Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 

 iii.- 5, 313 (1895). Schmidelia hirtella Hook, til. in Niger 

 Fl. 248, t. XXV. (1819). S. monophylla Hook. fil. in Ic. PI. t. 775 

 (1848). 



.Ferxaxdo Po : Vogel 96 ! Mann ! Hb. Kew. 



Var. nov. Barteri. 



Fnitex 15-pedalis. Foliola papyracea, angustiora 15-19 cm. 

 longa. 4-5-7 cm. lata. Thyrsi breves. 



Niger Expd. Barter 85! Oban, P. Talhot 1392! Hb. Mas. 

 Brit. Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann 727 ! Hb. Kew. 



Differs from type by the narrower leaflets. 



2. A. nigericus, sp. nov. 



Hamuli novelli hirsutissimi. Folia unifoliolata, foliolis ovato- 

 lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis margine crenato-dentatis basi rotun- 

 datis vel late cuneatis supra prseter costam demum glabris nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 15-19, 15-20 cm. longis, 5*5-7 cm. latis, petiolo 

 hirsuto 12-15 mm. longo pra?dita. Thyrsi breves l*5-3*0cm. petiolos 

 adiEquantes vel pauUo superantes, multiflori, rhachi pubescente. 

 Floras parviusculi in (jymulas paucitloras dispositi. Sepala 4 per 

 paria opposita, cucullata, membranacea, 2 exteriora minora. Fetala 4. 

 Stamina 8. Ovarium hirtum. Styli 2. Fructus ignotus. 



Nigeria : Oban, P. Talbot 442 ! 447 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Closely allied to A. hirtellus Kadlk., diU'ering in the margin o£ 

 the leaflets being crenate-dentate and the apex being gradually not 

 abruptly acuminate. The thyrse is generally slightly longer than the 

 petioles — the pedicels are 1-1*5 mm. long. 



3. A. Peryillei B1. Kumphia, iii. 123 (1847). A. monophyllus 

 Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenvvelt Ost-Afr. c. 250 (1895) non Radlk. 



East Africa: Zanzibar, Hildrhrandt 1153! Bojer\ Kirk 26! 

 Dar-es-Salaam, KirJc 130 ! Hb. Kew. Amboni, Hoist 2832 ! W. 

 Schhnba Mts., Kdssner 3S0 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



