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No. 1217. Readily distinguished from the only other species 

 known, A. Oahonii, hy the shape and venation of the leaves. 

 These measure 10-17 cm. x 6-10 cm., with petiole up to 5 cm. 

 or longer ; sheath of stipule nearly 5 mm. deep, the acumen about 

 the same height. Calyx barely 1 mm. in depth ; corolla 10-15 mm. 

 long, 6-7 mm. broad at the mouth. Anthers 5 mm. long ; fila- 

 ments barely 1 mm. long. Fruit 10 cm. long, bareh^ 'o cm. in 

 diameter. 



Pavetta antennifera, sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus caule gracili orgyalis ramulis mox cortice minute 

 pubescente nee dense indutis graciliusculis. Folia magna papyracea 

 elliptica vix acuminata apice subacuta, basi acuta in petiolum longi- 

 usculum pubescentem desinentia. Flores in cymis axillaribus dispositi 

 trichotomis multifloris minute tomentosis folia nee excedentibus, 

 bracfeis exiguis v. obsoletis ; iiedunculo validiusculo pubescente, 

 pedicellis similiter indutis brevissimis. Calycis minuti tubus sericeus 

 nigricans exiguus, lobi elongati setaceo-subulati rufo-pilosi. Corollas 

 tubus graciliusculus pro rata brevis, extus glabratus tubularis insuper 

 nee ampliatus, lobi patentes oblaneeolati mucronato-acuminati glabri. 

 AnthercB lineares conspicuae exsertye ; stylus longissime exsertus, valde 

 conspicuus. 



No. 1422. *' Shrub with slender stem 6 feet long. Ekotok, 

 lately forest. Flowers white." 



Related undoubtedly to the Angolan P. angolensis Hiern, from 

 which this species may be readily distinguished by the shape and 

 venation of the leaves. These measure about 20 cm. X 10 cm., with 

 12-14 pairs of primary lateral veins. Primary peduncle (measured 

 from leaf-axil to first trichotomous branching) about 2 cm.; secondary 

 peduncles, 6-7 mm. Pedicel and ovary together, 3-4 mm. long. 

 OaZy^-lobes 12 mm. or longer. CoroZ/a-tube 2-2-5 cm. long, lobes 

 10 inm. X 3 mm. broad in upper half. Anthers 7-8 mm. long. Style 

 exserted ±5 cm. 



CoFFEA JASMIXOIDES "Welwitsch ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. II. i. 175 (1876) ; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PL ii. 490. 



No. 1313. "Vine, stem creeping on ground, forest. Corolla 

 white, tinged with purple in throat." 



This species, readily distinguished by its precocious flowers, which 

 fall before the leaves appear, and the glumaceous bracts, has been 

 recorded from Angola and Nigeria, but not hitherto, apparently, from 

 the Cameroons. 



RuTiDEA. This genus, by no means a large one, is represented in 

 this collection by three new species : — 



Rutidea Batesii, sp. nov. 



Frutex volubilis ramulis gracilibus dense necnon brevissime mfo- 

 tomentosis. Folia pergamaceo-coriacea elliptica vix acuminata apice 

 rotundata basi brevissime manifeste tamen cordata, petiolo qua 

 ramula induto brevissimo, validiusculo, supra glaberrima subnitentia, 

 subtus ubique densissime in venis moUiter necnon minutissime rufo- 

 tomentosa; vena' primaria^ laterales utrinque ±6 subtus prominuhe 



