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strigoso-pilosis subtus in nervis pubescentibus, spicis abbreviatis 

 paucifloris, bracteis latissime obovatis obtusissimis margine un- 

 dulatis glabris quam bracteolaj hinceolatae acuminatae longioribus, 

 calycis segmentis bracteolas excedentibus inter se aequalil3us lan- 

 ceolatis longe acuminatis omnibus similiter nervosis, corollte tubo 

 bracteas longe excedente lobis ovatis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis 

 posticis quam ceteri minoribus, antheris apicem versus tubi insertis. 



Hab. Liberia, swamps in Gola Forest, six miles north of Bar- 

 way town. 



Folia solemniter 3-6 cm. long., 1-5-2-5 cm. lat., subtus palli- 

 diora, margine leviter repanda ; petioli summum 7 mm. long., 

 dense pubescentes. Spicae (coroUis exemptis) 1-2-5 cm. long. 

 Bracteas circa 1 cm. long., apicem versus totidem lat., virides ; 

 bracteolae segre 8 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 12 mm. long., 

 omnia nervo centrali et utrinque tribus aliis minus distinctis per- 

 cursa. Corollas tubus fere 2-5 cm. long. ; lobi postici 9 mm., 

 reliqui 11-13 mm. long. Filamenta 2 mm., antherae 3 mm. long. 

 Ovarium oblongum, 3 mm. long. Stylus inclusus. 



This is a remarkable and very interesting plant, since its nearest 

 affinity is with C. Boivini S. Moore from Madagascar. This latter, 

 because the segments of its calyx are almost similar, Baillon re- 

 ferred to Stenandrium, an American genus, and the importance of 

 G. Buntingii is due to this, that its calyx-segments being absolutely 

 similar inter se, it is a native of Western Africa, and so forms a 

 geographical link between the Stenandriums and the Madagascar 

 plant just mentioned. G. longipes S. Moore is a connecting link 

 between these two species and the ordinary Crossandras of Africa 

 and Madagascar, inasmuch as it has an entire and not bifid 

 posticous segment. These facts point to the conclusion that 

 Grossandra and Stenandrium are really only one genus. The 

 pollen, it may be added, of G. Buntingii is normal. ^S. M. 

 ■'■PliysacantJms cylindricus Clarke. Distrib. Gaboon. 



Glerodendron splendens G. Don. Distrib. Upper and Low^er 

 Guinea. 



Apetal^. 

 Among the Apetalce were several species of Ficus, of which 

 the material was inadequate for identification, and also "'Loranthus 

 parviflorus Engl., hitherto recorded only from French Guinea and 

 Sierra Leone. 



Monocotyledons. 

 Determined by A. B. Eendle, F.R.S. 



■•'Orestia elegans Ridl. On humus of damp rocks, Gola Forest ; 

 May. An interesting addition to the African continental flora ; 

 this monotypic genus being previously known only from one 

 locality in the island of St. Thomas. 



■•'Eulopliia ciliata Eeichb. f. {E. gracilis Lindl.). River-bank, 

 Jui, Gola Forest ; April. Distrib. Sierra Leone, Liberia. 



'■'•Brachycorythis pumilio Reichb. f. Side of path, Jui, Gola 

 Forest ; April. Mr. Bunting found one specimen only of this 



