NEW GAMOPETAL^ FROM THE SOUTH CAMEROONS 227 



Ixora Batesii sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber gracilis 15-peclalis, ramulis cortice griseo indntis, 

 nodis plus minus tumidis. Folia firme chartacea elliptica, 10-12 cm. 

 X 4-4-5cm.,utrinquebasiinpetioIum adl-5cm.angustata,utrinque 

 glaberrima, siccitate quidem argenteo-grisea : stipulcB nisi ultimas 

 mox deciduae. Flores albi in cymis laxiusculis triradiatis sparse 

 minute puberulis dispositi, pedunculis gracilibus 3 primaris ad 

 5 cm. V. longioribus e ramulorum seniorum apice ortis nonnunquam 

 etiam alaribus, basi bracteis membranaceis ovatis 6 mm. x 3*5 

 mm. apiculatis cinctis : calyx campanulato - tubularis glaber 

 breviter obtuse dentatus 2 mm. longus : corolloi tubus gracilis 11 mm. 

 longus, lobi 6-7 mm. oblongi subacuti : antlicrce 5-5 mm. longoe. 



Bitye: forest, east of path between Lang and Ejom, Novem- 

 ber 21fet, 1914. Bates 641 ! 



Related to /. riiMria Hiern, but the corolla-lobes are relatively 

 longer. 



Pavetta permodesta sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber parvus vix 10 cm. altus, caule simplice vel raro 

 ramoso, valde sulcato-complanato. Folia chartacea, oblanceolata, 

 ± 15 cm. X 4-5 cm., utrinque acuminata apice subacuta basi in 

 petiolum brevem ± 8 mm. longum angustata, utrinque glaberrima, 

 venis utrinque ca. 10-12 : stijmlcB e basi triangulari ca. 4 mm. lato 

 in aristas conspicuas acuminatae, totae ad 1 cm. longae. Flores in 

 corymbis pseudo-terminalibus triradiatis sessilibus nisi minutissime 

 pubescentibus glabratis, ± 4 cm. longis, 5 cm. latis, dispositi : 

 calyx breviter obtusissime dentatus : corolla glabra tubo gracili- 

 usculo 6 mm. longo, lobis lanceolatis subacutis 7 mm. longis ; 

 stylus 5-5 mm. exsertus. 



Bitye, February 23rd. Bates 716 ! 



Alhed to P. hidentata Hiern, differing, not only in its very small 

 size, but also in the relatively broader leaves and longer corolla-tube. 



Geophila ingens sp. nov. 



Herba rhizomate gracili glabra. Folia inter maxima, ple- 

 rumque late cordato-ovata, ad 9 cm. x 7*5 cm., acuminata acuta, 

 utrinque glaberrima, venis secundariis utrinque 3-4, iMiolo ad 

 12 cm. longo tenui ; stiimlce bifidae. Flores plurimi in capitulis ca. 

 1-7 cm. X 1-7 cm. involucratis glabris, cujus bracteae ovatae 

 mucronato - acutae fere ad basin discretae, flores subaequantes ; 

 pedunculi ad 1*5 cm. vel longiores. Calycis dentes triangulari- 

 subulati 2 mm. longi : corollce tubus 7 mm. longus, limbus patens 

 5 mm. in diametro. 



Bitye, in damp, leaf-covered ground, December 5th, 1914. 



Bates 654 ! 



Allied to G. obvallata F. Didr., but readily separable in many 

 characters — the bifid stipules, acute-acuminate leaves, etc. The 

 latter are much larger than those of any other species I have seen. 



Apocynace^. 



Clitandra Batesii sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis gracilibus, omnino nisi calycis lobis 



