296 
2 mm. longis, bracteolis subamplexicaulibus medio incrassatis 
subacutis. Sepala ovata vel rotundata, margine ciliolata, extra 
minute velutina, 2 mm. longa. /Petala immatura tantum visa. 
Stamina glabra, basi adnata; antherae sessiles, appendicula 
oblonga basim angustata apice obtusa vel emarginata 1-5 mm. 
longa; connectivum laminatum, apice sinuatum, ultra thecas 
productum. Ovariwm-glabrum. 
TroprcaL Arrica. Southern Nigeria; Oban, Talbot 1391. 
Gabon; Gabon River, Mann. 
In the Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 111, Mann’s specimen is doubtfully 
referred to A. Welwitschii. Oliv. 
Rinorea oblongifolia Marquand ; affinis R. Welwitschii O. Ktze, 
foliis majoribus non punctatis, petiolis longioribus, nervis 
lateralibus multioribus, ramulis inferioribus inflorescentiae 
elongatis saepe furcatis ascendentibus, floribus majoribus, differt. 
Arbor parva ramulis glabris vel pubescentibus. Folia mem- 
branacea, elliptica vel oblonga, basi acuta vel obtusa, apice 
acuminata, margine integra vel late dentata, 20-30 cm. longa, 
6-8 cm. lata; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 10; petioli 
basi angusta, 5-6 mm. longa. T'ubus stamineus margine inter 
antheras vel inaequaliter lobatus, filamenta distincta vel defici- 
entia, appendicula obtusa, connectivum bifidum ultra thecas 
roductum vel thecae apiculatae apice divergentes. Ovariuwm 
novello pubescens, mature furfuraceum. 
A very. variable species, especially as regards the lamina, the 
inflorescence, the size of the flower, the staminal tube margin, 
and the hairiness of the young ovary. It has not been possible 
to separate any of the specimens as distinct owing to the gradual 
series represented. The species is based on Bates 432, originally 
described as Pittosporum oblongifolium C. H. Wright (K.B. 1897, 
p. 243). The Upper Guinea specimens mentioned in the Flora 
Tropical Africa 1: 111 are transferred to this species, Welwitsch’s 
Angola specimens being regarded as the type of R. Welwitschii. 
TropicaL Arrica. Senegambia, 1838, Heudelot. Sierra 
Leone ; near Kambia, Scarcies, flowering December, Scott 
Elliot 4195; York Pass, shrub in the Rain Forest, flowering 
December, 2-4, 12, 1910, Lane-Poole ; Scott Elliot 5904. Gold 
Coast ; Larte, small tree flowering October, Johnson 805; Coom- 
assie, Cummins 202-228-42. Nigeria: Oban, 1912, Talbot; 
8528 ; Efulen, Bates 432; Yaunde, Bitye, Bates 1071, 1420, 
1543; Bipinde, in the forest, Zenker 876, 1020, 2320, 2793, 4031 
