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, foliis coriaceis breviter i 
perianthii limbo cordato-ovato dentiuu 
dilatatis. 
Frutex seandens. sempervirens, glaherrimus. Rami subcom- 
pressi, hint* inde eontorti. grosse \-.-iru*-. »s- >- 1. ;u i< -.-l hi r i . fusei, 
nitiduli, internodiis 5-S cm. longis. F»lia oblonga vel elliptic;*, 
breviter obtusiuscule acuminata, basi breviter acutata, 7-0'5 cm. 
poll, longa, 3-5 cm. lata, ce.riacea, nervis secundariis utrinque 4, 
venarum reticulatione subtus conspicue prominulis : petiolus 
circiter 2 - 5 cm. longus. hijhwe^rntiap cieinnaiae, biwissimae, 
subulatae, 6-8 mm. longae. Prrianthimn basi inflatum, parte 
inflata globoso-obovoidea 3-3*5 cm. Longa, 2-5 cm. lata, superne 
annulo intus prosilienti a tubo subcylindrko magis minusue 
incurvo 5-6 cm. longo ad medium 1 -6-1-8 cm. lato intus pilis 
longis retrosis consperso separata; limbus la:e cordato-ovatus vcl 
cordato-suborbicularis, circiter 1 cm. hit us, o-deutatus dentibus 
primocohaerenrilms .hunum librris e-mni \vnti I mis si mi I. us august is 
separatis e basi an-iisie triangulari hmire caudal is. caud is til il'ormi- 
bus apicem versus dilatatis acutis 15 IS cm. longis in parte 
superiore ad 6 mm. latis spiraliter contortis. (Ji/wstfrninm 
breviter stipitatum. AiiUirfw 3 mm. longae. Sti</matis lobi !», 
antheris subae<ptih>ngi, triangulari-laiiceolan. undulati, apice 
cuspidati. 
GOLD Coast Colony. Aburi GardenB, Johnson, 487, 1060. 
Mr. W. H Johnson describes the flowers thus : "outside whitish 
with purplish blotches, inside yellow with purple markings." 
807. Excoecaria Grahami, Stapj |; atfinis E. 
guineensi, Mull. Ar_. tioribos haud 
acuminatis, eorum nervatione, bracteis obtusissimis distincta. 
Suffrutex 15-30 cm. altus. Rhhoma 30-45 cm. sub soli 
superficie repens, ad intervalla 30-45 cm. ramos aecendentefl 
superne caules 2-3 gerentes emi" tetro, cortice 
brunneo. Caules graciles, juniores virides, demum pallide 
fuscescentes, glabri, internodiis brevibus vel 2-5-5 cm. longis. 
Folia oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga, basi obtusa,apice subobtusa, 
in margine minute glanduloso-denticulata, ima basi utrinque 
glandula notata 3*5-13 cm. longa, 2'5-4 cm, lata, coriacea, glaber- 
rima, viridia vel juvenilia purpuraseentia, nervis utrinque circiter 
11-16 patulis marginem versus longe prorsus curvatis plerumque 
indistincte arcuato-connexis uti venis transversis utrinque pro- 
minulis ; petiolus 2 mm. longus ; stipulae late triangulares, fim- 
briatae vel in fimbrias solutae, caducae. Spirac terminales, ima 
basi femineae, 1-2 cm. longae, rarius longiores, brevissime pedun- 
culatae, glaberrimae ; flores approximate ; bracteae roseae, late 
obovatae vel rotundatae, truncatae, saepe minute apiculatae, 
1 mm. longae, basi utrinque glandula viridi vel rosea disci t'ormi 
addita. Flos $ pedicello quam bractea paula breviui-e basi inter- 
dum (flores $ inferiores) bracteola minute fimbriata minuta 
suffultus. Peranthium roseuni, 3-partitum, seamen; - 
apice subacuto inflexo, vix 1 mm. longis. Stamina 3 antheris 
subdidymis, filamentis 1 mm. longis inter perianthii 
