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vel 6, imbricata, oblonga, basin versus angustata, apice rotundata 
vel obtusa, 8-10 mm. longa, circa 3 mm. lata, extra minute pubes- 
I m >r, medio ventricosus, 
7-7-5 mm. longus, apice 10-15-lobatus ; lobi oblongi, L-25--1-5 mm. 
bulis obtusis; antherae 
lu 15, evmbiformes, tubo vix infra incisuras sessiles, 1-1*25 mm. 
i 0*5 mm. latae. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, 5 mm. 
longum, 1-5-2 mm. diametro, longe pilosum, 4-5-loculare, loculis 
1 mm. supra basin sitis, biovulatis, ovulis inaequialte collateral ibus 
penduhs, supra loculos cavum ; stylus 2-2*5 mm. longus, glaber, 
stigmate peltato glabro 1-75-2 mm. diametro. Fructus desnnt. 
Southern Nigeria. Benin City, H. N. Thompson, 16. 
865 Gymnosporia deflexa, Sprague [Celastraceae] ; ab affini 
Ulastro albato, N. E. Brown, foliis majoribus lanceolato-ovatis 
pedicelhs duplo longioribus recedit. 
^rhnr nunliocris (fide G mi fell), vel magna (fide Burtt-Davy). 
a 20 cm. longi, inermes, leviter dexuosi. teretes, glabri, 
juniores pallide glauco-virides, superne compressi, seniores 
cinereo-corticati rugulosi, intemodiis 1-1 cm. longis. Folia 
ita, apice obtusissima, basi cuneata, simpli- 
; niter coriacea, supra 
SSj^tT 1 "^? v f u .| lailC0 -^idia, venulis prominulis crebre 
Quam ™ m albld0 "g lau ^ venis satis prominentibus, venulis 
S fl 7S miims conapwuiB ; -venae laterales utrinque 10-11 ; 
. . ' ' ; ■-■- : - -'■ ■■ • • .- .;•. • ■/,,■:......■,-, 
Flores axillares, 10-30-fascicula' 
-»». ^«/#» dxniares, 10-30-lasciculati, p< 
m. supra basin consp 
Vai* anthesi deflexa, ovato-oblonga, supra concava, 
usaue medi'nn? Xvl - 1 - 5 . mm - lata, submembranacea, apice vel 
^ ES™ « ? neo "l acerata ve l denticulata. Petala anthesi 
~i\ a subtus infra medium valde 
•ca 3 mm. lata. Discus 
suborbiculares circa V- ' mm - lon ^ a ; antherae 
S ; stilus 0-5 ?75 mm et [o°n ^"T™ ""^ 
ovxda pro locu o I? ^ ^' lon g us 5 stigmata 3 crassa ; 
metro « \ ta ' . Ca ^ M *« depresse trigono-globosa, 
rate apiculata 2-3-sperma, valvis 
r>!-l> <lr! n T -^ Patete boich No. 2013, 
\ ( v,,n]inM F Herbarium. 
' -• of th! BoatbotSElS ^/^ is c °mmon in the Mist-belt 
- "" 1 HH> «„, Si u g( r Z< ? Ut P an8ber g strict) at altitudes of 
-count of the yello^; ol ^ 8 t f h r kn 
¥»STto [Celastraceae] ; amnis 
s ab eo recedit. ' J ls con <iensaUs floribusque majori- 
lidis armatus, suUerelfglabe^L^T 3 ° Cm ' lon ^ u8 ' 8 P inis 
-2 cm. longis. Folia supra linilf glauc ,°- vir idis, intemodiis 
Pfa spmoa f asciculata, oblanceolata vel 
