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altius orta, fere faucem afctingentia. Disci glandulae lineari- 

 oblongae, 2-dentatae. Carpella fere libera, sub anthesi conniventia, 

 anguste lanceolata, 6-8 mm. longa ; styli ad 12 mm. longi. 

 Folliculi sursuni divergentes, 8-9 mm. longi. 



MADAGASCAR. The specimen from which this species is 

 described was communicated by Mr. G. Bouvet, Director of the 

 Jardin des Plantes at Angers. He writes that it was apparently 

 introduced with other plants sent from Madagascar to Dr. Bontemps 

 of Saumure in France. 



944. Begonia (§ Scutobegonia) modica, Stop/ [Begoniuceae] ; 

 valde affinis B. calabaricae, Stapf, sed foliis minime cordatis, 

 ovarii alis superne latissimis (saltern duabus) et fructu igitur 

 magis minusve obpyramidato distincta. 



Herba stbacaulis. Foliorum petioli 3-4 cm. longi, pallide 

 rubescentes, albo-hirsuto-villosi ; laminae oblique Jateque peltato- 

 ovatae, subacutae, 5-8 cm. longae, 4-6 cm. latae, leviter crenatae et 

 undulatae, carnosulae, praeter margines obscure rubentes laete 

 virides, supra glaberrimae, subtus in nervis primariis molliter 

 hirsutae, nervis 6-^i radiantibus superne furcatis, umbone a sinu 

 1-1*5 cm. distante. Pedunculi pauciflori, 2-3 cm. longi, sparse 

 pilosi. Flores terminales, umbellati, lutei, 2 masculi pedicellati, 

 1 femineus, subsessilis ; bracteae oblongae, 4 mm. longae, 

 fimbriato-incisae. Flores masculi: pedicelli ad 18 mm. longi, 

 glabri ; sepala 2, rotundato-elliptica, subaequalia, circiter 10 mm. 

 longa, extus parce pilosa, superum extus magis minusve rubro- 

 suffusum, intus basi maculo fere sanguineo ornatum, inferum 

 utrinquesulphureum; petala 0; staminum 12-13 filamenta basi in 

 colummam brevem connata, inferiora antheras aequantia, ultra 1 mm. 

 longa, superiora brevissima. Flos femineus: pedicellus subnullus ; 

 sepala ut in masculis, sed suborbicularia ; petala ; styli 4, basi 

 breviter connati, 2 lin. longi ; stigmata reniformia, papillarum sene 

 continua, 1-5 mm. lata ; ovarium sub anthesi rubens, 9 mm. longum, 

 4-5 lin. latum alis inferne paulo angustatis parce ciliatis inclusis. 

 Fructus matuius non visus. 



West Tropical Africa. Gold Coast, on rocks, at 180 m., 



J. Anderson (Kumasi). Described from a plant in cultivation 

 at Kew. 



915. Cyclocotyla, Stapf, gen. no v. [Apocynaceae— Plumerioideae] ; 

 affinis Craspidospermo, Boj., sed calyce Sdobo intus multiglandu- 

 loso basi annulatim incrassato una cum axi dilatata excavata 

 cupulam crassam formante, disco ovarium cingente, et anthens 

 hnearibus longis distincta. 



Calyx 5-lobus, basi annulatim incrassatus, una cum axi dilatata 

 excavata in cupulam crassam fusus, lobis membranaceo-margmatis 

 rotundatis intus glandulis numerosis squamiformibus stipitis. 

 Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo cylindrico carnosulo tauce 

 esquamato ; lobi 5, contorti, sinistrorsuni obtegentes. btanuna 

 supra basin inserta ; antherae sessiles, lineares, tubum coroiae 

 fere aequantes, loculis basi inappendiculatis. Discus annuliloru is. 

 Ovarium integrum, 2-loculare ; stylus superne leviter incrassatu^ 

 stigma cylindricum inter antherarum bases fovens ; ovuia 

 -seriata, 5-6 in quoque loculo. Fructus iguotus. 



