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glaberrima, infra opaca, juniora adpresse fulvo-pubescentia 

 imprimis in costa, tandem glabrata, nervis obliquis utrinque cir- 

 citer 7 sub margine arcuatim connexis, venis anastomosantibus 

 obscuris. Flores in glomerulos parvos axillares fulvo-tomentosos 

 arete congesti, sessiles. Calyx fnlvo-tomentosus, 4-4*5 mm. 

 longus ; segmenta lanceolata, acuta, ima basi tantum connata. 

 Petala ignota. Filamenta glabra, tenuia, 7 mm, longa ; antherae 

 vix 05 mm. longae. Ovarium cum stylo f ulvo-tomentello 3*5 mm. 

 longum ; ovula subbasalia. Fructus fere 4 cm. longus, 1'75 cm. 

 latus, rubro-purpureus, pube fuivo denso tenui obtectus. Semen 

 ambitu oblongum, fuscum, 18 mm. Jongum, 7 mm. diametro. 

 Gotyledones 13 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, 3-nerves ; radicula 1 mm. 

 longa. 



pulchre 



Gaboon. River Muni, Mann, 1763. 



956. Hemandradenia(?) Chevalieri, Stapf [Con 



deae] ; ab H. Mannii differt foliis angustioribus m 



latis, floribus paniculatis, calyce multo breviore et filamentis 



pubescentibus. 



Arbuscula (?), ramis tenuissime fulvo-tomentellis tandem 

 glabratis cortice f usco tectis. Folia petiolo 0-6~0'8 cm. longo sub 



adpresse pubescentia, 

 sab margine arcuatim 



nitida, glaberrima, juniora infra tenuissime 

 mox glabrata, nervis obliquis utrinque 7-8 

 connexis, ob venas arete anastomosantes prominulas utrinque 

 reticulata. Flores 5-7-meri, pauci vel ultra 12 in glomerulos 

 parvos tenuissime tomentellos congesti ; glomeruli in ramuhs 

 gracilibus 3-6 cm. longis geminatis axillaribus vel pamcu- 

 latim dispositis siti ; pedicelli persistentes, 2 mm. longi ; bracteae 

 obscurae. Calyx griseo-f ulvo-tomentellus, 2 mm. longus, segmentis 

 niagis minusve patentibus late ovatis vel triangular i bus subacutis. 

 Petala lineari-oblonga, apicibus recurvis, griseo-tomentella, 4 mm. 

 longa, paulo ultra 1 mm. lata. Filamenta minute pubescentia, 

 5-5-5 mm. lata ; antherae ad 0-8 mm. longae. Ovarium cum 



mm 



orta. Fructus immaturus 



fulvo-velutinus. Semen (immaturum) unicum evolutum. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast, basin of the Cavally River, on 

 the shore between Cabou and Beriby, A. Chevalier, No. 19,943. 

 Considering only the flower, the two plants here described 



of the 

 but 



uuusiaermg only the flower, tne two yra.u™ ««»« — -- 

 might be referred to Ellipanthus, where a similar reduction o 

 androecium sometimes occurs (e.g. E. Thivaitesn, Hook. L)j 

 the structure of the fruit and seed, as represented in Mann s 

 specimens, is totally different. Unfortunately, Chevalier s plant 

 exhibits only flowers and very young fruits ; but on the > whole 

 it repeats the facies of H. Mannii to such an extent that l teei 

 little hesitation in treating it for the present as congeneric witli it. 

 I have, however, to add that Mr. L. A. Boodle, who was good 

 enough t.n OV a™;U Q m.* a „ Q /,; m0 nfl anatomically, informs me that 



H. 



which are equally 



absent in H. Mannii and Ellipanthus Griffith* the latter a 

 typical representative of the genus Ellipanthus. Another pecu 

 Parity of H. Chevalieri is the occasional occurence ot o- ana 



