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it. It is now known, however, to possess the involucre and f 
characteristic of the section. Six vase later he described (Fh 
Brit. Ind., i p. 391) four new species from the Malay 
Peninsula, and a fifth, previously publish by Kurz, from the 
ndamans, 
Finally, King, in 1891 (Materials, vol. i, p. 218), referred G. 
Miqueliana, Kurz, to the section, and ian ibed an additional 
species, from Perak. The excellent key and descriptions given by 
King make it quite evident that the separation of Omphacarpus as 
a genus, or even as a subgenus, cannot be upheld, as two or three 
pyrenes are found in some of the species, and the pyrenes may vary 
Bue so crag to 3-celled (G. laurifolia). 
ning now to the African species described since 1891 :—G. 
ation, K. Schum., published in 1892, as belonging to section 
Microcos ; G. cal mmatosepala, K.. Schum., “described 3 in 1903, as an 
ally of barombiensis; and G. ugandensis, Sprague, published in 
1906, appear to be valid. The remaining five species, however, 
eae had to be reduce 
Details of the number of cells in the ovary, and of the ovules in 
each cell are not available for most of the Asiatic species. In the 
African species, however, I have invariably found the ovary to be 
3-celled, except in G. pinnatifida, where it is 2-celled ; - 7 ovules 
are 4 in each cell, except in G. coriacea, which has 2 
A short diagnosis of the section, applicable, arta ‘aly to the 
African species, may be found useful :—Cymae paniculatae cymulis 
involucratis. Ovarium 3-loculare, rarius 2-loculare ; ovula 4 pro 
oculo, rarius 2. Paste pyriformis, 1-locularis, monosperma, 
mesocarpio fibroso 
CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 
Stipulae integrae vel laciniatae ; Loramie et nervi folio- 
rum subtus - pilis simplicibus non hirsut 
Folia utrinque — maxima (14-27 em longa) ; ovaril 
loculi 2-ovulati sl. coriacea. 
Folia subtus + induta, r minora ; ovarii loculi 4-ovulati. 
Folia subtus pilis stellatis inspersis puberula. 
Stipulae laciniatae ispoues reece ate 
olia exsiccando utrinque brunnea; inflorescentiae 
brunneae, elongatae, multiflorae ramis ascenden- 
tibu .. 2, africana, 
Folia caneniie subtus vel utrinque viridia ; inflor- 
escentiae fulvae, graciliores, 7 ae ramis 
patentibus vel patulis 3. barombiensis, 
Stipulae integrae eneciie orientalis) 
4, calymmatosepala, 
Folia subtus indumento minuto continu 
Folia subtus griseo-vel abido-tomentela —_- 
racteae pedicellis breviores.. malacocarpa, 
— — multo ate alabastra sub- 
aequa rummondiana, 
Folia cto "pallid isabellina, indumento subtili sub 
lente ee ae majoribus  brunneis 
ugandensis, — 
inspersis vee - 7. ee: 
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