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which elongate into racemes that are shorter than the leaves ; pe- 
duncle 2-1 in. long, puberulous ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long, slender, 
pedicels 14-2 lin, long, pubescent ; ovary }-} lin, long, narrowly 
fusiform, pubescent ; calyx and corolla as in the male flowers ; 
style about 2 lin. long, its upper part concealed by the reflexed, 
entire, thimble-shaped stigma. Fruit according to Mrs. Lugard’s 
drawing, 3-3} in. long and ? in. thick when ripe, fusiform or 
cylindric, tapering into a beak, smooth, at first green, afterwards 
becoming bright red, dotted with white ; flesh orange-yellow ; seeds 
ellipsoid, deep carmine. 
webe Hills, 3,300 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 54. 
This is readily distinguished from 7, natalensis, Hook. f., by its 
more deeply lobed leaves with more acute lobes, the shorter male 
inflorescence, and the short pedicels of the female flowers. 
Toxanthera kwebensis, V. -. Br. Herba scandens, monoica, 
scabrido-pubescens, 7’. Lugardae similis, sed foliis integris orbiculato- 
cordatis apice abrupte et breviter acutis, cirrhis bifidis et floribus 
majoribus differt. 
. Plant very similar to the preceding species in habit and pubescence, 
but stouter. Leaves petiolate ; petiole stout, 1}-2 in. long ; blad 
ot in, long and broad or larger ?, entire, orbicular in outline, deeply 
cordate at the base, with an elliptic or elliptic-oblong sinus twice as 
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rowly fusiform, pubescent ; calyx and corolla as in the male flowers ; 
stamens rudimentary, without anthers ; style about 13-2 lin. long, 
the upper part concealed by the reflexed, entire, thimble-shaped 
she Fruit not seen. 
webe, Lugard, 150, 
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