ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
Nos. 175-177.] JULY—SEPTEMBER. {1901. 
I—DIAGNOSES AFRICANA, XIII. 
698. Rhopalandria lobata, C. H. Wright [Menispermacezx] ; 
R. Cumminsti, Stapf, et Dioseo ‘eophyllo Heer Engl. (an Rho- 
palandrie species 7), foliis trilobatis hispidis recedit. 
Caulis scandens, sulcatus, setis 2 lin. longis vestitus. Folia 
trilobata, utrinque hispida, 3 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata Tobia acumi- 
natis, marginibus ciliatis ; petioli 2} poll. longi, _tenues setis 
prediti. Pedunculus 3 poll. longus, dense setosus; racemus 
3 poll. longus, floribus fasciculatis ; bracteze 1 om i nge, apice 
setosae, ramentacew; pedicelli 15- 2 lin. lon Sepal flava, 
oblonga, obtusa, li ata. Stamina generis. 
1}- onga in. 
Flos 2 ignotus. Fructus ruber Sad Johnson). 
GOLD Coast. W. H. Johnson, 102. 
Including the above, two species of Rhopalandria are known 
both from male specimens. Four species of wae gler’s genus 
Dioscor rope are known, two from male and t o fro om female 
very probable that further einer will shew that 
they are scales: 
699. Hugonia obtusifolia, C. H. Wright [Linacee]; affinis 
H, Aeon i sie Welw., sed foliis obtusis nervis paucioribus 
diff 
me ai scandens. Folia obovato-lanceolata, obtusa, subcrenata, 
glabra, 53 poll. longa, 2} poll. lata, nervis utrinque 10-12 ; Le se olus 
li n cemt ri axi 
longa, 4 lin. lata, ante anthesin extus Eis putbetcentia. Filamenta 
2 lin. longa ; anthere rotundate. Ovariwm rufo-pubescens ; styli 
» lin. longi. 
CAMEROONS. Batanga, Bates, 330. 
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