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2. ei oe an Hutchinson, nom. nov. 
M. longifiora, Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Tro op. Afr. 192, partim, 
et in a TALE. Pl. Welw. 1492; Stapf in J ener Liberia, 613; 
non G. Don 
Gaertnera morindoides, Baker in Kew Bull. 1892, 83. 
Frutex scan ae vel subscandens; rami graciles, subteretes vel 
sicco parum sulcati, glabri. Folia petiolata, elliptica, oblongo- 
elliptica vel late cheeés. basi brevissime cuneata, apice pler- 
umque breviter et obtuse acuminata, 6-15 cm. longa,-3-8 cm. 
lata, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque glabra, leviter nitida; nervi 
laterales utrinsecus circiter 6, arcuati, a costa media sub angulo 
45°-60° abeuntes, supra prominuli, infra prominentes, intra 
petioli 0°5-1°5 cm, longi, glabri; stipulae tubulosae, truncatae, 
circiter 2 mm. longae, coriaceae, glabrae. Flores albi vel flavo- 
virides; pedunculi terminales, solitarii, circiter 15-flori, 125 
yi 
7 
% 
CF 2 
confusa, Hutchinson. 
A. apex of branchlet cowie solitary peduncle; B. fruit :—nat. size. 
em. longi, demum (in fructu) incrassati et indurati. Receptacula 
inter se basi adnata. Calycis tubus truncatus, 4 mm. longus, 
carnosus, plerumque puberulus. Corolla breviter tubulosa, in 
alabastro recta et crassa, usque ad 3 em. longa; tubus medio 
circiter 0-5 cm. diametro, extra Mabe ge minute puberulus, 
