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solitaria instructi, nigri, dense “eerticonts bracteae oblongae, 
obtusae, circiter 1 mm. longae, glabrae. Sepala ovato-rotun- 
dite, 3°5 mm. longa et lata, trinervia, minute verrucosa. Conall 
glabra; tubus inferne os pmsl Bee medio es ee 
aiceac A, acuti, 5-7 mm. “on basi 9.5-3-5 mm. lati, su 
conspicue trinervii. Stam numerosa; antherae subsessiles, 
0-75 mm. latae; thecae elivetiac. 0-5 mm. longae, connectivo 
‘apice ampliato et complanato ambit transverse oblongo-elliptico. 
Stigma antheras superans, capitatu 1 mm. altum, 1°75 mm. 
diametro, verruculosum. Fructus Gatilatt: ovoideus vel oblongo- 
ovoideus, 4-5 cm. longus, 2-3 cm. diametro, sicco niger, lobulis 
Verrucosis ; ‘Lpeotierrd fructiferi leviter curvati, 1- 5-2 cm. longi, 
crass 
1-75-25 m 
DistR1. Siria. Leone: Sendugu, fl. June, anaes 687 ; 
Yonibana, Thomas 4230, 4259, 4690, 4962; Mam Thomas 
4595, 4648—found in both Hower and fruit in pate and 
November. 
Petia leonensis, Sprague et Hutchinson. 
A, portion of 4 
oweri aa : 
» Stamen, x 10; Dytrai tar sat size; B, stamens and pistil, x 45 
