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saepius 2 vel 3 aggregati ; peduneuli ebracteati, 2-3 mm. longi. 

 Petala obtusa, 7-8 mm. longa. Discus 5 mm. longus. Filammia 

 erecta, circiter 8 mm. longa. Stylus erectus, stamina puillo 

 excedens ; stigmatis lobi revoluti, acuti, glanduliferi. Ovarium 

 ovatum, glabrum, circiter 2 mm. longum. 



South Africa. In the Manubi forest, Kentani district, near 

 the coast, Miss A. Pegler, 1,269. 



A figure and full description of this novelty will appear in the 



Hooker 



Dr. Bolus has requested that the affinities of this plant be in- 

 vestigated, as its position is not obvious, and he was not quite 

 satisfied that he had correctly placed it. He had previously sub- 

 mitted it for opinion, but it was impossible from cursory 

 examination to suggest anything definite. Closer comparison 

 indicates apparent relationships with Irvingia (Simarubaceae) in 

 foliage and floral structure. Both Peglera and Irvingia have 

 axillary convolute stipules and simple leaves, very similar in 

 venation. The principal difference in the floral structure is the 

 absence of a distinct separate disk in Peglera, where it is confluent 

 with the base of the stamens. 



Mr. Boodle furnishes the following remarks on the anatomy of 

 Peglera ; 



hypoderm 

 pore. 

 The 

 by sc 



Jrm, and the stomata have subsidiary cells parallel to the 

 ■ No mucilaginous cells or secretory cavities are present, 

 veins are embedded in the mesophyll, and are accompanied 

 -j oderenchyma. In the stem there are pericyclic groups of 

 sclerenchymatous fibres forming an interrupted ring (without 

 sclerotic cells), and fibres are present in the secondary bast, which 

 is stratified. The perforations of the vessels are simple, even in 

 the neighbourhood of the primary xylem ; the wood-fibres have 

 bordered pits, and the medullary rays are either one or two cells 



in breadth. 



Chiefly on account of the presence of fibres in the secondary 

 bast, the absence of scalarif orm perforations in the vessels, ana tne 

 character of the stomata, one would be inclined to doubt ^netner 

 this genus should be placed in the Legnotideae. An ^«°miew 

 comparison of Peglera with the Simarubaceae, however, snous a 

 closer agreement, fibres in the secondary bast being common m 

 this Order, the perforations of the vessels simple, and stomata 

 similar to those of Peglera being found in a few g J"^' "J 

 published accounts dealing with the anatomy of the Legno tideae 

 do not rest on a very broad basis, but, on the anatomical I da a 

 available, it appears that this genus would find a more n^ a 

 Place in the Simarubaceae than in the Legnotideae It resembu s 

 7Vit^~>- • ,i , * xi„ „^^nfo hnt, differs in naving" nu 



F'ciuti in tne Simarubaceae tnan in me aj^^~# ' • 

 Irvingia in the nature of the stomata, but differs in 

 mucilage-cavities, and in the absence of sclerotic m 



cells in the 



pericycle. 



907. Psychotria Dupontiae, Hems. ^Zf^eSL 

 species ex affinitate P Pervilleu Baker, differ*, olus bwrion 

 ellipticis vel obovatis basin versus minus attenuate brevissim 

 petiolatis et fructn ma j ore. 



