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In a communication received by the writer in October, 1911, 
Mr. Stockdale states that since his paper was published in the 
Journal quoted above it has come to his notice that the latex 
produced by plants of the new species (8. cladogyne) is somewhat 
different from that obtained from S. Jenmaniz, but that complete 
analyses at not then been made. He adds the important. fact that 
in the new species (S. su a the branches spread "almost 
horizontally. He further states that the colour of the leaves is 
arker in the latter species. 
Sapium cladogyne, Hutchinson, sp. nov.; affinis S. Jenmani, 
Hemsl., spicis ¢_ terminalibus post anthesin deciduis, spicis 
2 suboppositis sub maris anthesi vix evolutis ad basin rhachis 
maris sitis differt, 
rbor 6-7 m. alta ; ramuli juniores glabri. Folia sparsa, oblonga 
vel oe ee obtuse caudato-acuminata, basi plerumque 
euneata, 4-12 cm. longa, 2-4°5 cm. lata, integra vel remotissime 
Pistulosc-dentioulats, chartacea, crebre minuteque pellucido- 
punctata, nervis primariis lateralibus utrinque 8-10 arcuatis promin- 
entibus ; petioli 1-2-5 em. longi, apice glandulis lateralibus sessilibus 
parvis instructi. In florescentiae bisexuales, ramulis lateralibus 
brevibus terminatae. Spicae terminales, = ad 12 em. 
longae, post anthesin deciduae; spicae Q 2, suboppositae, sub 
maris anthesi vix evolutae, ad basin rhachis sitae. Flores 
8-9 ageregati, glandulis geminatis peltatis suffulti; bracteae 
semiorbiculares 3 bracteolae setulosae. Calyx bipartitus, glaber ; 
segmenta suborbicularia. Stamina 2; filamenta 1 mm. longa, 
crassa, glabra; antherae 0°75 mm. latae. Flores Q non Visi. 
Infructescentiae geminatae, pedunculatae, 4-7 cm. longae ; rhachis 
leviter flexuosa, glabra. Capsulae crustaceae, 1-loculares, 1 spermae, 
subglobosae, circiter 0°7 cm. diametro, 2-valves. Semina sub- 
globosa, paullo compressa, 0°35 cm. diametro, extus pulposa. 
S. Jenmani, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub. t. 2649, as to Jenman, 
seta Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Hippomaneae, p. 217, 
ye 
British Guiana. Head of Pomeroon River, Jenman, 7505! 
Arriah Trib; Upper Pomeroon cdi Bechett, 8628! Fort 
Tsland ; Essequibo River, Beckett, 8767! 8768! Stockdale, 8766! 
Cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, Georgetonn, Foote! Bartlett, 
8724! Stockdale, 8765! Greeves, 8766 
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XXVI—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE, XLVIII. 
1. Alsodeiopsis Chippii perce Olacaceae-Icacineae] ; 
affinis A. Rowlandii, Engl., sed r. mulis jun oribus dense strigoso- 
pilosis, foliis Ba te longe Rae petiolie hrovioribns inflorescentiis 
paucifloris 
ruler mu val Juniores graciles, dense strigoso-pilosi. Folia 
oblongo-elliptica eek leviter oblongo-oblanc esata acu nts ac umin- 
ata, basi inaequaliter rotundata, 7-13 em. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, 
