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PECIES 



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M. corallocarpa, Hort. ex Wendl. Ind. Palm. p. 29 (nomen) 



' Colombia? 



M, f pauctfloray Drude in Mart 



Charnae' 



dorea pauciflora, Mart. Hist, Nat. Palm. ii. p. 5, Brazil. 



Excluded Species. 



M. Chonta, Pliil. in Bot. Zeit. xiv, 1856, p, 648, et in Anal. 



Univ. Chil. 1856, p. 168 = Juania australisy Drude. Juan 

 Fernandez. 



M. Ernesti-Augusti, H. Wendl. in Otto & Dietr. AUg. Gartenz. 



. (1853), p, 3 = Chamaedorea Ernesti-Augustij H. 

 WendL Mexico.- 

 M, oblongata^ H. Wendl, in Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. xxi. 



(1853), p, 3 = Chamaedorea Sartorii^ Liebm. Mexico. 



XV.— DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE : LVII. 



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1481. Millettia (Efulgentes) Lane=Poolei, Dunn [Legumi- 



nosae-Galegeae] ; M, rhodanthae^ Baill affinis, sed calycibus et 

 foliolis glabris et foliolorum basi rotundata distincfa. 



Arbor parva, ramulis laevibus. Folia 4-juga, 9-11 cm. longa, 

 petiolo 8-plo longiora, rachi glabra gracili ; stipulae ovatae, 

 scariosae, striatae, 3 mm. longae ; foliola superiora lateralia 

 oblongc-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata, mem- 

 branacea, glabra, 3 cm. longa, venis marglnem appropinquan- 

 tibus 7-paribus inconspicuis; petioluli 2 mm. longi; stipellae 

 setaceae, 2 mm. longae, persistentes. Paniculae racemiformes 

 axillares, 4-6 cm, longae, pedunculo subnullo, rachi puberula; 

 nodi floriferi pauciflori, 3-4 mm. longi. Flores approximati, I'l 

 cm. longi ; pedicelli calyce pauUo breviores ; bracteae bracteolaeque 

 1~2 mm. longae, deciduae. Calyx campanulatus, 4 mm. longus, 

 praeter marginem puberulam glaber ; dentes tubo 6-plo breviores, 

 late triangulares. Petala glabra; vexilli lamina ovato-rotundata, 

 basi subcordata, medio valde bicallosa ; alae ovatae, basi breviter 

 sagittatae; carinae petala oblonga, sub-acuta, basi ut alae. 

 Stamina 10,"^ vexillari basi sdluto et ibi saepe callis vexilli retento- 

 Discus'Mnei3itvLS, calyci adnatus. Ovarium lineare, puberulum, 

 8— ovulatum, Legumen non visum. 



Tropical West Africa. Sierra Leone : Keunema (flowering 



in Marcb), C. E. Lane-Poole 140. 



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1482. Seiiecio Conrathii, N. E. Brown [Compositae-Senecioni- 



deae] ; affinis S. serrae, Sond., corymbi ramis multo longioribus 

 et capitulis majoribus bene distinguitur. 



Herba 60-70 cm. alta. Caulis simplex, erecta, basi 5 mm. 

 crassus, stiiatus, glaber. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuta, calloso- 

 serrata, glabra, 0'8-l-3 cm. lata, inferiora 15-19 cm. longa, petio- 

 lata, superiora gra da tim minora, sessilia. Corymbus circa 10 cm. 

 diametro, glaber, ramis inferioribus 15-24 cm. longia erectis. 

 Bracteae 1-4 cm. longae, e basi l'5-4 mm. lato subulato- 



