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lying in an open shed on the wharf, King Edward Dock, Avon- 

 mouth, They had come, it was understood, many months before 

 by the vessel '' Yeddo," from Vladivostok. 



Ground ^uts {Arachis hypogaea) in bags from Liverpool stored 



^'s Warehouse at South Dock, 

 Swansea (see K. B. 1901, pp. 175-200 : Add. ser. ix. part 2, 19ir, 

 pp. 201-^206). 



Potatoes. — A small steamer, SS- *' Ashton," in the West Dock, 

 Cardiff, was at the time of passing unloading 280 tons from Pont 

 L'Abbe, S.AV. Brittany, They were loose in the hold, and were 

 being filled into bags and baskets by men and women, weighed ^nd 

 loaded direct into wagons waiting near for immediate despatch to 

 various parts of the town. These potatoes appeared to be between 

 the quite new and the old, they could not have been handled in 

 the same rough way, while the skins were very tender. 



According to a recent Consular Report (No, 6279, 1914, p. 9) 

 for the District of Brest, the amount of Potatoes exported from 

 Pont PAbbe and other Ports of Finistere — Concaneau, Loctudy, 

 and Eoscoff — to the United Kingdom in 1913, is given at 12,853 

 tons, value £47,218. 



XLVL— DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE : LX. 



1511. Leptoderris aurantiaca, Dvnn [Leguminosae-Dalber- 

 gieae] ; L. calvae^ Dunn, affinis, paniculae rhachi velutina, 

 stipulisque infra insertionem produetis distincta. 

 . Frutex erectus vel scandens, praeter inflorescentiam glaber, 

 cortiee laevi striato. Folia 4-juga, 30-40 cm. longa, petiolo 5-plo 

 longiora; stipulae lanceolatae, paullo supra basin affixae, 2 cm. 

 longae; foliola superiora lateralia obovata, breviter acuminata, 

 ad basin .attenuata, obtusa, 9-11 cm. longa, ehartacea; nervi 

 marginem propinquantes 8-9-pares, infi\a prominentes, supra 



impressi; petioli 5 mm. longi; stipellae setaceae, 2 mm. longae. 



Pa/itc?/Zae axillares et terminales, 20-50 cm, longae, a basi 

 ramosae, rhachi ramisque longis dense velutinis; nodi floriferi 1-2 

 mm. longi; rhaches ramorum bracteis magnis pubescentibus tarde 

 deciduis suffultae. Flores conferti, 6-7 mm. longi; pedicelli 1 mm. 

 longi. Calyx tubularis, 2-5 mm. longus, laxe sericeus. Petala 

 glabra ; vexilli lamina ovata, ad basin angustata ; alae oblongae, 

 basi hamatae; carinae petala ovata, apice acuta, basi truncata. 

 Stamina praeter vesillare basi solutum connata. Ovarium medio 

 biovulatum. Legumen oblongo-lineare, apice basique obtusum, 

 10-13 cm. longum, 3-4 cm. latum, glabrum, indehiscens, 

 papyraceum, uno latere alatum, reticulatum. Semina 1-2, 

 discif ormia ; cotyledones cordatae. 



Tropical Africa. French Congo, Klaine 67, 655, 1172. 



1512. Leptoderris cyclocarpa, Dunn [Leguminosae-Dalber- 



gieae] ; L, aurantiacaey Dunn, foliis affinis sed ab ea omnibusque 

 speciebus hujus generis quarum fructus noti sunt leguminibus 



distincta. 



Frutex scandens, praeter inflorescentiam glaber, ramulis 

 rugosis griseis- Folia 2-juga, 20-30 cm. longa, petiolis 4-plo 



