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34f WEL'svnscuii iter angolense. 
Ovula penuula. Styli 2, Lasi conuati, erecti, demiim recurvi, apice 
stigmatosi. Drupa ovata, obscure angulata, evittata, exsucca, 2-locu- 
laris. Seniiiia solitaria, dorso couvcxa, faciei plana. Albumen aequa- 
bile. — Arbor Angoleusis, 15-30-pedalis, trunco 1-2-ped. diam.^ stric- 
tissime recto, adulto longe nudo, apice comam exacte spbsericam 
ramorum foliorumque ferente, aspectu admodum siugularij cortice 
spougioso, llgno albo teiiace durabili, rauuilis junioribas petiolis cos- 
tisque foliolorum floccoso-ferrugineo-tomeiitosis niox ^labratis, foliis 
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alternls digitatim 6-8-folioIatis, foliolis louge petiolulatis ovatis acumi- 
natis, irregulariter subduplicato-serratis, stipulis binis linearibus den- 
ticulatis cum petiolo basi comiatis, racemos elougatis in apice ramo- 
rum clavato spongiose tumido, congestis, floribns solitariis' pedicellatis 
viridescentibuSj basi bracteatis. 
1. S. Angolense, Seem, Tab. XXA^I. — Plabitat in sylvis humilloribus 
distr. Arabaca et juxta ripas Eivi de Luxillo et fluminis Cuanza, locis 
minus humidis, 2400-3800 ped. alt. (Welwitsch ! Iter Angol. n, 479, 
480.) 
. Petiole about 1-1^ ft. long, at the insertion of the petiolules with a 
tuft of brown hair. Leaflets coriaceous, green, shining, 3 5 inches 
long, 2^-3 inches broad; petiolule 1^-3 inches long. Stipules 1-1 
inches long, llacemes about 1|- feet long, scaly at base, the scales 
broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, and gradually merging into bracts; 
rhachis and bracts crowned with a short brown tomentum, afterwards 
glabrescent. Pedicels pubescent. Calyx and corolla glabrous. 
Explanation of Plate XXYI., representing Splicerodendron Angolense,— 
Fig. 1. Portrait of the tree, from a sketch by Dr, Welwitsch. 2. One of the 
larger leaflets. 3. An entire flower. 4. Portion of the raceme in fruit, 5. A 
fruit (not quite ripe). 6. The same, cut acroiis. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and G, magnified. 
- III. AROTDE^ NOViE, ArCTOKE DE. H. SCHOTT. 
1. Sauromatum (?) Nubicim, Schott. Vaginae teruiinales 2, elongato- 
lanceolatse, sparse maculate, 6-12 poll, loiigse, pollicem vel sesqui- 
pollicein lata?, interior productior. Petioliis ultra vel bipedalis, im- 
maculatus? Lamina fob segmentis 7-11, lanceolato-ovatis vel ob- 
loiigis basi arcuato-cuneatis, angustissima portione parenchymatis sub- 
approximate couflueutibus, apice acuminatis. Spatha . . . Spadicis 
appendix elongata, sensim attenuate, jaxta ovaria oroanis neutris fili- 
formibus longiusculis liaud crebris obsita. 
Ilab. Sat rarum in fissuris rupium cavernae ma^^e dictse Pari- 
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