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S. Nilotica (sp. nov.) Seem.; calycibus villoso-tomentosi?, nervis 
impressis. — "Bushy scarlet-flowering tree. Ungoro Glav., Aug. 1860. 
Speke and Grant's Expedition to the Sources of the Nile." 
S. campanula ta^ Palis. \ calycibus tomentosis, nervis elevatis v. in- 
conspicuis. 
Stenolobium staiis, Seem, in Journ. of Bot. 1863, p. 88. — Bignonia 
sla7iSy Linn. Spec. 871, Distr. Sierra Leone. (Welwitsch ! Iter Angol. 
n. 481.) Cultivated in the gardens of Sierra Leone, doubtless intro- 
duced from America. 
Kigelia pinnata^ De Cand. Prodr, ix. p. 217. Seem, iu Trans. Linn. 
Soc. Lond. xxiii. p. 22. Distr. Golungo Alto (Welwitsch ! Iter Angol. 
n. 491, 489), 
ESPLA^^ATION OF PlaTES. 
Tab. XXXY, — Muenteria tomeniosa, Seem. (From specimens collected by 
Dr. Welwitsch.) Pig. 1. Section of flower. 2. Pistil. 3 and 4. The lower and 
upper portion of capsule. 5, Seed. Fig. 2 slightlj magnified. 
Tab. XXXVI. — Mneideria stenoearpa, Seem. (From specimens collected 
bj Dr. Welwitsch.) iT Corolla opened. 2. Pistil. 3. Cross section of oyarj. 
4. Capsule. 5. Diagraoi of cross-section of capsule. 6 and 7. Seeds. All, 
except figs. 4, 6, and 7, magnified. 
Tab. XXXYII. akd XXXYllL— Ferdinand ia snperha, Welw. (From 
specimens collected by Dr. Welwitsch.) Fig. 1. Lower portion of corolla. 2. 
Cross-section of orary. 3 and 4. Lower and upper end of fruit, 5 and 6. 
Seeds. Fig. 2 slightly magnified. At the back of 'the plate one of the larger 
leaves. 
Tab. XXXIX. — Catophractes WelwitscMi^ Seem. (From specimens collected 
by Dr. Welwitsch.) Fig. 1. Corolla and pistil. 2. Pistil. 3. Kipe capsule. 
4. Cross-section of capsule, 5. Seed. Figs. 1 and 2 slightly magnified. 
Tab. XL. — SpatJiodea campamilata^ Pal. (From specimens collected by 
Dr. Welwitsch.) Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Cross-section of ovary. 3. Ripe fruit. 
4. Cross-section of frnit, 5. A seed. Fig. 2 slightly magnified. 
DISCOVERY OF INULA SALICINA, Be Cand., 
IN IRELAND. 
By Dr. D. Mooue. 
I have lately returned from a journey made to the county of Galway 
for the purpose of searching for this Inula, which I had reason to be- 
lieve grew there. With this note you Avill receive specimens of it, 
