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these  pmsceaeee the publication of the plant as a new species seems 
justifiab 
G. me Pa bears a strong superficial bie Mia to G. hirsuta, Benth., 
from Tropical Africa, and to G. cordifolia q., a Guiana species, fron: 
both of which it is, however, very nied ; a affinity is clearly with 
G. melanocarpa, Ridl. The specimen sent to us under this name by 
Mr. Ridley differs externally from G. pilosa principally in the glabrous 
condition of all its parts, though a very different habit is suggested by 
the figure accompanying the original description (Zrans. Linn. Soc. [2] 
iii. 
The shedding of the branches accompanied by the formation of an 
absciss layer is not uncommon in the genus ; this is seen in G. pilosa, 
G. 
base slowly decays until all the tissue external to the corky plate dis- 
appears, leaving a clean scar, from which an adventitious root fre- 
quently emerges.—H. H. W. Prars SON, 
Fig. 1, portion of a leaf; 2, capitulum; 3, a flower with corolla and part of 
ey Ratan showing gyneceum and disc; 4, part of andrecium; 6, hair; 6, seed, 
Ail enlarged, 
