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*Gomphia amplectens, Stapf: like all the following species of Gomphia 

 a shrub with yellow or red flowers and fruits like those of 

 Ochna, but with only lo stamens ; leaves lanceolate with an 

 auricled base, hiding the short petiole, up to i ft. by 3 in. ; 

 Kakatown, Whyte ! 



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247. GOMPHIA SUBCORDATA 



G. congesta, Oliv. : leaves lanceolate, acutely serrulate, 5 — 7 in. by 

 2— 2 J in., panicles very dense, 2—3 in. long ; Kakatown, JV/o'tel 

 — Identical with the Sierra Leone specimen referred to this 

 species by Oliver. Mann's specimen from Ambas Bay, enume- 

 rated by this author under the same name, is distinct. 



•6. subcordata, Slap/ (plate 247) : similar to G. congesta, but the 

 leaves slightly cordate at the base, and the racemes up to 6 in. 



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