ANONACE^ (E. G. Baker) 5 



3-4 '5 cm. broad; petiole 3-5 mm. long. Pedicels 7-10 mm. long. 

 Outer petals + 7 mm. long, + 4 mm. broad ; inner petals + 2 mm. 

 broad. Stamens + 1-5 mm. long, mucli dilated. Carpels with style 

 2 "0-2 '5 mm. pubescent. 



Allied to Popoivia foliosa Engler & Diels, but differs by the 

 narrower leaves, shorter cymes and larger petals. 



[Three sepals pale bronze, six petals pale creamy-yellow, stamens 

 in three groups of three, centres cream shading into dark brown. — 

 P. A. T.] 



Hexalobus monopetalus Engler & Diels var. parvifolius 

 Bak. fil. in Macleod, " Chiefs and Cities of Central Africa," 301. 

 Frutex vel arbor parva ramulis adultis cinereo-corticatis ; 

 foliorum ■petiolo brevissimo, lamina chartacea vel subcoriacea 

 oblonga supra nitida subtus fere glabi'a quam in typo minore ; 

 floribus ad axillas solitariis subsessilibus ; petalis anguste lanceo- 

 latis corrugatis basi connatis ; carpellis 3-4. 



French Ubaugi, Lere to Ham. 



Leaf, petiole 1-2 mm. long ; lamina 4-6 cm. long, 15-21 mm. 

 broad. Sepals 6 mm. long ; petals 18-20 mm. long. 



Differs from the type in havuig smaller leaves and fewer carpels, 

 3-4 instead of 4-6. 



M. Chevalier collected the type on his Chari-Lake Chad Expedition 

 near Kaga Mibra (n. 6486). 



DENNETTIA Bak. fil. gen. nov. 



Calyx in alabastro minimo, cupuliformis, deinde in sepala 2 

 vel rarius 3 semiorbicularia basi connata rumpens. Petala 

 3, crassa, concava, libera, uniseriatim valvata, aequalia vel parum 

 inaequalia, quam sepala plane longiora. Stamina parva, numero- 

 sissima, sessilia, connectivo ultra thecas lineares vix producto 

 truncate, antberis rimis linearibus dehiscentibus. Carpella 15-20, 

 libera, stylo continue truncato, ovulis pluribus biseriatis. 



Arbor mediocris. Folia alterna, chartacea, foliorum petiolo 

 brevi. Flores herniaphroditi, solitarii vel bini, magnitudine 

 mediocri, brevipedunculati, ex ramis adultis orti. Receptaculum 

 convexum. 



Dennettia tripetala sp. unica. Arbor mediocris sec. cl. detect, 

 ramulis cortice cinereo tectis ; foliorum petiolo brevi superne 

 canaliculate lamina oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata chartacea 

 superne nitida apice acuta basi cuneata nervis lateralibus tenuibus 

 10-12 ante marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis, nervis 

 secundariis tenuibus subtus reticulatis ; floribus magnitudine 

 mediocri solitariis vel binis pedunculatis ex ramis adultis ortis ; 

 calijce e sepalis semiorbicularibus 2 vel rarius 3 composite ; 

 petalis 3 crassis concavis extus fusco-tomentosis ; staminibus 

 parvis numeresis connectivo ultra thecas lineares vix producto ; 



