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testa removed and placed on one side, showing the horizontal plates of the albumen. Fig. 1 1. Al- 
bumen with the whole testa removed. Fig. 12. Seed, transverse section. Fig. 13. Seed, vertical 
section, showing the embryo. Fig. 14. Embryo, back view. Fig. 15. Embryo, side view. 
3. M. tenuifolia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 72; foliis anguste oblongis acuminatis 
basi angustatis ssepiusque acutis, pedunculis in ramulis horaotinis medio bracteatis 
sepalis nndulatis acuminatis, petalis interioribus lougiuseule unguieu latis ovatis 
concavis apice angustatis, margine dente villoso utrinque append iculat is, stigmatc 
crenulato, fructu ovoideo. — Frutex 7-pedalis. Folia in speciminibus iloridis 3-1- 
pollicaria, sed verisimiliter nondum perfecte evoluta. Pedunculi quam in J/, grandi- 
flora breviores. Petala exteriora 2-pollicaria, interiora basi in unguem latum 5-6 
lin. longnm contracta, medio 5-6 lin. lata, uno v. ssepius utroque marline appendice 
dentiformi oblonga villosa aucta, acnmine apicis obtuso 3-4 lin. longo. Flo res 
nonnulli minores, verisimiliter nondum perlecte accreti, petalis exterioribus minus 
undulatis. Fructus ovoidei, maximi 4 poll, longi, diainetro trnnsversali circitrr 
3 poll., omnino ecostati, pericarpio duro subliunoso crassiusculo. Semina nitida, 
quam in M. grandiflora paullo minora, in pulpa nucis immersa, horizontalia ct ad 
parietes arete congesta sed cavitatem ovarii non omnino implentia. 
At EDDah and As-hamia. on the Niser (Barter) : Ambas Bay and Fernando Po (G. Mann). 
4. M. brevipes, sp. n.; foliis obovati-oblongis ellipticisve breviter acuminatis basi 
obtusis coriaceis nitidis, pedunculis in ramulis annotinis brevibus medio bracteatis, 
sepalis orbiculatis, petalis interioribus latis concavis margine dense villosis, fruct u 
globoso.— Arbor 30-40-pedalis. Folia i-1-pedalia, rigidiora et nitidiora quam in 
prsecedentibus, petiolo brevissimo crasso. Pedunculi e nodis vetustis 1-H-pollieares, 
1-2-flori. Bractea orbiculata, concava, obtusissima. Sepala 4 lin. longa, concava, 
obtusissima et vix undulata. Petala exteriora in flore ut videtur perfecte evoluto 
vix pollice longiora, ovata, undulato-crispa, basi cuneata ; interiora triente breviora, 
in unguem brevissimum abrupte contracta. Fructus globosus, vix 3 poll, diametro, 
ecostatus v. costis paucis obscure percursus, pericarpio crasso coriaceo-sublignoso, 
pedunculo lj-pollicari. Semina cavitatem omnino implentia ut in M. grandiflora. 
Fernando Po and Princes Island (G. Mann). 
Species insufficiently known. 
5. M. angolen 8 is y We\w. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 151, from Pungo Andongo; th< 
name only given without any indication of its characters. 
6. M. sp. from the Niger {Barter). Fruits only known, which are globular, about 
2 inches diameter, without longitudinal ribs or strige, and the pericarp very much 
thinner than in any of the preceding ones, and apparently succulent. 
7. M. sp. from Shiramba, on the Zambesi {Kirk). Fruits only known, which are 
globular, about 1 inch diameter, and with a thin pericarp as in the last, but marked 
outside by 8 to 10 longitudinal raised costal Dr. Kirk describes it as a bush which, at 
the time he gathered the fruits (July 1859), had neither leaves nor flowers. 
