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inconspicuæ. Pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi. Flores quam in M. macrophyllo minores, ex Heudelotio rubri. 
Bracteolæ obovate, concave, 24 lin. longæ. Calycis tubus brevissimus; lobi petaloidei, bracteolas vix 
superantes, summo latiore bifido. Petala 3 lata, bifida, calycem subæquantia, intermedio intimo paull o 
longiore et breviter unguiculato, lateralibus sessilibus latis, 2 infima minute squamiformia, vix 4 lin. 
longa. Staminodia nulla detexi. Legumen ut in specie precedente 2-4-pollicare, obliquum, latum , 
crasse coriaceum, tomentosum v. villosum, oblique rugosum, sutura superiore dilatata utrinque elevato- 
marginata. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. Dry situations in the Fouta Dhiallon in Senegambia (Heudelot, n. 738). The 
very short claw of the upper inner petal is an exception in the genus which was unknown to me when 
I drew up the character for the * Genera Plantarum. 
XIII. BERLINIA, Soland.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 579. 
The number of species of this beautiful genus has now been raised by our African col- 
lectors to six, of which the following are the diagnostic characters :— 
1. B. BRACTEOSA, sp. n. Foliolis 8-4-jugis ample obovato-elliptieis oblongisve tenuiter 
coriaceis, racemis simplicibus densis ante anthesin lupulinis, bracteis amplis imbri- 
catis alabastra obtegentibus, petalis æquilongis omnibus laminatis summo latissimo. 
Arbor fide Mannii 40-pedalis, inflorescentia excepta, glabra. Foliola longiuscule petiolulata, 6-8 poll. longa, 
obtuse acuminata, pennivenia et reticulato-venulosa ; stipulæ parvæ. Racemi terminales, supra folia 
ultima subsessiles, ineunte inflorescentia densi, demum ultrapedales, rhachi bracteis bracteolisque 
tomento brevissimo incanis sericeisve.  Bractez ad basin pedicellorum coriaceæ, cuneato-oblongæ, 
acuminatæ, concavæ fere naviculares, 2-21 poll. longæ, primum imbricatæ alabastra obtegentes, per 
anthesin caducze. Pedicelli crassi, 6-9 lin. longi. Bracteol ad apicem pedicelli cuneato-oblongæ, 
2—21.-pollicares, alabast lvatim includentes, per anthesin patentes. Calycis tubus discifer angustus, 
6-7 Yi longus, fere glaber ; limbi segmenta 5, petaloidea, anguste oblongo-linearia v. lanceolata, inter 
se subæqualia, 14-pollicaria. Petala 5, æquilonga, ungue lato-lineari, lamina suborbiculata M trans- 
verse latiore emarginata margineque crispa ; 4 inferiora, inter se similia, ungue fere 2-pollicari, lamina 
1-14 poll. lata; summum intimum, ungue breviore, lamina 2 poll.lata. Stamina 10, longiuscule 
exserta. Ovarium longiuscule stipitatum, tomentellum, 5-6-ovulatum. 
Hab. West tropical Africa. Island of Fernando Po (G. Mann). 
2. B. ACUMINATA, Soland. in Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 326. Foliolis 3-5-jugis obovali-elliptieis 
. Oblongisve tenuiter coriaceis, racemis brevibus subcorymbosis, bracteis parvis 
caducissimis, petalo summo maximo ungue bracteolas vix superante, inferioribus 
parvis angustis. de dg 
Arbor 40-60-pedalis. Foliola 4-8-pollicaria, acumine vario, sæpius brevi: Flores albi, in speciminibus 
Mannianis maximi, bracteolis 2-pollicaribus basi longe angustatis, petalo summo 24 poll. lato ; in 
Heudelotianis flores conspicue minores, bracteolis vix 13 poll. longis, pitak summo ut videtur lati- 
tudine pollicem paullo excedente; petala inferiora — ios breviora v. vix longiora. 
i xserta. Legumen planum, pedale, 2 poll. latum. 
T eme qus dice Bassa oe Lee Cameroon river (G. Mann); Old Calabar river ur "Xv 
Rev. W. G. Thomson) ; and the smaller variety on the Upper Pongos river, Senegambia (Heudelot). 
3. B. AURICULATA, sp. n. Foliolis 2-3-jugis obovali-oblongis ellipticisve tenuiter coriaceis, 
racemis brevibus subcorymbosis, bracteis parvis caducissimis, petali summi ungue 
bracteolis 2-3-plo longiore supra basin auriculato, lamina bifida, inferioribus parvis. 
