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These are fruiting speciraens with the leaves at first sight glahrous, but the minute 

 stellate hairs scattered on the under surface can generally be detected with a lens. 



2. U. GLOBOSA, Hook. f. PL Nig. 210 ; ramis gracilibus novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis, 



foliis (parvis) oblongo-ellipticis sublanceolatisve obtusis supra nitidis subtus pilo- 

 sulis, floribus subsessilibus solitariis geminisve ferrugineo-sericeis, petalis patentibus 

 valde imbricatis, antheris apice truncatis, baccis subglobosis brevissime stipitatis 

 ferrugineo-vekitinis. — Erutex ?, Z7. micrantlm Hook. f. et Thorns, affinis. Folia 

 2-3-pollicaria, nervis prseter costam parum conspicuis. Bractese orbiculatse, con- 

 cav8e, deciduse. Elores parvi. Sepala lata, basi breviter connata, dense ferrugineo- 

 sericea. Petala majora patentia extus tomentosa subsericea, in alabastro cujusve 

 seriei valde imbricata, in speciminibus nostris vix perfecte evoluta. Stamina nu- 

 merosa connectivo apice truncato-dilatato. Baccse 3-4 lin. diametro, 4-7-sperm8e. 



At Accra, in west tropical Africa [VogeT). 



3. U. LTJCiDA, Benth. ; foliis ovali-oblongis acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, utrinque 



ramulisque glaberrimis nitidis, pedunculis terminalibus subternis brevibus flori- 

 busqvie tomento tenui rufo-canescentibus, petalis liberis obovato-orbiculatis obtu- 

 sissimis. — Species U. Inridce Hook. f. et Thorns, et Z7. Narum, Wall, afl&nis. Folia 

 pleraque 8 poll, longa, 1\ poll, lata, petiolo 2-lineari, tenuiter coriacea, costa subtus 

 prominente, nervis tenuibus. Pedicelli in specimine 3, intermeditis flore evoluto 

 4 lin. longus. Bractese obovatse, 2 lin. longse. Sepala orbiculata, vix 3 lin., petala 

 fere 6 lin. longa et lata, omnia extus cano-tomentosa. Torus planus. Stamina nu- 

 merosa, connectivo ultra loculos obovato truncato. Gynsecii carpella numerosa, 

 linearia, arete conferta, glabra. Styli crassi, angulati, truncati. Ovula 6-8. 



Guatteria lucida, Boj. Hort. Maurit. 6. 



Island of Mombase, off the east coast of Africa {Bojer), according to the label of a specimen from a 

 generally well-named collection of Bojer's plants formerly in the herbarium of the late Dr. Graham. 

 The same label is affixed in the Hookerian herbarium, but in a less authentic manner, to a specimen 

 of Polyalthia [Guatteria) Korinti. Both are probably from the Mauritius Botanic Garden, where 

 Bojer states his G. lucida to have been raised from seeds brought from Mombase. 



,4. U. CONNIVENS, sp. n. ; foliis amplis elongato-oblongis acuminatis infra medium 

 angustatis glabris, petiolo brevissimo, pedunculis axillaribus brevibus 1-floris 

 bracteatis floribusque minute tomenteUis, petalis conniventibus crassis latis con- 

 cavis exterioribus subvalvatis, interiorum uno exteriore, toro convexo, antheris 

 apice capitatis, carpellis glabris, stigmatibus oblongis. — Arbor 30-pedalis. Folia 

 fere pedalia, supra medium 3 poll, lata, infra medium longe angustata, ima basi 

 obtusa, petiolo crasso 3-4 lin. longo, rigide membranacea v. vix coriacea, nervis 

 primariis arcuatis distantibus costaque subtus prominentibus. Pedunculi j— j-polli- 

 cares, basi bibracteati et supra medium unibracteati. Sepala 4 lin. longa, orbiculata, 

 concava, cito decidua. Petala purpurea, exteriora fere pollicem longa et lata, crassa 

 concava acutiuscula, parum aperta, marginibus leviter imbricatis v. fere valvatis, 

 interiora paullo minora, uno obtusissimo, cetera acutiora margine latiusculo obtegente. 



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