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testa removed and placed on one side, showing the horizontal plates of the albumen. Fig. 11. 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, Bentli. iu Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 72 ; foliis anguste oblongis acuminatis 



basi angustatis ssepiusque acutis, pedunculis in ramulis hornotinis medio bracteatis, 

 sepalis undulatis acuminatis, petalis interioribus longiuscule unguiculatis ovatis 

 concavis apice angustatis, margine dente villoso utrinque appendiculatis, stigmate 

 crenulato, fructu ovoideo. — Fmtex 7-pedalis. Folia in speciminibus floridis 3-4- 

 pollicaria, sed verisimiliter nondum perfects evoluta. Pedunculi quam in if. gramli- 

 Jlora breviores. Petala exteriora 2-pollicaria, interiora basi in unguem latum 5-6 

 lin. longum contracta, medio 5-6 lin. lata, uno v. ssepius utroque margine appendice 

 dentiformi oblonga villosa aucta, acvimine apicis obtuse 3-4 lin. longo. Flores 

 nonnulH minores, verisimiliter nondum perfecte accreti, petalis exterioribus minus 

 undulatis. Fructus ovoidei, maximi 4 poll, longi, diametro transversal! circiter 

 ' 3 poll., omnino ecostati, pericarpio duro sublignoso crassiusculo. Semina nitida, 

 quam in M. gnmdiflora paullo minora, in pulpa nucis immersa, horizontalia et ad 

 parietes arete congesta sed cavitatem ovarii non omnino implentia. 

 At Eppah and Aghamia, on the Niger {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, fructu 

 globoso. — Arbor 30-40-pedalis. Folia ^1-pedalia, rigidiora et nitidiora quam in 

 prsecedentibus, petiolo brevissimo crasso. Pedunculi e nodis vetustis 1-1^-pollicares, 

 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 poUice 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 1^-polUcari. Semina cavitatem omnino implentia ut in M. grandiflora. 

 Fernando Po and Princes Island {G. Mann). 



Species insufficiently known. 



5. M. angolemiSjWelw. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 151, from Pungo Andongo; the 

 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 striae, 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 kno\vn, 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 costse. Dr. Kirk describes it as a bush which, at 

 the time he gathered the fruits (July 1859), had neither leaves nor flowers. 



