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vel acuminata, cordata. Cirrhi simpliees. Flores mediocres vel majus- 
euli, lavi; pedunculus gracilis. Fructus mediocris vel parvus. 
1. R. Mannii (Hook. f.! in Benth. et Hook. I. c. et in Oliv. L c. 
p. 554); petiolo puberulo; foliis ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, plus mi- 
nusve distinete 3-5-lobatis, utrinque brevissime sparseque piloso-his- 
pidis ; ovario anguste oblongo. 
Caulis alte scandens, gracillimus, ramosus, angulato-sulcatus, gla- 
ber vel puberulus. Petiolus subfiliformis, striatus, superne ciliatus, 
1-3cent. longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, supra atroviridia, sub- 
tus paulo pallidiora, 8-12 cent. longa, 5-9 cent. lata, margine remo- 
tissime minuteque subulato-denticulata, lobis lateralibus brevissimis, 
acutis vel obtusis, intermedio elongato, anguste triangulari; sinus 
basilaris anguste rotundatus, */,-1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, 
breves, angulati, glabri vel subglabri. Flores masculi ignoti. Flores 
feminei sæpius geminati vel ternati. Pedunculus subfiliformis, sulca- 
tus, glaber vel apiee puberulus, 3-7 cent. longus. Calycis tubus leviter 
villosus, 3-4 mill. longus, 2 !/, mill. latus; segmenta reflexa, subulata, 
ramoso-pectinata, 4-5 mill. longa. Corolla anguste campanulata , 
17-18 mill. longa. Ovarium 8-9 mill. longum, dense ferruginoso-his- 
pidum. Fructus sæpius gracillime longeque pedunculatus, 3 cent. 
longus, 2 cent. crassus, utrinque rotundatus, dense setosus ; setæ ri- 
gidee, fragiles, articulatz, ferruginosæ, 4-6 mill. longze. Semina late 
ovata, valde compressa, 6 mill. longa, 4 mill. lata. 
In Guinea ad Fernando Po, altit. 600-700 metr. (Mann n. 636 in 
herb. Kew. et Mus. Par.). 
2. R. Welwitschii (Hook. f.! in Benth. et Hook. 1. c. et in Oliv. 
Le. p. 554); petiolo dense longeque lanato ; foliis late ovato-cordatis 
vel rotundatis, acutis, 3-5-angulatis vel leviter lobatis, supra pubes- 
centibus, subtus dense tomentoso-lanatis; ovario globoso. 
Caulis robustus, sulcatus, dense rufo-villosus, alte scandens. Pe- 
tiolus robustus, 2-6 cent. longus. Folia membranacea, supra intense 
viridia, subtus rufo-cinerea, 10-12 cent. longa, 9-10 cent. lata, mar- 
gine minute remoteque subulato-denticulata ; sinus basilaris angustus 
et paulo profundus. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, sulcati, villosi. Flores 
masculi breviter pedunculati, solitarii, rarius fasciculati. Calyx hispi- 
Us; lobi breves, pinnatifidi. Corolla 2 cent. lata, ad medium vel ultra 
lobata, lobis oblongis, 3-nerviis. Pedunculus femineus sæpius ad basim 
bracteatus, fructiferus 2-3 cent. longus ; bractea foliacea, orbicularis, 
