998 THR JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Celtis sp. Planch. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, x. 307, and in 
DC. Prods: xvii. 186; Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 525. C. 
Prantlit Priem. ex Engl. Notizbl. K. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 23, as 
regards specimens from St. Thomas and Princes Islands. 
b. West Tropical Africa. St. Thomas Island, Don, 35! 
amore 6304! Quwntas, 144! Princes Island, Mann, 1113! 
. Kew; Herb. Mus. Brit. 
‘Ne ar the Indian C. Wightii Planch., with which Planchon ‘ 
suggested it was iptipoulis but uous by its larger fruits. : 
wh noica, ramulis 
glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, demum tenuiter Gra ot fb 
oblongo-elliptica vel late elliptica, apice plus minus acuminata, 
rarius 2 cm., longus. Injflo rescenti@ vix petiolum excedentes 
ad tertiam partem folii attingentes ; flores masculi multi, aepailes 
vel breviter pedicellati; flores fertiles pauci, superiores, longiu 
pedicellati. Sepala concava, elliptica, dorso puberula, vix 2 mm. 
longa. Ovarium Bae basi pilis albis | dense cinctum; stigmata 
late linearia, er r bilobatea. Drupa 
se ae vaitides brunnea, 1 cm. lo onga ‘ 
Uganda. Mabira Forest, £. oS 462! Chagwe, 
nae 67! 81! Herb. Kew; Herb. Mus. Bri 
Some confusion has arisen with regard to a species described 
and figured by Burmann, Rar. Afric. Plant. ata t. 88, as Celtis 
folits subrotundis, dentatis, jlore viridi, fructu luteo. Thunber 18 
includes this asa synonym of his Rhamnus celtifolius, Fl. Cap. ii is 
72 (1818), while Planchon (in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, x. 296) i includes a 
in his species Celivs Burmanni both the citation of Burmann and a 
the species of Thunberg. By the kindness of Dr. O. Juel, of Upsala, 
have been able to see a photograph of oe Ree 
and there seems little doubt, as Dr. Juel agrees from his examina- 
tion of the actual roerenipegr that f. celtifolius Thunb. is identical 
with £. prinoides L’Her.; Thunberg himself at one time took this 
view, as one of the two sctcnegr in his herbarium bears in his 
own hand both names, namely, f. prinoides and L. celtifolius. 
On the other hand, there is, I think, no doubt that the plant 
described and figured by Burmann is only the common and very 
variable Celis Kraussiana Bernh.; the drawing of the female 
ower, with its two large spreading stigmas, is especially sug- 
gestive of this species and _ different from Rhamnus. Celtis 
Burman Planch. is a synonym of C. Kraussiana, except so far 
as ae to Rhamnus celtafouus Thunb. 
tenia stipulata, sp. nov. Swffrutea, caule foliato gla- 
nforees e bial radicante erecto, superne herbaceo, circa 2:5 dm. alto, 
3 mm - Grasso, internodiis -sepius 1-2 em. longis. Poin obovato- 
, obtusa, basi cuneata obtusissima 
vel hinsie +00 margine su subundulata, 11-12 em. longa, 
4:5-5°5 cm. ase aan: nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-9, ascen- 
allintic: 
