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The locality given for Nimmo’s specimen is merely ‘‘ Red Sea,” 
but there is little doubt that it came from Socotra. 
. A. ndensis, sp. nov. Frutex erectus, 2-3 m. 
ramulis crassiusculis lenticellosis, novellis deenathaounimevenndins 
internodiis superioribus contractis. ae patentia, elliptico-oblonga, 
, basi rotundata vel obtuse cuneata, 
8 em. longa, 4-7°5 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra, supra brunneo- 
viridia, venis parum chipset subtus pallidiora, venis prominenti- 
bus, venulis prominulis satis crebre reticulata, erage majusculis 
hi e immersis, petiolo crassiusculo 5-6 mm. longo, supra 
atin tues supra et lateribus ferrugineo-pubescente, subtus glabro ; 
vene laterales patentes, majores page seg 18, satis procul a 
anastomosantes. Racemi usque . longi, terminales 
et laterales, ree ferrugineo- aor erpello; tees anguste tri- 
angularibus, 2-25 mm. longis, basi 1 mm. latis, obtusis, extra 
tomentellis, pace F lnitaconlia, infimis oblongo- siarivus: semi- 
teretibus, usque 6 mm. longis, obtusis, ubique tomentellis, bracteolis 
1 mm. longis, pedicellis 1-6-2 cm. longis, gracilibus, subappresse 
pubescentibus. Sepala late elliptica, rotundata, 4-5 mm. lon 
— lata, minute ciliata, extra minute puberula, intus glabra, 
1-2 eorum basi glandulosa. Petala late obovata, 14-16°5 mm 
‘eisai 10-12 mm. lata, ungue sealer majorum usque ad 2°5 
longo, minorum pike ullo. Filamenta 1-5-2°5 mm. longa;- ethers 
4°5-5°5 longe -2 late, eieiates,: apiculo seepe in- 
5-2 mm 
curvo. Ovarium trigono-globosum, 8-8-5 mm. altum, tomentosum 
stylo abortivo vix 0-5 mm. longo, stylis duobus perfectis angulo 
acuto dh aon 10-11 mm. longis, apice leviter incurvis. é 
Hab. Ucanna: Nile Province, Bari Cou untry, Dawe, no. 942. 
A. Sweatumanni Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 124; A. Jus 
in Arch. Mus. Par. iii. (1848), 484, t. 15 fidfonogr: Malpigh. 230); ; 
Walp. Rep. v. 286; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 277, partim (var. a). 
Hotevopterts ? Smeathmannt DC. aye ho 
Anomalopteris spicata G. Don, 
yst 647. 
ab. Srerra Leone: Don; presse ied (Brit. Mus.); Whitfield 
(Brit. Mus.) ; lls (Brit. Mus s.). Bush on hill-sides about 
00 ft. above sea-level, near Freetown, H. H. Johnston, no. 48. 
Bases ext” ayah, Scott Hiliot, no. 4661, otp Coast: 
0) 
ua, oe no. 497. ecra strani JSoknson, no. 618. 
: Moloney ; Barter, 
no. gael Lagos Island, Barter, no. 20217, Abbeokuta, Row- 
. Sraupri En nel. i n Eng J ahrb. xxxvi. 251; imprimis 
foliis raajoriba oleeeds cm. se a typo recedit. 
8 ab. > Jo. ohann-Albrechtehohe, Staudt, no, 498. 
2. A. toneirotius Hook. fil. in Hook. Niger Fl. 244; Walp. 
pe: ii. 204. 
A. oa Ny, Fl. Trop. Afr, i. 277, partim (var. 8). 
A, Smeathm ar. Dusenii Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 251. 
A. brevipetiolatus 2 Engl. Le. 252. 
A. guineensis Hook. fil. in Hook. Niger Fl. 245, non Juss. 
Ancieadopial longifolia G. Dem, Gen. Syst. i. 647. 
