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oblongis glabris membranaceis inter maximis, inflorescentia thyr- 

 soidea laxe paniculata rachide mediana distincta, bracteolis nee 

 conspicuis. 



Hab. Mauritius: Hh. Blachhurii ! Boiiton ! Grey ! in Hb. Kew. 



The stipules, attaining a length of 3 cm. and breadth of 1-5 cm., 

 readily distinguish this species, as well as the spreading paniculate 

 inflorescence and short ovate, mucronate buds. 



17. B. Zaluzania Gaertn. f. Carpolog. (1805) 74, t. 192, fig. 7 

 (1805) ; Poir. Encyc. Meth. Supp. i. 625 ; Lam. 111. t. 165, fig. 2. 

 Zaluzania Oommerson MS. et Ic. ined. Musscejida racemosa Boj. 



Hab. Mauritius : Commerson ! Thompson ! Carmichael, 66 ! 

 Macgregorl Aubletl Boxburghl Bojerl Hh. Blackburn \ Boutonl 

 Neraud ! Ayres ! Grey ! La Eeunion, in Hb. Univ. Cambridge ! 

 collector unknown. Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew, and Univ. Cambridge. 



This species has been confused by some authors with B. 

 borbonica (q. v.). 



18. B. BEACTEOLATA Hiem in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 84 (1877). 

 Hab. Sierra Leone : AJzelius ! Don ! Scott Elliot, 3922 ! 



5619 ! Kamerun : Zenker, 1189 ! 2760 ! Zenker & Staudt, 89 ! 

 Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew, and Univ. Cambridge. 



This species seems to stand upon the border-line between 

 Laxce and Spicatce. In the type plant, collected by Afzelius, the 

 lateral inflorescence-branches are very reduced, but the flowers 

 are in bud. In Zenker's plant (2760) cited above the inflorescence 

 is in the fruiting-stage, but the arrangement is subspicate. In 

 Scott Elliot's plants the lateral inflorescence-branches are re- 

 latively well developed, and the inflorescence approaches the 

 Thyrsoidece type. Some difficulty may thus be experienced in 

 applying the clavis to this species ; in the introduction special 

 attention has been drawn to this "transitional" species and to 

 others (supra, p. 114). 



SPICAT^, sect. nov. Inflorescentia subspicata rachide 

 mediana bene distincta cymis lateralibus sessilibus densifloris 

 axibus pro rata suppressis. 



19. B. spiCATA comb. nov. Pomatium spicatum Gaertn. f. 

 Fruct. iii. 252. Wendlandia pilosa G. Don, Gard. Diet. iii. 519. 

 B. africana A. Eich. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 255. B. 

 Pomatium Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 594. 



Hab. Sierra Leone : Smeathmanl Vog el, 1Q1\ Don\ Smythe, 

 235! Scott Elliot, 4161! 4176! Senegal: Heudelot, 627! 719! 

 Liberia : Whijte ! Dinklage, 2106 ! Bunting, 115 ! Hbb. Mus. 

 Brit, and Kew. 



The species is readily distinguishable by the outstanding red 

 hairs which cover the branchlets, petioles, and leaf-veins, and by 

 the closely pinnate venation. 



20. B. EACEMOSA K. Sch. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 127. Weiid- 

 landia racemosa G. Don, Gard. Diet. iii. (1837) 519. B. macro- 

 carpa Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. (1849) 394. 



Hab. Sierra Leone: Donl Scott Elliot, 4523! E. Niger: 

 Vogel ! Batanga : Bates, 75 ! Brass : Barter I Calabar : Thom- 



