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subspicatis, bracteolis calycem fructumque excedentibus, baccis 

 inter minores, seminibus paucis pro rata magnis. 



Hab. Nicaragua : Seemann, 129 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Verisimiliter arbor, ramulis strigoso-pubescentibus demura 

 glabris nodosis, foliis 7-12 cm. x 3-4-5 cm. obovatis vel ellipticis 

 utrinque angustatis vix nisi juniores acuminatis utrinque prsecipue 

 super venas rufo-pubescentibus brevissime petiolatis, stipulis lan- 

 ceolatis ca. 1-7 cm. longis glabrescentibus acutis, inflorescentiis 

 subspicatis ca. 10 cm. longis floribus in fasciculis paucifloris plus 

 minus distantibus subsessilibus, bracteis linearibus strigoso-pilosis 

 fere ad 1 cm. longis, bracteolis ad 4 mm. latiusculis multo calycem 

 strigulosum excedentibus, ovulis ovarii quoque loculo 3-4, bacca 

 ad 4 mm. diam. matura sparsiuscule hirto-pubescente a calycis 

 dentibus minutis erectis coronata, seminibus pro genere inter 

 maximis valde compressis concavis minutiuscule foveolatis. 



I have not seen a flower of this species, but the general habit, 

 the character of the inflorescence, and the structure of the ovary 

 and seeds, leave no doubt that the plant is properly referred to the 

 genus Bertiera. The affinities are with B. gracilis, from which, 

 however, it is readily distinguished by the seed-character alone. 

 The species is interesting as being the only member of the Spicatcs 

 hitherto recorded from the New World. 



CAPITATE sect. nov. Inflorescentia capitata vel subcapi- 

 tata axibus omnibus pro rata suppressis. 



31. B. Laurentii de Wild. Miss. Laur. 290 (1905-7). 



Hab. Congo: E. Laurent; J. Gillett, 1975, 2789; L. Gentil; 

 Sapiii; Chevalier, 11,152 \ Hbb. Mus. Brit, and Kew. 



A "transitional" species, supra, p. 114. 



82. B. globiceps K. Sch. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 451 (1897). 



Hab. Kamerun, Lolodorf: Staudt, 128! Zenker, 4143! Hbb. 

 Mus. Brit, and Kew. 



33. B. CAPITATA de Wild. Fl. Congo, ii. 169 (1908). 



Hab. Congo : M. Laiirent, 131, 1260; L. Pynaert, 410. 



According to the description, this species is distinguished 

 readily from B. globiceps by the very accrescent pedicel and large 

 size of the fruit, as well as by the short corolla-tube (6 mm.). 



When the foregoing account was in the printer's hands, the 

 following two additional species were described by Krause, from 

 specimens collected in the Duke of Mecklenburg's expedition to 

 Central Africa in 1907-8. According to the description, both 

 appear to belong to the Spicatce section ; I have, unfortunately, 

 had no opportunity to examine either : — 



B. iTURENsis Krause in Wiss. Ergeb. Deutsch. Tent.-Afr.-Exp. 

 1907-8, ii. 324 (1911). 



Hab. Ituri : Mildhraed, 3047. 



This species is described by the author as recognizable by its 

 small leaves and large foliaceous stipules. The measurements of 

 the narrow-oblong or lanceolate oblong leaves are given as 14 to 

 18 cm. long and 4 to 6 cm. broad, with petiole from 1 to 1*2 cm. 



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