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LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED, WITH THEIR 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 
THE NEW SPECIES. 
ANONACEJE. 
Uvaria Chamæ, Beauv.—Sierra Leone to the mouth of the Niger. 
Monodora tenuifolia, Benth.—Sierra Leone to the Camaroons, and 
Ambas Bay. 
Xylopia c mins ca, A. Rich.?—Senegambia to Angola. The 
several species of Xylopia known from Uganda, Niamniam 
land, ete. ker with difficulty separable. 
MENISPERMACEJE. 
seve naa nervosa, JMiers.—From Ashanti westward to 
Sierra Leo 
inicie ed (gen. nov.).—Sepala 6, 2-serialia, imbricata. 
Petala nulla. Fl. stamina in columnam apice nudam trunca- 
tam antheras desi coalita; anthere 6, columns m 
superiorem circumcirca obtegentes et axi ejus parallel, loculis 
distinctis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, Fl. 9 ignotus.—Caulis 
tenuis, alte scandens. Folia cordata, tenuia. X Racemi axillares, 
minute bracteati, floribus 3-2-natis vel solitariis. 
R. Cumminsii, Stap/ (species apre Caulis eed tortus, 
sparse setulosus, parce ramosus. magnitudine admodum 
varia, inte sean rudimentaria vel sies e "guppre 88a, e c eal goviti 
ovata, acuminata vel caudato-acuminata, majora ad 24 poll. T 
ad 1$ poll. lata, e 7-nervia, fopra parce et adpresse setulosa 
secun ndum margines et infra in nervos pilosula, infra glauca ; : 
petiolus tenuis, = “1 „poll. Tongus, inferne tortus. Racem 
8 basi 
4 lin. longe ; pee ign 1-2 lin longi. Sepala ovata vel 
elliptica, obtusa, e 13 lin. longa, demum reflexa, exteriora viridia, 
interiora rubesc Columna staminalis vix 1 lin. longa, 
tenuiter spon s, g en flavidæ, vix 4 lin. longæ. 
Assin Yan Kumasi, Cummins, 220. Also collected in Fernando 
Po by Mann, 416. 
ant seems to be allied to Aspidocarya, Parabena and 
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and dehisce transversely ; and besides Aspidocarya and Parabena 
have men They a are all natives of the In igo pee 
mmins' specimen is wholly leafless, but there are 
visible del" the base of some of the branches ; ; in cibaria pi diy 
are supported by setulous bract-like ear ie leaves; whilst in 
others there is no trace of either leaf or bra In Mann’s specimen 
there are the same stages of miee eiia n ioe but there 
are also perfect leaves, the blades varying from 1-2] in. in vu m 
The anatomy of the stem and the leaf is characteristic 
Menispermaceex. 
