18 
The fruit described above was with the flowering specimens of 
Somervillei, but after examining the female flowers of B. JWeigallii, I 
have no doubt it belongs her 
224. Cremaspora coffeoides, Hemsl. [Rubiacem]; ramis floriferis 
elongatis ‘gracillimis strigillosis cinereis internodiis brevibus, foliis 
distichis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis anguste oblongis vel oblanceo- 
latis acuminatis vix acutis basi rotundatis vel subcuneatis preter 
venasque primarias strigillosas cito glabrescentibus pallide viridibus, 
venis primariis lateralibus utrinque szpissime 4 longe arcuatis, pedun- 
-culis brevissimis axillaribus circiter 6-floris, floribus minutis subsessili- 
bus sericeis basi bibracteolatis, calycis lobis anguste deltoideis acutis 
-erectis persistentibus, corolle crasse extus sericee tubo, ut videtur. 
brevissimo sed bene evoluto non viso, lobis ovato-oblongis Shigeinsenlis, 
-bacea ovoidea primum strigillosa demum nuda. 
Habitat. Dr em Central Africa: north side of the Ruo, Sir A. H. 
- Johnston, 1 
Folia 3-5 Ee longa, 1-13 poll. lata, petiolis 2-3 lin, longis. Ala- 
astra vix sesquilin. longa. Bacee 3-4 lin. longe. 
225. Geophila picta, Rolfe | Rubiaces|; herbacea, caulibus subpros- 
tratis pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-oblongis obtusis basi 
cordatis strigoso-pubescentibus venis primariis arcuatis, capitulis pedun- 
culatis multifloris, — lanceolatis acuminatis c cem AD glabro 
«calycis j i 
to-lanceolatis us glab : tubo 
:subelongato fauce ampliato intus villoso, lobis pat nbus dances dens 
oblongis subacutis, staminibus 5 tubo corollæ insertis, ten is brevibus, 
antheris linearibus, stylo subexserto apice bidentato, onakin diver- 
„gentibus, 
Habitat.—British Guiana: Demerara, Im Thurn. 
Planta circa 3-4 poll. alta. Folia 1-21 poll. longa, T poll. lata ; 
petioli 14 lin. longi. Pedunculi $ poll. longi. Capitula $ poll. lata. 
-Bractee 4 lin. longer. Ovarium 4 lin. rem Calycis lobi % lin. 
longi. Corolle tubus 4 lin. longus, lobi 4 lin. longi. 
An rene species which flowered in the t rt s of Messrs. 
F. Sander & Co. in September last. The leaves are dull green on the 
upper surface, with a pink mid-rib and numerous pink appressed d ai 
over, pokemon and suffused wit purple ber 
‘The m is white. It is readily jer arre by ihe a erit Bai 
petioles, 
^** 226. Osmanthus Cooperi, Hemsl [Oleaces]; species O. Aguifolio 
forma foliis integris eget differt i imprimis foliis majoribus tenuiori- 
bus venis immersis Es em undique glabra, d floriferis 
minuti lobis rotundatis erosis, dove subcarnose | bis igph 
En apice rotundatis, antheris subsessilibus, ovario rudimentari parvo 
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