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432. Lasiodiscus marmoratus, C. H. Wright [Rhamnacee]; arbor- 
scens, Pes junioribus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis basi 
modis dug 
Arbor parva. Rami petioli pedunculique pilis Von ne 
vestiti. Folia a o er pem ata, basi rotundata viter 
pea , Obscur chartacea, supra glabra, subtus da Bene 
ute Sie Honesty o: 9 olt =e 54 poll. lata, nervis siccitate 
albis. Panicule axillares, 6 poll. longs multiflore. Flores 3lin. 
diam. Calycis lobi triangulares s, valvati, SERI. tomentosi, per 
anthesin reflexi. Petala alba, cucu llata, quam sepala multo 
minora. Stamina 5, petalis velata. iscus iie annularis, 
ovarium obtegens. Ovarium triloculare, ovulis in quoque loculo 
solitariis ; stylus trilobatus. 
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA. Efulen, Cameroons, Bates, 358. 
This can be at once distinguished gabe Mannii, Hook. fil., by 
the dense rusty tomentum on the y e irre and petioles 
and by the rotundate bases of ihe lea The veins on the 
dod side of the leaf are conspicuous by ‘their whiteness, at least 
when dry. 
Ee Vitis Gee) variifolia, Baker [Ampelides]; ad V. con- 
m, Baker, accedit, 
xs ules validi, ina pubescentes, cirrhis haud wv. a 
nodiis superioribus 2-3 poll. longis. Folia sessilia, 1—3-fol 
foliola oblanceolato- ob Ney subacuta, supra basi “rel 
6-9 poll. longa, supra medium 2-23 poll. lata, subcoriacea, facie 
scabra, es pubescentia, e medio ad basin sensim angustata ; 
stipule magne, foliaceæ, persistentes, ovato-acuminate. Pantcula 
terminalis, sessilis vel pedunculata, 2 poll. diam., ramis pubes- 
centibus, pedicels brevibus. alyx oe Pe ied minutus, 
pubescens, dentibus 4 parvis latis. Corolla 1 lin. longa, viridis, 
Res nstr iota. petalis f diu conniventibus. tvar jiita globosum, 
glabru 
fe CENTRAL AFRICA. Plain of Zomba, alt. 2500-3000 ft., 
Whyte. 
434, Vitis (Cissus) gue dee, Baker [ Ampelidez]; ad V. con- 
gestam, Baker, magis acc 
Caules validi, flexuosi, pubescentes cirrhis haud obviis, inter- 
nodis superioribus 3-4 poll. lon Folia sessilia vel sub- 
sessilia, 2—3-foliolata ; foliola Caolas bloka acuta, 6-9 
poll. longa, supra medium 2-21 poll. lata, e medio ad basin sensim 
angustata, supra basin serrata, membranacea, facie sordide 
viridia glabra, dorso pubescen tia. Panicula terminalis, longe 
pedunculata, ramis sursum valde compositis pubescentibus ; 
pedicelli breves. Calyx pubesce ns, campanulatus, minutus, den- 
tibus 4 parvislatis. Corolla viridis, 1 lin. longa, medio constricta, 
petalis 4 diu conniventibus. Ovarium globosum, glabrum 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Mount Zomba, alt, 2500-3500 ft, 
Whyte. 
