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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
hiantibus. — In Africa tropicali : v. s. in herb. Hook., Camaron 
Mountains, alt. 7000 ped. (Mann, 1242 & 2169). 
This is a third African species marked by very distinct 
characters. The leaves are 2|-4 inches long, 2— 2f inches broad, 
on a petiole 1-1^ inch long, inserted 6 lines within the basal 
margin. The ^ peduncle is 2-2^ inches long, with umbels 
4-7 lines long. 
25. Stephania ramuliflora, nob.; — ramulis griseis, cinerascenti- 
bus, glabris, spiraliter striatis; foliis profunde peltatis, del- 
toideo-rotundis, imo suborbiculatis vel obsolete truncatis, 
apice sensim acutis, 11-nerviis, supra fusco-viridibus, lucidis, 
sub lente obsolete pilosulis, subtus brunneo-glaucis, glabris, 
nervis teneris, fuscis, nitidis, prominulis ; petiolo tenui, striato, 
glabro, limbo sequilongo vel longiore ; racemo ^ petiolo paulo 
breviore, rigidule puberulo, e basi alternatim ramoso, ramis 
brevibus, approximatis, bracteolatis, breviter umbellatis; um- 
bellis 3, iterum brevissime umbellatis ; umbellulis alternatim 
divisis; floribus pedicellatis, bine globoso-corymbulosis ; se- 
palis 6, quorum 3 exterioribus oblongo-acutis, pilis brevibus 
articulatis roride puberulis, 3 interioribus subovatis, fuscis, 
margine submembranaceis et pilis paucis articulatis sub- 
fimbriatis ; petalis 3, consimilibus et paulo minoribus ; an- 
thera 6-locellata. — In Borneo : v. s. in herb. Hook. ^ , Bangar- 
massing (Motley, 1108). 
A species much resembling S. Icevigata in the size and shape 
of its leaves, and in the length and insertion of the petiole ; but 
it differs from every other species in its racemose inflorescence, 
in which respect it is quite peculiar. There is some appi’oxima- 
tion to this mode of inflorescence in 5. glandulifera •, but there 
the panicle is on a very long naked peduncle, umbellate at the 
apex, or with the umbels sometimes obsoletely alternate. The 
axils are about 2 inches apart ; the leaves are 4 inches long, 
3| inches broad, on a petiole 3^-4 inches long, which is inserted 
1 inch within the basal margin ; they are much more shining above 
than in S. rotunda, and under the lens show a few scattered, 
short, articulated hairs. The raceme is 2|-3 inches long, with a 
somewhat flexuous raehis, having numerous short alternate 
branches about 2 lines apart, beginning from the very base; 
most of tbe branches have fallen ofir in the specimen, but their 
cicatrices and bracts remain ; the upper persistent branches are 
3 or 4 lines long, and ramified as stated above : the whole ra- 
ceme is covered with a pruinose kind of pubescence, consisting 
of extremely short articulated hairs. The anomalous character 
of its inflorescence, which in this respect difiers from any other 
