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suborloboso 
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Tlie few-flowered sessile inflorescence places this species among 
the “ Sessiles,” subgenus Eusabicea. Within this group its affinities 
appear to be with the American species S. r/labrescens Benth. 
Urophyllum cauliflorum, sp. nov. Eratex a basi ramosus ; foil is 
elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis integris basi gradatim angustatis 
breviter petiolatis chartaceis utrinque glabris priino glaucis deinde 
olivaceis; stlpulls petiolis subaequilongis lanceolatis striatis ; cymis 
paucis multifloris e trunco brevi valido efoliato oriundis ; calyce trun¬ 
cate cupulifornie; corolla lobis tube multo brevioribus; staminibus 
inclusis paullo infra os corolhe aflixis filamentis brevibus antheris 
acuminatis; stylo incluso stigmate bi-ramoso; ovario 
4-loculare. 
llab. Portuguese Congo ; in shady humid forests between the 
rivers Belize and Luali; Gossweiler , 7061! 7662! 
Shrub 1 metre high. Main stem short, robust, 1*2 cm. in diam., 
swollen where the inflorescences are borne. Branches terete, straight, 
ascending, up to 1 cm. diam. Stipules 2 cm. x 7 mm. Corolla 
violet-blue, tube about 18 cm. long, lobes 3 mm. long. Anthers 
nearly 3 mm. loim. Ovary 8 mm. in diam. 
A very distinct species, easily recognised by the cauliflorous habit, 
unique in the genus. 
Urophyllum biloculare, sp. nov. Arbor pyramidalis copiose 
ramosa ; /bills breviter petiolatis integris lanceolatis acuminatis apice 
obtusis basi cuneatis utrinque glabris ; slip nils petiolis sequilongis 
triangularibus acuminatis; cymis subsessilibus plurifloris; calyce 
campanulato dentibus minutis prsedito; corolla tubo calyce duplo 
longiore ore villoso lobis patentibus tandem rellexis; staminibus 
exsertis sinubus loborum corolhe aflinis; antheris subsessilibus sub- 
cordatis acutis; stigmate bilobo lobis ovatis obtusis; ovario 2-loculare. 
j blab. Portuguese Con 2 * 0 ; in mixed forest on the banks of the 
River Lufo, Hombe region, Maiombe, Gossweiler , 7683 ! 
A tree up to 15 metres high. Branches short. Leaves up to 
15 x 5 cm., with 12-11 veins, which are rather more crowded towards 
the base of the leaf. Stipules 5x3 mm. Calyx very slightly 
ribbed below the teeth, about 2 mm. long. Corolla yellowish-green ; 
tube 5-6 mm. long; lobes 4-5 mm. long. 
Gossweiler , 7660! from Belize, Maiombe, appears to be identical 
with this description, but has the habit of a shrub and purplish-red 
flowers. At present there seem no grounds for considering it as 
other than a form of JJ. biloculare. 
This species is remarkable in having a bilocular ovary—a character 
isolating it from the rest of the genus ; apart from this its affinity 
appears to be with the Asiatic species U. glabrum Wall. It is of 
interest to note that Hiern in Plor. Trop. Afr. iii. 72 describes 
JJ. Afzelii Hiern as having an incompletely 4-celled ovary, 2-celied 
at one end. 
The specimens cited are in the National Herbarium. 
