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subliberis v. ima basi connatis, apice reflexis. Staminodia k cum foliolis 

 perianthii alternantia linearia minima. Germen liberum sessile 1-locu- 

 Jare ; ovulis 2 sub apice angulo interno insertis, collateraliter descen- 

 dentibus; micropyle introrsum supera; stylo brevi crasso tubuloso, 

 mox in lacinias oo lineares stigmatosas erectas fisso. Drupa inaequali- 

 compressa receptaculo accreto cupuliformi ad medium adnata, caeterum 

 libera et perianthio perigyno persistente accreto in calyptram sacci- 

 formem gamophyllam conicam vel longe ultra pericarpium in tubum 

 apice 4-dentatum producto coronata inclusaque, stylo apiculata, extus 

 rugoso-setacea; mesocarpio tenui ; putamine extus foveolato, intus in 

 aculeos lignosos semen penetrantes producto; seminis (putamini con- 

 formis) integumento tenui ; albumine parco carnoso, extus foveolato; 

 embryonis axilis recti albumini aequalis radicula supera breviter conica; 

 cotyledonibus plano-foliaceis, basi digitinerviis. Caetera ignota.... — 

 Frutices in Africa tropica crescentes, scandentes hirsuti ; foliis remote 

 alternis simplicibus petiolatis penninerviis; capitulis lateralibus pedun- 

 culatis solitariis vel raoemosis ; biractes flore longioribus refiexis. 



1. C. Thomsoniana (H. Bn. in Adansonia. X. 276), scandens, caule longe 

 cylindrico glabro striatello, foliis remote alternis ovato-v. elliptico-acumi- 

 natis, petiolo, nervis, pedvmculis calyceque pilis crebris pallide fuscatis dense 

 hirsutis, limbo basi attenuato v. nunc obtusiusculo , supra demum glabrato , 

 subtus dense hirsuto penninervio reticulato, nervis subtus valde prominulis, 

 inflorescentia fceminea axillari brevi paueiflora, bracteis dense pallide ferru 

 gineo-hirsutis, petalis ovato-acutis , intus glabris, ovario subgloboso, stylo 

 crasso breviter tubuloso,ostiostigmatoso profunde ciliato, perianthio fructifero 

 basi usque ad medium cum fructu connato valde cupulato, ultra fructum in 

 tubum longum, basi obclavata dilatatum, apice attenuatum irregulariterque 

 dentatum producto, extus setis rigidis hispidulo v. post occasum setarum 

 scabrido. Fructus suborbiculato-compressus, ad medium inferus, apice in 

 stylum gracilem persistentem setosumque desinens, extus itidem setosus, 

 mesocarpio tenui, putamine lignoso. intus breviter aculeato ; embryone albu- 

 mine subaequilongo, radicula brevissime conica, cotyledonibus foliaceis bre- 

 viter ellipticis basi 3-nerviis. Caetera ignota. £> In Africae trop. occ, ad Old 

 Calabar (W. C. Thomson, in hb. Kew.). Phytocrene spec. altera dubia Oliv., 

 Fl. trop. Afr. I. 359.— Caulis visus pennse corvina? crassit. Foliorum limbus ad 

 12 cent. long., 5j cent. lat. Petiolus 1 cent. long. Spica foeminea vix 1 cent. 

 longa. Calyx fructifer ad 6 cent. long. basique dilatata 1 % cent. latus, tubo in 

 sicco ferrugineo ad apicem 3 mill. lato (v. s.) 



2. C. capitata (H. Bn. in Adansonia. X. 277), scandens, caule ramulisque pilis 

 ferrugineis undique hirsutis, foliis (fere Tragise) remote alternis petiolatis 

 ovato-acutis, basi cordatis, apice plus minus acuminatis, limbo penninervio 

 subtus, cum petiolis nervisque, pilis iisdem rufescentibus dense obsito, 

 inflorescentia axillari, ramo iignoso griseo lenticellisque consperso inserta, 

 constante e capitulo solitario pedunculato v. e capitulis paucjs in racemum 

 dispositis; pedunculo fuscato-villoso; fructu oblique ovato compresso, stylo 

 persistente arcuato apiculato ; perianthio circa fructum inclusum sacciformi 

 ultraque in collum brevem incurvum producto, extus parce, intus ditius 

 pilis iisdem ac pedunculis hirsuto; mesocarpio tenui, basi infera in cupulam 

 cum calyce connato, extus hirsuto; putamine lignoso extus valde rugoso 

 reticulato, intus, ut in genere, crasse aculeato; embryone ut in spec. pra?ce- 

 dente ; cotyledonibus subellipticis, basi 3-5-nerviis. Phytocrene spec. altera 

 dubia Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. I. 359. In Africa tropica occidentali, circa Sierra 

 Leone (Kirk, n. 35, in hb. Kew.). — Foliorum limbus 10 cent. long.-, ad 5 cent. 

 lat. Petiolus 1, 2 cent. long. Fructus ad 1 \ cent. long. latusque. Pedunculus 

 inflorescentias solitarise 4 cent., racemosaa 8, 9cent. longus. Castera in specim. 

 valde manco desiderabantur (v. s.) 



