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SPENCER MOOllE; GAMOPETAL^. 



;J73 



Coronantheha aspeha Clarko. 



1044. Shrub 6 ft. blowers dull yoUow. 



Mt. Koo-hi edge of forest; 3000 ft,; 



C. TEDUNCULOSA 0. B. Clarko, 



Kuakue ; scrub forest {Spermolejns) ; 



200 ft,; uncommon. 949. Mts. north of Ngoye ; Spermoleph forest and 

 river-side; 300 fij serpentine. 2073. Shrub 3-4 ft. Corolla dull yellow 

 or dull red-brown. 



Depanthus, Gesneraceariim e tribu Cyrtandrearum genus novum. 

 Calyx actinomorj:)hus, 5-partitus, pcrsistens. Corolla late campanulata; 

 limbus breviter 5-lobus lobis inter sc subrcqiialibus recurvis. Stamina 5, 

 jnxta basin coroUse affixa hujusque cum lobis alternantin, inter sc similia ; 

 filamenta inclusi, inferne tomentosa; anthera} inter se liberie loculis apice 

 distinctis. Ovarium superum, 1-lociilare, in stylum brevem cxcurrcns ; 

 stigma bilobum; placentae parietalos, cc-ovulatse. Capsida ovoidea, breviter 

 rostrata, septicide dehiscens ; exocarpium coriaceum ; endocarpium lignosum; 

 valvai 2j usque ad apicom dehiscentes. Semina minuta, innumera. — Arhus- 



cula pra}ter inflorcscentiam fere glabra. Folia opposita paribus sDope 

 ' insequalibus. Cymce axilJares, longipedunculataOj pauciflorse. Flores pro rata 

 parvij pedicellati, 



D. GLABER S. Moore^ sp. unica. (Coronanthera glabra C. B. Clarke, Monog, 



Cyrtand. 174.) (PI. 23.) Mt. Canala ; forest; 1000 ft.; mica schists. 



1171. Tree 30 ft. or more. Corolla fleshy^ cream-coloured. 



No. 1956 from Tonine, forest^ 500 fi, is a form of this ^vith shorter and 



relatively somewhat broader leaves, rounded at the base. It is a tree 25 ft. 



high with dull yellow flowers- 

 Neglecting some minor points^ the nearly actinomorphic campanulate 



corollas with the five similar stamens seem fully to warrant the separation of 



this plant from Coi^onanthera. 



BIGNONIACEiE. 



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DiPLANTHEUA Deplanchei K. Schuni. Cap Bocago ; frequent in ser- 

 pentine scrub ; 500 ft. 1370. Corolla (scentless) and filaments yellow. 



Tecoma austro-caledonica Bur. Couline (Nekete) ; moist forest ; 



..1000 ft. ; schists. 1277. Ignambi; creekside forest ; 1500 ft.; gneiss. 

 1G64* Mt. Panic ; forest; 1500 ft.; gneiss. 1804, Liane. Corolla white 

 or creanij with a crimson blotch on inside of each hinder lobe. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Acanthus ilicifolius L. Mt. Dore ; littoral zone, salt swamps. 65G. 



Oubatche; mangrove swamps along edge of streams. Itj08. A maritime 

 species. Asia to Polynesia. 



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