26 MR. G. D. HAVILAND: REVISION OF THE NAUCLEES. 
Internodia glabra vel pubescentia. Pedunculi 13-30 mm., infra 
medium bracteati. Bractee parve. Florum capitulum 4 em. 
Corolle tubus 9 mm., glaber. Stamina fauce corolle inserte ; 
anthere oblonge, in corolle tubo incluse. Stylus 19 mm., 
stigmate2mm. Calycis tubi pars superior 1 mm., intus hirsuta ; 
lobi sepissime 4, 23 mm. longi, caduci, filiformes, superne dila- 
tati hirsuti. Placente elongats septo adnate, ovulis superiori- 
bus sursum imbricatis, inferioribus deorsum imbricatis. Fructus 
in syncarpium rubrum, esculentum, connati, apice depresso- 
excavati. Semina ovoidea, superposita.— $. esculentus, Afzel. 
ex R. Br. in Tuckey's Congo, App. v. 467; Sabine, in Trans. 
Hort. Soc. v. 422; Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. A r. iii. 39. S. 
Russeggeri, Kotschy, ex Schweinf. Reliq. Kotsch. 49; Hiern, in 
Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 39. S. sambucinus, K. Schum. in Engl. 
et Prantl, Pflanzenf. Teil iv. Abt. 4 & 5, S. 59. Nauclea sambu- 
cina, Winterbottom, Account of Sierra Leone, ii. 25. N. latifolia, 
Smith, in Rees's Cyclop. xxiii. Cephalina esculenta, Schumacher, 
Besckr. Guin. Pl. p. 105. 
Var. a. Eu-esculentus. 
Folia 7-8-nervia. Petioli 10-15 mm.  Internodia 2-5 em. 
Pedunculi 15 mm. Syncarpium majus (P). Nervi foliorum, 
petioli, et pedunculi sepissime pubescentes.— West Africa. 
Var. b. Russeggeri. 
Folia 6-7-nervia. Petioli 15-30 mm. Internodia 5-10 em. 
Pedunculi 30 mm. Syncarpium minus(?). Nervi foliorum, 
petioli, ramuli, et peduneuli sepissime glabri.— Central Africa. 
Wesr Arnica [var. a|.—Niger (Barter, n. 1944). Lagos (Miller, 
n. 132). Bagrao river (Mann, n. 801). Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, 
n. 5357 and n. 4885), (Vogel, n. 172). Senegal (P). Gambia (Ozanne, 
n. 23), 
CENTRAL AFRICA [var. b].—Æthiopia (Kotschy, n. 511). Sources 
of the Nile (Madi Lurn, Speke & Grant n. 680). Djur Land (Schwein- 
furth, n. 1289, n. 3252, n, 1626, n. 1733). Niamniam Land (Schwein- 
furth, n. 8746). 
The bark of this plant is used by natives for medicine; it has been 
recommended for indigestion, and said to have an action similar to that 
of cocaine, The fruit is edible. The plant is said sometimes to climb, 
but this must be regarded as doubtful, for under the name of “fig” it 
has been confused with another plant which commences life epiphytically 
and yields a rubber, 
Puate 4.—21. Flowers. 
22. Section of calyx and ovary. 23. Stigma 
24. Seed. 
