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uniloculare. ^S'^ey/wa sessile, peltatum, crassum,iutegrum. Ovula 

 cuique placentae biseriatim affixa, sessilia, adsccndeiitia, aiii- 

 j)hitropa, micropyle infera. Fructum maturum non vidi. 

 ^rior40-pedalis, glabra, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, 

 coriacea, pcuniiiervia, obloiigo-elliptica v. obovato-oblonga, 



T>reviter acuminata v. apiculata. Injlorescentia umbellatim 

 racemosa, ssepius terminalis. Flores ampliusculi, pedunculuti, 

 in axillis approximatis foliorum ssepius ternati v. geminati. 



A. KLORiBUNDA, spccies unica. Folia 4~& poll, longa, 1^-2^ poll. 



lata; pet. -J-^ poll, longus. F^res diametro circiterl^ poll. Stigma 



fere \ poll, latum. 

 Camaroons River, G. Mann ! 



This very remarkable plant does not well fall into any of the 

 tribes of Guttiferse as at present circumscribed. From its mul- 

 tiovulate placentae and general facies, I incline to refer it to 

 ClusiecB. 



Alsobeiopsis, genus novum Olacinearum (§ Icacinece), 



I'lores hermaphroditi, parvi. Cali/:v quinquepartitus, seg- 

 mentis lanceolatis v. lanceolato-subulatis, acutis. Petala 

 quinque, infra medium vel basi coalita, lanceolata, apice re- 

 curva, sestivatione valvata (sepalia 3-4-plo longiora). Sta- 

 mina quinque, libera, cum petalis alterna; filamenta subu- 

 lata, glabra J antherse filamento longiores v. sequilongae, glabrae, 

 ovato-lanceolatae v. ellipticee, apice connectivo brevissime 

 apiculatae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum, 

 pilosum, uniloculare, in stylum attenuatum. Styhts gracilis 

 vel sursum leviter incrassatus. Stigma terminale, minutum, 

 obtusum. Ovula geminata, ab apice cavitatis pcndula. Drwpa 

 exsucca, oblonga, teres, monosperma, pericarpio tenuitcr co- 

 riaceo, glabra. Semen pericarpii cavitati conforme, testa 

 tenulssima membrauacea arete adhaerente, cotyledonibus 

 fere omnino concretis basi lobo obliquo supra radiculain 

 parvam ovoldeam superam connivente. — Frutcx ramulis te- 

 retibus, novellis strigilloso-hirsutis. Folia alterna, intcgra 

 V. obscure undulata,membranacea vel tenuiter coriacea. Flores 

 parvi, pedicellati, in cymulis brevibus racemosis axillaribus 

 dispositi. 



A, Mannii, species unica. Fo/iaoblanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, basi 

 obtusa nonuunquam obliqua, integra, pagina superiore glabrata, in- 

 feriore in nervo medio venulisque secundariis prominulis hispldula 



