OF WEST TROPICAL AFB.ICA. 175 



leviter reflexis, basi angustiora concava, erecta v. subpatula. 

 Stamina indefiuita ; autheris lineari-oblougis, extrorsis, sub- 

 sessilibus, connective brevi obtusissimo vix dilatato. Torus 

 convexus. Garpella libera indefinita, dense conferta, ovario 

 piloso ; stigma ovario brevius, lineari-oblongum, intus sulca- 

 tum, pilosum. Ovula solitaria, erecta. Fructum non vidi. 

 Arbor. Folia membranacea. Flares solitarii breviter pe- 

 dunculati extra-axillares. 



1. E. CHLORANTHA, sp. uDica. RamuH pubescentes. Folia obovato- 

 v. oblanceolato-oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi cuneata v. vix ro- 

 tundatu, glabra v. nervo medio supra pubescens, 5-10 unc. longa, 

 2-3^- unc. lata; pet. 1^-3-lia. Sepala 6-8 iin. longa, extus strigoso- 

 pilosa, patula v. reflesa. Petala l-l^ unc. longa, 6-8 Iin. lata, obtusi- 

 uscula, extus minute adpresse pubescentia. 



Hab, Old Calabar, Rev. W, C. Thomson. 



This is the only Anonacea known to me in which the outer 

 series of petals is wholly suppressed. Excepting in this parti- 

 cular and in the free ovaries, the flowers resemble those of an 

 Anona, in which genus, however, the tendency is to suppression 

 of the inner series of petals. Technically Enantia is allied to the 

 tribe Pha^antheae. 



2. Cleistochlamts. 

 Char. G-en. Flares hermaphroditi, parvi. Calyx aestivatione 



clausus denique in valvis 2 v. 3 insequalibus ab apice verti- 

 • caliter ruptus. Petala sex, biseriata, tria exteriora ovata, 



valvata, tria interiora (alabastro paullo breviora) imbricata. 

 Stamina indefinita (circa 30), antheris sessilibus v. subsesai- 

 libus, cuneato-quadratis, extrorsis, connectivo apice leviter 

 dilatato truncato. Torus convexiusculus. Carpella libera 

 6-8, ovario glabro v, subglabro in stigma breve lineari-ob- 

 longum recurvum angustato. Ovula solitaria, erecta. Car- 

 pella maturata oblonga, obtusa, stipitata. — Frutex glaber. 

 Folia obovato-oblonga v. oblonga, pennivenia. Flares parvi, 

 axillares, sesailes. 



1. C. KiRKii, sp. unica (Popowia? Kirkii, Benth, in Linn. Trans, xxii. 

 470). Ramosissima, glaberrima. Folia obtusa v. acutiuscula basi 

 obtusa, 1^-4 unc. longa, J-l^ unc. lata; pet. 1-2-lin. Flores (in 

 nlabastro tantum vidi) l-lj Iin. diam. BractetB squamif 

 imbricatse, rotundatoe. Calyx glaber, la;vis, tenuiter coriaceus. Drup<B 

 6-8 liu. longae, 3-4 Iin. diam., stipite 2-3-lin- 



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The fruit, Dr. Kirk states, is edible. 



