32 Stapf: Atroxima gen. nov. Polygalacearum. 



foliis majoribus magis conspicue reticulatis, breviter petiolatis, inflores- 

 centiis floribusque praeter sepala ciliolata glabris distincta. 



Rainuli graciles, cortice pallido. Folia oblonga, acuta vel subobtusa, 

 apice subcaudato-acuminata acumine obliquo, 4—6 poll, longa, 1,75 — 2,25 

 poll. lata, tenuiter coriacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 valde 

 obliquis arcubus a margine 2-3 lin. distantibus connectis, reticulatione 

 venarum arcta utrinque conspicua prominula; petioli crassiusculi, nigres- 

 centes, 2 lin. longi. Racemi solitarii vel bini in axillis foliorum, circiter 

 2 poll, longi; bracteae late ovatae. minutae: pedicelli 1 lin. longi. Sepala 

 late ovata, obtusa, minute ciliolata, interiora 2 lin. longa. Petala 3 lin. 

 longa. Antherae sessiles. 



Liberia: Sinoe Basin (Whyte). 



The other species which I refer to Atroxima are: 



2. A. Afzeliana Stapf (— Carpolobia Afzeliana Oliver in PI. Trop. Afr. I, 

 p. 136); 3. A. macrostachya Stapf (= Carpolobia macrostachya Chod. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. v., p. 117): 4. A. Zenkeri Stapf (= Carpolobia Zenkeri Gurke, 

 mss.). As the latter is still undiscribed, I add here a short diagnosis: 



4. Atroxima Zenkeri Stapf, 1. c. 



Ramuli graciles. Folia elliptico-oblonga. basi breviter contracta acuta, 

 apice abrupte acuminata, ad 5,5 poll, longa. ad 2 poll, lata, tenuiter coria- 

 cea, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 uti venarum reticulatione tenui- 

 bus indistincte arcuato- connectis: petioli subgraciles, 2—3 lin. longi. 

 Racemi 1 — 4 in axillis foliorum vel in ramulis nonnullis ob folia (rudi- 

 mentaria?) praemature decidua quasi in paniculas collecti, griseo-pubes- 

 centes. Flores non nisi ex alabastris noti. Fructus 0,5 poll, diametro; 

 pericarpium extus opacum, fusco-fulvum, intus nitens, 0,5 — 0,75 lin 

 crassum. Semina 3 lin. diametro. 



Kamerun: in primeval forest near Bipinde (Zenker no. 1240). 



The fruit of Carpolobia, as represented by the species C. alba D. Don 

 and C. lutea D. Don is a true berry. The globose or subglobose seeds are 

 covered with a rich silky tomentum, and posses an ample, fleshy albumen. 

 The embryo consists of a very short subclavate radicle and two very thin 

 foliaceous cotyledons almost as long and as wide as the seed. 



') (iTQosiuos. not eatable: in allusion to the fruit. 



