lylopia.'] in. anonace^; (oliver). 31 



PI. Seneg. 9. Habzelia oethiopica, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 31. Xylopia undu- 

 lata {fruit only), P. de Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. i. t. 16. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur, Perrottet, Ingram ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 

 Dr. Daniell ! Eppah, on the Niger, Barter ! Prince's Island and Nun river, Mann ! 



4. X. parviflora, Benth. in Linn, Trans, xxiii. 479. A shrub attaining 

 20 ft. in height, the extremities glabrous or at first minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, rather obtuse, often shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 rather coriaceous, sparsely pubescent or glabrate beneath, 1£- 3 in. long, 10- 

 15 lines broad. Flowers on very short pedicels or subsessile ; buds silky, 

 narrow-conical. Outer petals about \ in. long in our specimens ; inner 

 petals linear-subulate, from a slightly dilated, concave, cuneately-clawed base. 

 Carpels about 16 ; stigmas tipped with a few bristle-like hairs ; ovules 

 several. Fruit-carpels oblong, thick, subsessile, 1-1£ in - l° n l?> nearly \ in. 

 dram., usually with several (1-6) transverse seeds. — Uvaria parviflora, GuL'1. 

 et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 9. t. 3. Ckelocline parviflora, A. DU. Mem. Anon. 33. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet; Niger, T. VogeJ ! Bagroo 



Nearly allied to this plant or to X. acutiflora must be Ccelocline ? oxypetala, A. DC. 

 Mem Anon. 33 (Unona oxypetata, DC. Syst. Veg. i. 496j>, from Sierra Leone, Jfzelius. 



is described with the extremities rusty-pilose, with spreading hairs, glabrescent. Leaves 

 n!* °k g ' actlramale i midrib beneath pubescent. Pedicels axillary, very short. Calyx- 

 ooes broad, obtuse. Petals linear, acuminate, equal, nearly 1 in. long. 



5- X. Thomsoni, Oliv. A tree, with pubescent twigs or sparsely pilose, 

 w ith spreading hairs. Leaves oval- or obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded 

 ° r £ un eate at the base, thinly coriaceous, obsoletelv silky-pubescent beneath, 



5 ln - ^ng, 1-1* in. broad. Petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers light yellow, 



sessile or subsessile, in axillary fascicles of 2 or 3, or solitary, with small 



* Ci jly bracts. Petals narrow-linear, tapering from a slightly broader base. 



'laments of the innermost stamens connate around the carpels. Carpels 



ut 20 ; ovules about 10, uniseriate. Fruit not seen. 



U PPer Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson ! 



KUi X " odora tissima, Wdw. mss. A small, much -branched tree of 

 if. J. 5 ft- Extremities leafv, pubescent. Leaves rather small and coriaceous, 



Ptical °r oblong-elliptica'l, obtuse rounded sometimes minutely emargmate 

 cordT 6 farely sabac "te ; base broadly rounded or obtuse or scarcely sub- 



Jate, obsoletelv pubescent, at length glabrate above, thinly pilose-pubes- 

 tiole ? P o eciall y on th e midrib, beneath; l£-2 in. long, f-l£ in. broad; pe- 

 f • , 3 hnes. Flowers vello wish- white, extremely fragrant, in axillary 

 lon» 0f 2 or 3 or solitary, on very short bracteate pedicels, rarely 2 lines 

 rath ° r , subsessil e- Bracts minute, scale-like, deciduous. Buds elongate, 

 elont° Calyx 3 " fid ; lobes broadly ovate, triangular. Outer petals 



outer v 8t length *~ l in - 5 inner rather shorter or nearl y ef l ,iallin S the 

 raise! r near - subula te, triquetrous above. Inner stamens inserted upon a 

 sWhti i Uow ' deci( l»ous disk, surrounding the ovaries; connective truncate, 

 jec'ti, ated - c 'arpels about 10. Ovaries pilose; styles subulate, pro- 



obli" g C0 " sitler «% bevond the andrcecium ; ovules 4-6. Fruit-carpels 

 f °rlC' ° rtly 8ti P itate > 1-few-seeded, marked with prominent, longitudinal, 

 " uerve8 » glabrous ; stipes 2-3 lines. 



