Oxymilra.'] in. anonace^e (oliver). 33 



Leaves oblong-elliptical, elongate. Sepals ovate, acuminate, about 

 3 lines long. Outer petals broadly linear-lanceolate .... 2. 0. mynsticifolia. 

 Anthers less than 5 times as long as broad ; connective dilated and 

 truncate. Ovules 2 or 3. 



Glabrous. Pedicels solitary. Sepals broadly ovate, 1^ lines long. 

 Outer petals ovate-lanceolate. Ovaries glabrous 3. 0. gracilipes. 



Extremities puberulous. Pedicels solitary. Sepals ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, 2-3 lines long. Outer petals broadly elliptical. Ovaries 

 Pi'ose 4. 0. platypetala. 



Pedicels in axillary fascicles, of 2-6. Sepals orbicular, 1 line diam. 

 Outer petals obovate-obloug. Ovaries glabrous ; stigma capi- 

 tate, sessile 5. 0. patens. 



}■ O. hamata, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 471. t. 50. A small tree, 

 with slender, rusty-pubescent or tomentose twigs. Leaves distichous, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous above, puberulous and glabrescent beneath, the midrib and 

 lateral nerves rusty-pubescent ; 3-5 in. long, 1-lf in. broad ; petiole 2 lines, 

 "eduncles solitary, extra-axillary, 1 -flowered, 1-2 in. long, erect or ascend- 

 •fc towkened at'the apex. Sepals recurved. Outer petals 2-2} in. long, 

 2 5-3 lines broad, base concave ; inner petals very thick, concave below, 

 wgonous above, 4-6 lines long. Anthers 5-6 times as long as broad ; the 

 connective slightly produced, obtuse or rather acute, scarcely thickened. 

 U/ary villous, 1-ovulate ; stigma narrow, linear, at length clavate and obtuse. 

 *nut unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann ! 



•2. 0. myristicifolia, Oliv. Branches terete, soon glabrous. Leaves 



her co naceous, acute or acuminate, rounded or obtuse at the base, glabrous 



,, sm ooth above, obsoletely pubescent glabrescent beneath ; midrib and 



«eral nerves prominent, venation obscure; 8-10 in. long, 2|-3 in. broad; 

 Petiole 4-6 lines. Pedicels 1 or 2, erect, nearly 1 in. long, puberulous, on 



°7 short axillary shoots or peduncles, 2-4 lines long. Sepals broadly ovate 

 ***, abruptly acuminate. Outer petals " bright yellow," coriaceous, sub- 

 tat r ii Parsel y P ub escent outside, f-1 in. long in our specimen, but perhaps 



"i hilly grown ; inner petals thick, concave below, thickened and trigonous 

 scar i 5 ~ 6 lines lon S- Anthers elongate, narrowly linear; connective 

 ( *«el.v produced beyond the cells and not thickened. Ovaries pubescent, 



'P^ing into slender subulate styles ; ovules solitary, erect. Fruit unknown. 



PPer Guinea. Old Calabar, Thornton I 

 3 °* SraciHpes, Benth. I. c. A glabrous shrub of 2 5 feet with subcoria- 

 about J lptlcal or oblanceolate-elliptical, rather obtusely acuminate leaves, 



5 1\ Vm long ' x * -1 * in - broad '* P etiole 2 lines long - Flowers "g reen ; 



Outer ° n slender pedicels, 1 in. long or more. Sepals recurved. 



Pfobabf s P re ^li"g, rather acute, in our specimens about £ in. longjmt 



short -^ 0t develo P e d ; inner petals connivent, about half as long. Anthers 

 Ovarii ♦ lhe thickeii ed connective forming a capitate disk above the cells, 

 seen a P en,1 S into short linear stigmas ; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit not 



PPCr Gui nea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



to, * plat ypetala, Benth. I. c. A small tree. Leaves submembra- 



