36 HI. AN'ONACE^E (oliver). {Unoit/r. 



tuse, narrow in the elongate form subcordate in the broader, glabrescent, 

 above the midrib minutely pilose, pilose-pubescent and glaucous beneath, the 

 midrib and lateral nerves rusty with short spreading hairs ; 3-6 in. long 

 more or less, 1^-3 in. broad above the middle. Petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers 

 solitary extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, on slender, pilose, bracteate pedicels of 

 i-1 in. Bracts small, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, near the base of the 

 pedicel. Calyx 3-fid; lobes broadly ovate, persistent. Outer petals ovate; 

 inner nearly equalling the outer. Connective much dilated. Carpels nu- 

 merous. Ovaries glabrous or thinly pilose on a hairy receptacle ; stigma 

 shorter than or equalling the ovary ; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit-carpels 

 scarlet, ellipsoidal or oblong, or 2-seeded and constricted between the seeds, 

 apicidate, glabrous, on stipes of about 1 line. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Cazengo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



5. U. parvifolia, Oliv. A scandent shrub often with long weak 

 branches. Extremities rusty-pubescent. Leaves firmly membranous or sub- 

 coriaceous, oblanceolate- or obovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, obtuse 

 shortly and obtusely pointed or somewhat emarginate, obtuse or rounded at 

 the base, minutely punctate and glabrate above, glabrescent with the mid- 

 rib pubescent-pilose beneath, varying from £-3£ in. in length, on petioles of 

 1-2 lines. Flowers usually solitary, on slender leaf-opposed or extra-axillary 

 pedicels of -J—f in. Bracts very small, linear or lanceolate, near the base of 

 the pedicels. Sepals nearly free, broadly ovate-rotundate. Outer petals 

 broadly ovate, exceeding the inner elliptical petals. Anthers truncate, the 

 connective rather broadly dilated. Carpels 12-15. Ovaries glabrous; 

 stigma sessile, obtuse or subcapitate ; ovules about 4-6, uniseriate. Fruit- 

 carpels scarlet, 1 4-seeded, cylindrical-torulose, apiculate or obtuse, on stipes 

 of 1-2 lines. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



6. U. ? lepidota, Oliv. A small tree of 25 ft., the twigs, leaves be- 

 neath, and buds covered with reddish-brown, glistening, peltate scurf-scales. 

 Leaves rather coriaceous, oval-oblong, acuminate, the midrib and lateral 

 nerves prominent below, glabrous above, 5-7 in. long, l-J-2 in. broad- 

 Petiole 2-3 lines long. Flowers leaf-opposed or terminal, solitary, on pe- 

 duncles of 4 6 lines, not seen expanded. Buds broadly ovoid, umbilical 

 acute, \ in. broad and long. Sepals very small, broadly ovate-triangular, 

 pointed, recurved. Petals nearly equal, rather thin, coriaceous, broadly 

 ovate, concave, valvate in aestivation ; the inner petals obsoletely puberulous, 

 not lepidote. Stamens very numerous and closely packed ; anthers sessile, 

 oblong-cuueate, connective" dilated, truncate. Carpels 3, oblong, lepidote, 

 with sessile, capitate, obtuse, shortly pilose stigmas ; ovules numerous. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. River Muni, Mann ! 

 A very doubtful member of the genus. 



Unona? sp. A strong, glabrate, climbing shrub, with the extreme 

 branches often sharply decurved as cirrhi. Leaves chartaceous, elongate- 

 oval, pointed or acuminate, glaucous beneath, 3-4 in. long, 1-1£ in- broad- 



