Monodora.] in. anonace^e (oliver). 39 



plish black. Fruit ovoid-ellipsoidal, 4 in. long, 2^-3 in. diam., marked with 

 faint longitudinal ridges, very shortly and abruptly apiculate, at length tardily 

 opening more or less longitudinally. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson ! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola ; a tree of 15-25 ft., in elevated primeval 

 forests, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



"ar. sempervirens. Leaves shining above. Petioles glaucous. Pungo Andongo, Dr. 

 Welwitsch I 



4. M. brevipes, Benth. I. c. A tree attaining 30-40 ft. in height. 

 ■Leaves firmly membranous or at length coriaceous, obovate-oblong or ob- 

 ovate-elliptical, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the narrowed base very ob- 

 tuse or rounded, midrib and lateral nerves prominent below ; 6-12 in. long, 

 <j-5 in. broad. Flowers 1-2 in. diam., solitary or two together, on pedicels 

 1-2 in. long, from nodes on the branches of a previous year ; at first white, 

 changing to dull yellow veined with red. Pedicel with 1 or 2 coriaceous, 

 rotundate or ovate bract3. Sepals 4-5 lines long, very obtuse and but 

 slightly wavy. Outer petals obovate-lanceolate, with a crisped margin, about 

 \ J" ]. on & "arrowed to the base ; inner petals rotundate or orbicular, about 



I. line s diam. Fruit globose, nearly 3 in. diam., either without longi- 

 tudinal ribs or faintly ridged ; pericarp thick, coriaceous and somewhat 



PPer Guinea. Fernando Po and Prince's Island, Mann ! 



5 - M. stenopetala, Oliv. A small tree or shrub, flowering before the 



e aves are fully developed. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse or 



°utmed at the extremity, on short pubescent petioles (not seen fully grown). 



0w m numerous along the slender naked twigs, usually from nodes on the 



ranches of the previous season. Pedicels slender, straight, 4-6 lines long, 



"n a small obtuse bract near the middle. Flowers yellow. Sepals very 



nortly connate, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2£ lines long. Outer petals widely 



by, f.' ! ^ 2 in - long, tapering from the middle, which is about 2 lines 



Ion , ght, y wav y '» inn er petals at first erect or connivent, 2|-4 lines 



nail' i na ovate - rot undate, obtuse, setose-pilose on the inner face, abruptly 



82? , lut0 a linear-oblong claw equalling or exceeding it in length. 



otl gma obtuse. 



htSSu' Distr ' ^ [is of thc Shire > Dr - Kirk ' West of Lake Nyassa ' Uvingstone 



th e A Shi mp B feCt fruit ' a PParently of a Monodora, collected by Dr. Kirk in 1861, labelled from 



what (nhr Plds ' is in the Kew Museum and probably belongs to this species. It is some- 



V°onquely) OV oid or slightly narrowed at each end j the pericarp coriaceous and rugose. 



•critLi ! K * W her °arium and Museum there are fruits belonging apparently to three unde- 



j e ^Pec,es of Monodora .— 

 raiiv e lv , fif r ' Barier - Globose, about B in. diam., without ribs or strite and with a compa- 



2 I lh ' n pericarp. 



Wev» ' Kirk - Als o globose, about 1 \ in. diam., and marked with raised ribs, which, 



3 ve £ may be due to shrivelling. „. ... ,. 

 WcarnVk- Um »' Me,,er - Presse d fa"ts and leaves. Thc fruit apparently ellipsoidal ; the 

 M. i2!5'; ** in- long. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, 3-5 in. long. This may possibly be 



"Petala, or perhaps not a Monodora at all. 



