Triclma.] iv. menispermace^e (oliver). 49 



valvate sepals erect, recurved at the apex. Female flowers and fruit un- 

 known. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



*• T. subcordata, OUv. Extremities and young leafy shoots rusty- 

 Pjlose. ^ Leaves rather coriaceous, 3-4£ in. long, 2]--3f in. broad, on petioles 

 ■ a-ls in., pilose at first, glabrescent ; nerves pilose beneath. Male fl. : im- 

 bricating sepals about 12, outer minute ; inner valvate sepals ovate-rotun- 



at e (in bud), very thick, concave. Fruit nearly sessile. Drupes closely 

 clustered, tomeutose, the back convex, obscurely longitudinally ridged. 



u PPer Guinea. Abbeokuta, and Nupe on the Niger, Barter ! 



>>• T. coriacea, OUv. Branches pilose-pubescent with appressed hairs, 



en gth glabrous. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above except some- 



loT u n " ( k?° > nerves very prominent beneath, pilose-pubescent ; 2-3 in. 



d b» la— 2| in. broad. Petioles |-1 in. Outer imbricate sepals 12. 

 "male flower and fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



be *• ? Patens, OUv. Extremities hoary with minute appressed pu- 

 l )r S ^ ce - Leaves rather coriaceous, shortly acuminate or apiculate, usually 

 hlTl CUneate at tne base, glabrate ; nerves puberulous beneath ; 4-5 in. 

 &» <J-3 in. broad. Petioles 1-3 in. Male panicles from shoots of the 

 c*nt 10U n SeaSOn ' ! *~ 2 in - lon »' spreading, many-flowered, minutely pubes- 



• Outer imbricate sepals about 6, three inner valvate sepals spreading 

 apicn?r ed - ab ° ve - Filam ents erect, slightly thickened at the apex ; anthers 

 y mate with divergent cells. Female flower and fruit unknown. 



PPer Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann ! 



& SYNCLISIA, Beuth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 86. 



as ff 18 1' in 2 series ' the 3 outer lanceolate or linear, 3 inner 2 or 3 times 

 anuro l ° Sely vaIvate °r connate (according to Mr. Bentham), resembling 

 Stame J 6 COrolla ' the apices free. Petals 6 ? minute, orbicular. Male fl. : 

 the W S 9 ' filarae »ts rather thick or clavate, more or less connate at 

 naliy v anthers 0void ' 2 - 1 ocular, dehiscing widely, laterally and longitudi- 

 nal ? male flo wers and fruit unknown.— A slender climber, with rather 

 i'flow S ' ovate - cordate . acuminate leaves, and axillary, pedicellate, 



Tli 

 •**fc. ft ^° Wers only beil 'S known, the position of this genus in the Order remains un- 

 » assigned, with doubt, to Cocculece by Mr. Bentham. 



1 o 

 with 8 J" f cab «da, Mien in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3. xx. 171. A climber, 

 rather 22? fla g ellifo ™ branches, at first pilose or sparsely pubescent. Leaves 

 presse,] 181 ,:' c °rdate-ovate or cordate, acuminate, entire, with the nerves de- 

 ^ewW I 6 P romi »ent beneath, scabrous or sparsely hispid, at length 

 1U in V nin S above > more or less shortly hispid below, 2-4 m. long 

 *UsW ad ' on Pilose petioles of \-\ in. to which the blade is attached 

 ar P angle. Male flowers about 3 lines long, axillary, solitary or in 



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