Euadenia.] IX. capparidacEjE (oliveh). 91 



indefinite, imbedded in pulp.)— Glabrous, unarmed shrubs. Leaves trifolio- 

 late. Flowers in terminal corymbs or racemes. 



Allied in habit and in the calyx to Cratara, from which the appendix of the torns and 

 pV* Umber ° f stameus distinguish it. These characters ally it, on the other hand, to 

 lAdaba, but the calyx is very differeut. The genus is based upou the West African species, 

 of which I have unfortunately not seen ripe fruit. The bracketed characters apply to E. ? 



Larger petals oval- or linear-spathulate. Stamens inserted upon the 

 torus or very shortly adherent to the base of the gynophore. Ovary 



. 2 " celled 1. JE, trifoliolata. 



wger petals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, crisped. Stamens adnate 

 about two-thirds the length of the gynophore. Ovary 1-celled . . 2. E. ? Kirkii. 



1. E. trifoliolata, Oliv. A leafy, glabrous slirub of 6-8 ft. or some- 

 times attaining 30 ft. Leaves 3-foliolate, on petioles often 6 in. long or 

 °nger; leaflets membranous elliptical, the central one narrowed below, the 

 lateral more or less ovate-elliptical and oblique at the base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2| 

 in- broad, petiolulate. Flowers in terminal racemes. Bracts subulate, early 

 deciduous. Sepals lanceolate, rather unequal. Larger petals oval- or linear- 

 spathulate, l|-3 in. long, green at first. Fertile stamens 5 ; sterile or 2. 

 yary linear-oval, glabrous. The most advanced fruit which I have seen is 

 about 1| in. l on g, on stipes of 1 in.— Strcemia trifoliata, Schum. et Thonn. 

 Cum. PI. 114. 



Upper Guinea. Forests, Abbeoknta, Barter! Guinea, Thunning. Camaroons moun- 

 ts (3000 ft) ail d Old Calabar river, Mann ! 



mere is a leafless specimen in Herb. Kew from the Bagroo river [Mann), which may 

 ^*H to another species allied to the above. The flowers are in a short subumbellate ra- 



De ' on ""'gi spreadiug or ascending pedicels, the larger petals about 3 in. 



2 - E. ? Kirkii, Oliv. A bush or small tree, sometimes attaining 18 



* Leaves 3-foliolate, glabrous; leaflets oval, attenuated to each end. 



'owers pale yellowish yellow-green or nearly white, in loose corymbs. Two 



ar S e r petals ovate-lanceolate or oval, undulate and crisped on the margin, 



■JPenng above and below, with a distinct midrib. Appendix diverging from 



d j • , a . se of the gynophore, equalling or exceeding the sepals, apparently 



,v 'ded above into 5 filiform segments, each bearing an oblong appendage. 



J vnophore nearly twice as lon°- as the larger petals, with the 7 filaments ad- 



erent ab out two-thirds of its length. Ovarv ovoid, 1-celled, with indefinite 



Ules m 2 multiovulate placentas. Fruit with a coriaceous pericarp ; the 



PPer part somewhat globose, too abruptly narrowed below to be pyntorm, 



Com | eeded ; Seeds ^ ilu dia,n -' globose-reniform, variously compressed. 



y'edons large, fleshy, curved, radicle very short. 



N °* amb - D «t'. Lupata, Dr. Kirk. 

 tion H T eimem appear to have reached home, excepting of the fruit. The general descr.p- 

 adhesin , ? a drawi »g and the notes of Dr. Kirk. It differs from the western species in the 

 ovary 1 a the nIara «"t8 to about two-thirds of the length of the gynophore, in the 1 -celled 

 of i\ y P roba,) lv in the fruit, judging from the indication afforded by a very young fruit 



i think u a/a "' thc Kevv hcrbariiun - II mav P rove the ^p 6 of a nevv gc " IW ' 



w ould be premature to separate it at present. 



8. BOSCIA, Lam.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 108. 

 ^pals 4) free tQ the bage or yery neaHy SQj yalvate in activation, deci- 



