sapparii.] IX. CAPPAIUDACEjE (OLIVER). 97 



nth a minute stigma, 1-celled, with 2 placentas; on a gvnophore of about 

 w.—C.fascicularis, DC. Prod. i. 248 (G Brassii, DC. 1. c. apparently the 

 ame, but the specimen very indifferent). 



Upper Guinea. Sencgambia, Perrotlet ! Cape Coast I 

 Worth Central. Bornu, E. Vogel! 



Nile Land. Sennar, Kotschy ! Abyssiuia, Ferret and Galinier. 

 Var. subglabra. Loanda, Dr. Wehoitsch I 



Scarcely specifically distinct from C. sepiaria, Linn. The flowers are rather larger than 

 1 that species. I have not had the opportunity of comparing the fruit. 



'tt ?" Viminea * Hook.f. and Thorns. Ft. Ltd. (dud.) A slender shrub, 

 i h tmely striate, glabrous or glabrate, leafy ramuli. Stipular spines very 

 . , rec ui'ved. Leaves membranous, ovate-elliptical or ovate, acute or acu- 

 inate or the apex sometimes obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous or obso- 

 ; ely pubescent at first, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. 

 lowers axillary, in fascicles of 1-3; pedicels slender, \-\ in. Buds 

 " s - Two outer sepals nearly equalling the bud at expansion, one 

 10r .e or jess deeply concave below. Petals tomentose externally. Ovary 

 V0 ' ' Pointed, glabrous. Fruit not seen (globose, " size of small cherry " 

 \m Indian plant). 



C p Wer , Gaiuea - Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwilsch ! 

 re also m the Eastern Himalaya and at Tenasserim. 



J, C * Thonningiij Schum. in Schum. et Thonn. Gain. PL 236. A 



bort xtremities minutely pubescent or glabrate. Stipular spines very 



, " recu rved acute. Leaves firmly membranous, oblong-elliptical or ob- 



n -lanceolate, rather obtuse or emarginate, glabrous and shining above, 



W7i US 01 * S labrat e beneath, lf-2| in. long, f-1* in. broad; petiole 



Jg * inies. Flowers white, fragrant, in pedunculate umbels or corymbose 



ran' 1 ? ^ terminal racemes, sometimes panicled towards the ends of the 



« cues Peduncles |-2 in. ; pedicels \-\ in. Sepals concave, free, equal. 



•s about equalling the sepals. Ovary ovoid or ellipsoidal, on a gyno- 



ruit l ?~ 3 liues ; sti 8' ma sessile, as broad or nearly as broad as the ovary. 



globose, orange-coloured, about \ in. diain. or rather less, on a short 



£ es ; several-seeded.— C. linearifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 217. 



^Pper Guinea. Abl)eokuta, Irving I Niger, Barter! Guinea, Thonning. 



«W JL°' ?SOn poh,ts out that this s l'ecies is very nearly allied to C. flonbunda, Wt., an 



ushesTf' 68 ' Which differs '" wan «ng the very broad stigma. The same character distm- 



irom C. sepiaria, Linn., a common Indian species, to which it is also allied. 



lort Rothii » Oliv. Shrub. Extremities at first puberulous, with very 

 nate CUrVed prickles. Leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse orcmar- 

 in, ' ^ ucro »ulate, loosely pilose beneath at first with a deciduous toraen- 

 -di'cell o ngth S labr ons, about 1£ in. long, 7-8 lines broad in our specimen ; 

 "out i . * liu es. Flowers in axillary sessile fascicles of 4-6. Pedicels 

 lira % ln - l ?"g, with the calyx more or less pilose-tomentose with reddish 

 KJrtiv I s nearl y equal. Stamens about 20. Ovary ovoid or ellipsoidal, 

 "J and obtn«.>i,r *,„*„.i 



el f 2 -3 lines. Flowers in'axi'llar/scssile fascicles of 4-6. Pedicels 



? in ■■■ ■" ■ il " —-i''" e " 



Sep 



^ and obtusely* pomted. 



ViS?* 4 Ab . v ssinia, Dr. Roth ! , . R - 



'•ilSSln reddish tomentum of the pedicels and sepals recalls C. chrysomrja, Boi. 

 Vo L> , • Bo J- m S3), of Madagascar. 



