Cuppant.] lx# CAPPARIDACE.E (oliver). 99 



k'SSES/ 11 **" Guinea » Thonnin 9 ; Accra* T. Fiytf/ Sierra Leoue, .^Mmm / Gam- 

 Nile Land. White Nile, Murie! 

 ower Guinea. Angola, various provinces, Dr. Welwitsch ! Congo, Smith ! 



13. C. rosea, Oliv. Extremities pilose-tomentose at length glabrate, 



very short, rather recurved, stipular spines. Leaves elliptical, obtuse, 



mucronulate, pubescent or sparsely tomentose at first, at length glabrate and 



rather coriaceous, 1-1A in. long or less, 5-7 lines broad; petiole 1-2 lines. 



'towers axillary, solitary, 1-1± in. across, on peduncles of f-i in. Sepals 



TOncave, tomentose externally, spreading or recurved, and much shorter than 



| J hud Defol 'e expansion. Inner sepals petaloid, 3-4 times longer than the 



j o . s ^P aIs - _ Stamens indefinite. Ovary oblong-ovoid, with about 8 strong 



"gitudinal ridges, tomentose. Stigma sessile, truncate, nearly as broad as 



ovary. Fruit ellipsoidal, strongly ridged, very shortly narrowed at each 



H on a stipes of 1 in.— Petersia rosea, Kl. in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 168. 



Moxanab. Distr. By Lake Nyassa and Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Rios de Sena, Peters ! 



10. CRAT^IVA, Linn. ; Booth, et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 1 10. 



alyx 4-partite; lobes distinct from the base and open in aestivation in the 

 ■"can species. Petals 4, elliptical or ovate, penniveined, with a long claw. 

 fr<Tfir5 USUally 16 ~ 20 > inserted on the more or less dilated torus ; filaments 

 mult- , m - 0var y ovoid or globose on a long gynophore, 1 -celled with 2 

 placp'° VU P lacen tas or 2-celled owing to the cohesion more or less of the 

 Seed ^'l . Sti ^ ma sessile. Fruit globose or ovoid with a coriaceous rind. 

 Tr ee S finite > uniform ; testa coriaceous ; radicle conical, incumbent.— 

 or snmbs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers corymbose, showy. 



occ^ n al l genus ' occurr »ng in tropical countries of both hemispheres. But one species 

 topical Africa. There are one or two peculiar species in Madagascar. 



ft *' reli Siosa, Furst.; DC. Prod. i. 243. A tree attaining about 20 

 lisuali Fanches g ,abr °"s, smooth or slightly verrucose. Leaves 3-foholate, 

 2 , V not developed at the time of flowering. Leaflets membranous, acu- 

 centr!n entire ' S labl -°us, petiolulate, articulated to the petiole, 3-6 in. long ; 

 petiol l eIli Ptical elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, narrowed into the 



Flow ; Iateral leaflets nsualI y obliquely ovate-elliptical or rhomboidal. 

 corvmK P0, . v S aino 'is, f-l£ in. across, in terminal and lateral many-flowered 

 Ca]", ' Pedicels |~2 in. ; upper bracts linear or subulate, caducous. 

 after V ° blon S or ovate-oblong, distinct, rather acute. Petals enlarging 

 Ovarv n- USl0n ; lami,la elliptical or ovate, obtuse, claw equalling the sepals. 

 atl e l Psoidal t0 globose, on a gynophore of 1-2 in., 1-celled or 2-locular 

 size of Pa, ' t,all .V' ow ing to the cohesion of the placentas. Fruit about the 

 DC a ? a PP le > with a coriaceous pericarp on a strong stipes.— C. Adansonu, 

 )'|, J2?» C - beta, DC. Prod. i. 243. C. guineenw, Schum. et Thonn. Gum. 



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Horth o uinea - Senegal, Sleber ! Hussenot ! Niger, Barter ! 

 Central. Bornou. E. Voael ! Oudnev. 



Bornou, E. Vogel ! Ondney. 



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