Akodeia.] xn . violarie^: (oliveb). 107 



flowers in terminal panicles, racemose corymbose or pyramidal. 



Leaves strongly spinulose-serrate, 6-9 in 5. A. ilicifolia. 



Leaves not spinulose, serrate, crenulate, denticulate or nearly or 

 quite entire. Dorsal connective as broad or broader than 

 the cells of the anther. 

 Leaves H-2£ in., slightly cordate at base. Flowers in very 



small cymulose terminal clusters 6. A. cmnulosa. 



Leaves 2£-8 in. 

 Staminal tube not produced above the insertion of the anthers. 

 Leaves rarely exceeding 3^-4 in., shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate. Petioles £-£ in. Anterior anther-cells 



obtuse or emarginate 1. A. Aucuparia. 



Leaves 5-8 in., cuspidate or acuminate. Petioles |-3 in. 



Anterior anther-cells obtuse or emarginate . . . . 8. A. brachypelala. 

 Leaves 2£-5 in. Anterior anther-cells with 2-partite ap- 

 pendix 9. A.subintegrifolia. 



otaminal tube more or less produced above the insertion of 

 the anthers. 

 Leaves rounded or subcordate at the base. Petioles £-i 



in. Panicles corymbose. Sepals obtuse 10. A. castaneoides. 



Leaves acute or rather obtuse at the base. Petioles \ in. 

 or less. Panicles racemose or pyramidal. Sepals rather 



acute 11. A. dentata. 



Leaves not cordate at the base. Petioles J-2 in. Panicles 

 p. usually corymbose or pyramidal. Sepals obtuse . . 12. A. Welwitschli. 

 "Jon" fascicu late, from nodes on the old wood. Leaves very large 

 (-20-30 in. long) 13. A. ? cauliflora. 



1. A. caudata, Oliv. A glabrous shrub or the extremities obsoletely 

 pubescent. Leaves obovate-elliptical or oval, rather abruptly narrowed above 



■ narrow acumen of about £ in. ; base cuneate or more or less obtuse or 

 jjjunded; 4-5 in. long, acumen included, 1-lf in. broad ; petiole lfr-S lines. 

 , owers axillary, solitary, or 2 or 3 together, on braeteate pedicels of 1-3 

 lne 3. Petals oblong, about three times as long as the sepals. Stamens 

 ree ; anthers produced at the apex into a lanceolate, incurved, obtuse, deci- 

 duous appendix which, when it falls, exposes the produced acute inflexed tip 

 ? the anterior cells. Ovary pubescent, 3-lobed, shorter than the subulate 

 2U s ty Ie into w h'>h it is narrowed. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, apiculate, 

 ^aceous, reticulated, glabrous, with 1 seed to each placenta. 



PPei • Guinea. River Kongui, Mann ! 

 the fil 0n,y ™P erf ect flowers to examine. The stamens appear to be early deciduous, 



"laments falling away from a minute persistent 2-lobed pulvinus. 



2 ; A. latifolia? Thouars; DC. Prod. i. 313. A small tree, extre- 



J le ? minutely pubescent. Leaves rather coriaceous, elliptical or oval, nar- 



«d to each end, shortly and obtusely or acutely acuminate, serrulate from 



little above the base or the middle, glabrous, about 3 in. long, 1} in. 



br JJ 5 petiole pubescent at first, 1-2 lines. Flowers in very short axillary 



tha il te mcemes or fascicles, on pedicels of 2-3 lines ; bracts much shorter 



IJJ the Pedicels. Sepals oblong. Petals linear, rather narrowed below, re- 



of th ^ th ? apeX " Connective ovate > obtuse, exceeding the 2 -fid appendix 



e anterior cells. Ovary glabrous, pauciovulate. 



V P r, Per < * uinea - Sierra Leone, Barter ! „ , .„ 



island ! fT y allied to > i{ not identical with, a plant in the Kew Herbarium, collected in the 

 u °l Nissobe (near Madagascar) by Boivin. 



