*'«•] XII. VIOLARIE^! (OLIVER). 109 



beneath and on the midrib above, glabrescent, l|-2± in. long, |-1£ in. broad ; 

 petiole \- 2 lines. Flowers whitish, more or less recurved, clustered or cymu- 

 lose in few-flowered panicles shorter than the terminal leaves, usually \-\ 

 in. long and broad or terminating short lateral branches. Sepals obtuse. 

 Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, apparently not recurved. Staminal tube very 

 shortly produced above the insertion of the anthers. Connective ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, as broad as the cells ; appendix of anterior anther-cells 

 linear or oval, entire or 2-partite. Fruit not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, prov. Zenza do Golnngo, Dr. Welwitsch I (? Congo, 

 Smith !). 



.*> A. Aucuparia, Welw. mss. A shrub of 4-5 ft. or small tree 

 with an erect slender trunk, attaining 8-10 ft. Extremities glabrous. Leaves 

 firmly membranous, rather broadly oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate or obtuse, glabrous, narrowed to the acute or more or less obtuse but 

 n ot cordate base, serrulate or nearly entire, 25— 3£ in. long, 1-lf in. broad 

 above the middle ; petioles 2-6 lines. Flowers greenish-yellow, in small 

 praulose clusters collected in terminal and lateral racemose panicles £-2 in. 

 J° n g; lateral branches of the panicles usually not exceeding 3 or 4 lines, 

 pedicels shorter than or equalling the calyx. Sepals broadly ovate ciliolate. 

 Petals very obtuse, slightly recurved at the apex. Staminal tube very short 

 an d not produced above the insertion of the anthers. Anterior anther- 

 *■ pilose or glabrous, shortly produced, obtuse or emarginate. Fruit not 

 seen. * r 



«ower Guinea. Angola, prov. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



■ «■ A. brachypetala, Tarcz. in Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. 558. A shrub of 



,7* ft- ; the extremities pubescent or glabrate. Leaves obovate obovate- 



iptical or broadly oblanceolate, shortly acuminate or cuspidate, cuneate or 



jKjer obtuse at the base, broadly crenate crenulate or subentire, glabrous, 

 ~ 8 m. long, 2-3 (-4) in. broad; petiole very various, |-1£(- 2 t) in - 

 l0 wers in short terminal racemes, or racemose usually pilose panicles of 1-3 



g Pedicels very short or flowers subsessile, often 3-5 together, on short 



£2 branches (1-2 lines) of the panicle, usually more or less recurved. 

 e Pals ovate obtuse, pilose or glabrate. Staminal tube apparently not pro- 



2J above the insertion of the anthers. Connective broad ovate obtuse ; 

 lter ior cells scarcely or but shortly produced, minutely 2-fid or entire. 



PPer Guinea. Gaboon, Mann I .. _ 



WS£*. Guinea. Congo, C. Smith! Burton! Angola, prov. Golungo Alto, Dr. 



"kitsch ! 



ranii A * sub «*tegrifolia ? P. de Beam. Fl. d'Owar. ii. 11. t. 60 (Ce- 

 C*'' A fibrous shrub or the extremities minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 tiate y ° Va1, ova te-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 • > ^motely dentate or nearly entire, cuneate or rounded at the base, 2^-5 

 rW ng ' l ~ 2 in - broad ; petioles varying up to *-* in., often much shorter. 

 l es 7 crs y«How, in small terminal pyramidal panicles about 1 in. long more or 

 ;*> on s| lort more or less recurved pedicels. Sepals ovate obtuse. Filaments 

 JW« upon the inner edge of the thickened margin of the crenulate sta- 



