***«•] XIII. BIXINEjE (OLIVER). 117 



cuspidate, rather coriaceous leaves, somewhat sinning above, 3 to nearly 6 in. 

 K g ' - 8 in " lMOad alj0ve tlie mi(ldle 5 petioles 2 lines to 1 in. long. Flowers 

 about If in. diam., on short lateral peduncles. Anthers linear. Fruit ovoid, 

 terete, glabrous, slightly rough, shortly pointed. 



Perhaps a variety of 0. Petersiana. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma Bay, lat. 10° S., Br. Kirk! 



*6. O. Kraussiana, Planch, in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 66. Shrub 

 or small tree, 10-15 ft. high, with young leaves and shoots slightly pubes- 

 cent. Leaves petiolate, firmly membranous, oblanceolate, obtuse or rather 

 acute, glabrescent, 2-2£ in. long, f-1 in. broad. Peduncles axillary, \\~2 

 m. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together, about 2 in. diam. Calyx 3-lobed,. 

 pubescent. Anthers linear. Stigma obtuse, scarcely divided. I have not 

 seen the fruit.— Harvey, Thes. Cap. t. 141. 



Natal ! 



likely to occur north of the tropic. 



*• O. glauca, Hoolc.f. Fl. Nigrit. 220. A glabrous tree or shrub, with 

 oval or elliptical, entire or slightly undulate, firmly membranous, acuminate 

 ^ ay es, glaucous above, 3-6 in. long, l£-3 in. 'broad. Petals l-2£ in. 

 powers very large, white and showy, 3-4 in. diam., on axillary peduncles 

 ab out 2 in. long, usuallv clustered towards the extremities of the branches. 

 Ulyx gl a0rouSj 3_] bed, deciduous; lobes rounded. Petals about 12, 2-3 

 limes longer than the sepals. Anthers linear. Style rather long. Stigma 

 °btuse, denticulate. Fruit ovoid or nearly globose," about the size of a hen's 

 3& smooth, marked with longitudinal grooves when dry. — P. de Beauv. 

 "■ Ow. et Ben. 30. t. 17 (the colour of the flower and cross section of the 

 ov ary are purely imaginary). 

 u Pper Guinea. Lagos, Barter ! Ambas Bay, Mann I Fernando Po, T. Vogel and 



8 - O. Welwitschii, Oliv. A small tree or shrub of 12-15 ft., with 

 numerous long, glabrescent or puberulous branches, bearing large, ovate, 

 acuminate, slightly undulate, membranous leaves, 6-9 in. long, 3-7 in. broad, 

 **a broadly rounded, almost truncate bases, clustered towards the extremi- 

 f les - Petioles 3-5 in. long. Flowers large, reddish- white or yellow, 3-4 

 ]n - diam., in lateral fascicles of 2 to 5 from the axils of fallen leaves on the 

 s| ioots of a previous year. Stipules subulate-aristate, |-1 in. long. Pe- 

 duncles f-1 i n . Calvx 3 .partite. Petals about 10, dilated above, about 

 ^ v 'ce as long as the sepals. Anthers linear, much shorter than the capillary 

 J'aments. Ovary rough, with about 5-6 placentas and as many radiating, 

 "near, stigmatic lobes at first obtuse or capitate, terminating the long slender 

 style. Fruit densely echinate with long rather weak spines, separating 

 * hen ripe into as many more or less recurved valves as there are placentas. 



ne . style and stigmas 'harden and persist a considerable time.— Linn. Trans. 

 Xxv »- O'ned.) t. 3 



Wer Guinea. Angola, distr. Golungo Alto, flowering in February, Br.WelwiUch ! 



9 - O. Mannii, Oliv. A glabrous tree, 25 to 50 ft. high, with large, 



