Vismia.'] XXI. HYPERICINE^! (OLIVER). 161 



Leaves rather coriaceous, opposite, broadly elliptical, apiculate, with a cordate 

 base, punctate with numerous opaque glands, glabrous, or prominent midrib 

 obsoletely puberulous beneath, 3-4 in. long, 2-3£ in. broad ; petioles 2-4 

 lines, connected by a prominent or winged interpetiolar ridge. Inflorescence 

 paniculate, trichotomous, equalling or exceeding the leaves, consisting of 

 numerous small, subumbellate flowers on pedicels about equalling the sepals. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, half as long as the petals, nearly 

 glabrous, with conspicuous black glands. Stamens 4-6 in each linear pha- 

 lange. Glands thick, notched, rather shorter than the ovary. Ovary sub- 

 5-locular, the placentas imperfectly cohering ; ovules about 5 in each cell, 

 ascending. 



J*PPer Guinea. River Muni, Mann ! 

 1 have not seen the fruit. 



2 - V. leonensis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 243. A small tree. Leafy 

 oranchlets opposite, rusty-pubescent at first. Leaves opposite, rather coria- 

 ceous, elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to each extremity, glabrous 

 above, obsoletely pubescent or glabrescent beneath, rusty-pubescent on expan- 

 sion, 2-4 in. long, £-1 i in. broad ; petioles 2-3 lines long, connected by a 

 faint interpetiolar ridge. Flowers in pedunculate umbellate axillary panicles 

 or cymes or from the axils of and shorter than the last pair of leaves ; pe- 

 "jcels pubescent, three to four times as long as the sepals. Sepals ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, concave, obtusely keeled, about half as long as the petals, 

 yich are densely pilose within. ' Stamens numerous (20-40 in the Bagroo 

 plant) in each phalange; filaments free above on the outer side. Ovary 

 5-celled ; ovules 10-12 in each cell, biseriate, the lower horizontal, the upper 

 ascending. Seeds irregularly compressed, 6 or more in each cell of the fruit. 

 "-Hypericum guineense, Linn. Amcen. Acad. vii. 321. t. 8. fig. 1 ? 



**Pper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! Bagroo river, Mann! 

 Ur. Vogel described this species as cultivated. As the Bagroo specimens are in flower 

 0n 'y and those from Sierra Leoue in young fruit, it is possible that they may pr»ve distinct. 



3 - V. affinis, Oliv. A small tree. Extremities slender, glabrous and 

 apparently somewhat glaucous, with a ring of short tufted rusty hairs at the 

 0n gin of the axillary ramuli. Leaves opposite, very thinly coriaceous or 

 Membranous, elliptical, usually more or less acute or slightly acuminate, nar- 

 ked or broadly cuneate at the base, obsoletely and remotely undulate-crc- 

 nate > glabrous, 1|-S in lono-, 1-1£ in. broad (occasionally 4 by If in.) ; 

 Petiole 1-3 lines. Cymes somewhat umbellate, shortly pedunculate, 1-1 \ 

 J'-cham. Peduncle j in. or shorter; pedicels equalling or exceeding the 

 f 0Wer » with the calvx rusty-tomentose. Sepals not perceptibly keeled, ob- 

 * 0n g- or ovate-lanceolate. Stamens about 7 in each phalange. Ovules ap- 

 parently 4-8 in each cell. Ripe fruit not seen. 



Jower Guinea. Golnngo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwihch ! . 



J<*r}y allied in all technical characters to V.frcndosa, though with a distinct facte, 

 *'Qg to the smaller, more elliptical, and much thinner leaves and much smaller cymes. 1 

 2ie P s r0Ve 8 Variet ^' thou 8 h * nnd no '" termediate forms t0 J ustify me m UUltl " g 



4 - V. frondosa, Oliv A small spreading tree. Branches glabrous, 

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