Scaphopetalum.] xxvi. sterculiace^: (masters). 237 



sessile, 5-lobed, 5-celled ; ovules numerous, attached to the inner angle of 

 each cell. Styles connate. Stigma obsoletely 5-Iobed. — Shrubs. Leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, unicostate. Flowers stalked, emerging from the trunk or 

 older branches. Corolla yellow. 



Inflorescence very long. Calyx-segments 5, nearly free . . 1. S. longipedunculatum. 

 Inflorescence fascicled, short. Calyx 2-valved. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering towards the base ... 2. 5. Blackii. 



Leaves oblong-acuminate, contracted above the base . . . 3. S. Mannii. 



1. S. longipedunculatum, Mast, in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 28. t. 2. A 

 shrub with tortuous branches. Petioles very short, about the same length 

 as the subulate, obscurely striated stipules. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, entire, smooth, 1-costate, coriaceous, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, 1-3 in. 

 wide. Peduncles from the old wood, very long, pendulous or (?) trailing, 

 bearing here and there minute root-like fibrils and terminating in a dichoto- 

 mous many-flowered cyme. Bracts subulate, minute. Pedicels about 1 in. 

 long. Flower-buds ovoid, acute. Sepals 5, distinct nearly to the base, 

 spreading, oblong-lanceolate, downy on the outside, carinate on the inner 

 surface near the base. Petals half the length of the sepals, erect, oblong, 

 obtuse, cucullate at the apex, nervose-stiiate. Staminal tube membranous, 

 bell-shaped, 5-angular, divided at the apex into 10 segments, 5 sterile, re- 

 flexed, rounded, alternating with 5 fertile lobes placed opposite the petals 

 and each bearing 3 2-celled anthers ; lobes divergent. Ovary oblong, 5- 

 lobed, 5-celled. Ovules ai.ophitropous, attached in a double Hue to the inner 

 angle of each carpel. Style simple. Stigma minute. 



Upper Guinea. Mount John, Kongui river, Mann ! 



A very curious plant as regards its long inflorescence, with the abortive pedicels (rootlets ?) 

 springing from it. 



2. S. Blackii, Mast. I.e. 29. t. 3. Jig. 8-14. A. shrub, 4 ft. high. 

 Petioles 3-4 lines long ; stipules subulate-lanceolate, nervose-striate, as long 

 as the petioles. Leaves 5-8 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, oblong, acuminate, gla- 

 brous. Peduncles scarcely longer than the petioles, fascicled from the axils 

 of the fallen leaves. Bracts minute. Calyx coriaceous, bursting irregularly 

 into 2 valves, glabrous externally, pilose within. Petals erect, concave, 

 hooded, externally striate, shorter than the sepals. Staminal tube as in the 

 preceding species. Ovary oblong-ovoid, obscurely 5-lobed, 5-celled. Style 

 included. 



Upper Guinea. Mount John, Kongui river, Mann ! 



Differs from the preceding especially iu the inflorescence and calyx. 



3. S. Mannii, Mast. I.e. 29. t. 3. fig. 1-7. A shrub with rugose 

 branches. Petioles 3-4 lines long. Stipules lanceolate, striate, about as 

 long as the petioles. Leaves subcordate, narrow above the base, subpandu- 

 riform, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, 8-9 in. long, 

 \-\\ in. wide. Pedicels fasciculate, 1 in. long, springing from the old wood 

 or from the axils of the fallen leaves. Calyx glabrous, ultimately bursting 

 by 2 oblong valves. Petals erect, yellow, hooded, striated, longer than the 

 sepals. Staminal tube and ovary as in the former species. 



