XXVII. tiliace^; (masters). 241 



Tribe IV. Apeibeae.— Sepals distinct. Petals g landless. Torus short. Anthers 

 linear, crested. Ovary 6-co-celled. Fruit indehiscent, ao-seeded. 



11. GLYPH.E-V. 



1. CHRISTIANA, DC; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 232. 



Calyx bell-shaped, irregularly 3-5-fid. Petals 5, naked at the base. Sta- 

 mens indefinite, free, all fertile, not inserted on a raised torus. Anthers 

 subglobose. Ovary. . . . Carpels 2-5, ultimately seceding, subglobose, 1- 

 locular, 2-valved. Seed 1 in each cell, ascending; testa crustaceous, black, 

 spotted with grey. Albumen fleshy. Cotyledons leafy. — A tree of lofty stature 

 and with ample foliage. 



This genus is mentioned by Robert Brown (Botany of Congo, Tuekey's Expedition, p. 

 428), who remarks on the want of symmetry between the calyx and the corolla, and con- 

 siders the genus to be nearly allied to Venter/alia. Brown saw only fruiting specimens, 

 and indeed no younger specimens exist in herbaria. 



1. C. africana, DC. Prod. i. 516. A tree whose younger branches, 

 leafstalks, leaves, outer surface of calyx and of carpels, are all more or less 

 densely clothed with yellowish stelliform tomentum. Leafstalks 3-4 in. 

 Jong. Stipules linear, persistent. Leaves cordate-ovate acute or oblong, 

 palmately 5-costate, 6-12 in. long, 4-8 in. broad, smooth above, densely 

 tornentose below. Flowers numerous, in terminal, much-branched, corym- 

 bose cymes ; pedicels flattened. Calyx 3-lobed, persistent. Carpels 2-5, 

 shortly stalked, each one subglobose, the size of a small pea, 1-celled, 1- 

 seeded, splitting into 2 boat-shaped valves, about £ in. long. — C. cordifolia, 

 Hook. f. FL Nigrit. 238. 



Upper Guinea. Quorra, T. Vogel ! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



I fail to find any sufficient marks of distinction between the original C. africana and that 

 described by Dr. Hooker, and have therefore combined the two. 



2. CARPODIPTERA, Grisebach ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 232. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-fid. Petals 5, glandless at the base. Stamens in- 

 definite, free or slightly coherent at the base ; torus not prolonged. Stami- 

 nodia 0. Anthers roundish. Ovary 2-celled (4-celled ?) ; ovules solitary 

 and pendulous from the upper and inner angle of each cell of the ovary ; 

 stigmas distinct, sessile, larjje, subpetaloid (Griseb.). Capsule subglobose, 

 2-valved, each valve extended into 2 long, unequal, obtuse, foliaceous wings. 

 Seeds solitary in each cell, pendulous. Albumen fleshy. — Trees with entire 

 or cordate leaves. Flowers small, in axillary cymes. 



Grisebach described a Cuban plant upon which he founded the pen as. A second species 

 is native of S.E. tropical Africa. 



1. C. africana, Mad. A tree with greyish ash-coloured bark. Leaf- 

 stalks 2-3 in. long, thinly covered with stelliform pubescence. Stipules 

 caducous. Leaves 4-6 in. long, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, some- 

 times obscurely lobed, unicostate ; venation arcuate. Peduncle extra-axillary, 

 as long as or longer than the leafstalks, dividing into 5 or 6 cymose pedicels, 



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