Greicia.] xxvu. tiliace^; (masters). 253 



ing smooth branches. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, ± in. long, equalling 

 the slightly pilose leafstalks. Leaves rounded at the base, obovate, oblong, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, undulate, serrate, 3-costate, arcuate-venose, smooth ou 

 both surfaces, 2-3 in. long, £-1 in. wide. Flowers numerous, in much- 

 branched, terminal, leafless, panicled cymes. Pedicels |— | in. long, as lono- 

 as the flowers. Involucre of 3 3-fid bracts. Flower-buds oblong-obovoid. 

 Sepals oblong, hooded. Petals half the length of the sepals, glandular at 

 the base ; lamina lanceolate, emarginate. Stamens indefinite, on a raised 

 villose torus. Ovary villose, obovoid, 3-celled ; ovules numerous. Fruit 

 pyriform, the size of a small cherry, smooth; mesocarp fibrous ; nut bony, 

 4-celled, each cell 1-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 



33. G. malacocarpa, Mast. A tree or shrub with puberulous branches. 

 Leafstalks £ in. long. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, oval or oblong, 

 acute, entire, smooth, albido-tomentose beneath, 3-costate, arcuate-venose. 

 Stipules deciduous. Flowers numerous, in terminal paniculate cymes. Fruit 

 oblong-obovoid, an inch long, slightly tomentose on the outer surface, fibrous 

 in the interior, 1-celled, i-seeded. Embryo straight. Albumen homy. 

 Badicle thick, directed to the hilum. Cotyledons leafy, flat, ovate, 3-nerved, 

 arcuate-venose. 



Upper Guinea. Quorra and Tschadda, Barter ! 



34. G. africana, Hook. f. Ft. Nigrit. 237. A shrub with spreading, 

 purplish, puberulous, viscid branches. Stipules subulate. Leaves on short 

 stalks, subcoriaceous, ovate, acuminate, smooth, puberulous beneath, entire or 

 minutely serrate, 3-costate, arcuate-venose, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. wide. 

 Flowers apparently numerous, in terminal paniculate cymes. Fruit £ in. 

 long, obliquely obovoid, wedge-shaped ; mesocarp fibrous, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Bon ! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 

 I have not seen flowers of this species. 



35. G. pinnatifida, Mast. A small tree, the younger branches, pe- 

 tioles, pedicels, stipules, and undersurface of nerves of the leaves, villose. 

 Stipules | in. long, deeply divided into 5-6 linear, ciliated lobes. Petioles 

 villose, shorter than the stipules. Leaves subcordate, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, 1-costate, arcuate-venose, smooth above and below except along the 

 nerves, which are thinly covered on the under surface with fine bristles. 

 Flowers numerous, in terminal, much-branched, panicled cymes. Pedicels 

 slightly villose, bracteolate ; bracteoles stipuliform. Involucre of 3 deci- 

 duous, broadly ovate, subcordate, imbricate, foliaceous bracts enclosing 3 

 flowers. Flower-buds oblong, acute. Sepals downy, slightly hooded at the 

 apex. Petals less than half the length of the sepals, oblong, obtuse, emar- 

 ginate; unguis glandular; lamina thickened, fleshy, hairy. Stamens oo, 

 monadelphous below, where they form a tube encircling the base of the 

 ovary. Ovary 2-celled (1-celled by abortion). Style cylindrical; stigma 

 notched ; placenta axile ; ovules 2 iii each cell, attached to the inner angle. 

 Fruit U in. long, £ in. wide, pyriform, purplish, 1-celled, 1-seeded; me- 



