Acridocarp?ts.~] xxx. malpighiace^; (olivek). 279 



, *' A* chloropterus, Oliv. An erect or sometimes climbing shrub. 

 Extremities rusty pilose-tomentose. Leaves alternate, somewhat coriaceous, 

 elongate-oblong or oval-oblong, broadly and obtusely pointed or sometimes 

 acute ; base obtuse or broadly rounded, entire or obscurely wavy, covered 

 at first with a thickly matted, rusty, loose tomentum, early deciduous above, 

 the under surface usually retaining more or less of the deciduous layer; 

 basal glands inconspicuous, 4-7 in. long, l|-2£ in. broad. Petiole ^ in. 

 Flowers in an elongate, terminal, at length pyramidal, tomentose raceme of 

 5-8 in. Pedicels \ in. or less ; bracts minute, tooth-like, triangular or lan- 

 ceolate. Calyx-glands about 3 ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Wings of fruit glabres- 

 cent (pale green, ex icon.), 1-1 £ in. long, \-\ in. broad ; upper edge more 

 or less curved, narrowed below, but at the base not narrower than the nut. 



Kozamb. Diatr. Valley of the Shire, Zambesi, Lrs. Kirk ! and Meller ! 



5. A. zanzibaricus, A. Juss. Monog. Malpigh. 231. A climbing shrub j 

 the extremities rusty-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, oblong or 

 oblanceolate-elliptical, broadly pointed or subapiculate ; base rounded or 

 cuneate, narrowed into the petiole, quite glabrous, veiny, 3-4 in. long, li-1^ 

 in. broad. Petiole \-\ in. Racemes terminal, simple, 2-3 in. long. Pe- 

 dicels sometimes recurved at length. Bracts and bracteoles minute, many 

 times shorter than the pedicels, subulate, very acute. Calyx-lobes ovate, 

 obtuse ; calycine glands usually 2. Fruit- wings 1-1 £ in., narrowed below, 

 dilated about the middle, with numerous curved, fine strioe. — Banisteria, 

 Bojer (ex Loud. Hort. Brit. 182). 



Kozamb. Diatr. ZaDzibar, Dr. Kirk I 



■A . ? sp. nova. Specimens of a plant in flower (though with the essential organs too 

 much eaten by insects for analysis) are in the Kew herbarium, from the " Red Sea, "Br. 

 Nimmo, labelled A. oriental™, Juss., by Dr. Grisebach, but I cannot suppose it conspe- 

 cific with Eloy's plant from Mascat, upon which Jussieu based his species. The leaves in 

 the Red Sea plant are proportionally broader and shorter, broadly rounded at the apex and 

 glabrous or glabrescent, the flowers not crowded, but in elongate racemes, much exceeding 

 the leaves. It is probably new, unless a variety of A. natalitius, Juss., a Natal plant. 



3. SPHEDAMNOCARPTTS, Planch.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 



i. 256. 



Calyx 5-partite, eglandtilar or the glands not apparent when dry. Lobes 

 slightly imbricate. Petals shortly clawed ; lamina dentate or nearly entire. 

 Stamens 10; filaments very shortly connate at the base. Ovary 3-celled; 

 styles 3, filiform, spreading. Samaras with a vertical dorsal wing, slightly 

 thickened on the upper margin, at least towards the base.— Shrubs or under- 

 shrubs, scandent or erect. Leaves opposite or verticillate. Flowers umbel- 

 late, collected in terminal panicles. 



A small genus of 2 or 3 species, nearly allied to Acridocarpus, confined to S. tropical 

 and extratropical Africa. 



1. S. angolensis, Planch, mss. in Herb. Kew. Undershrub, not at all 

 or very rarely scandent. Branches straight, about the thickness of a crow- 



