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XXXVIII. CHA1LLETIACE.E (oLIVEK). [Chuillttld. 



Branches rusty-pilose. Cymes subsessile. Calyx-lobes 



spreading. Petals with long claw 10. C. reflexa. 



Shortly tomentose. Leaves with a close pale tomentum 

 beneath, glabrous above. Cymes subsessile. Claw of 



petals short H- C. pallida. 



Ovary more or less distinctly adherent to the calyx-tube. Glome- 

 rules sessile or subsessile. Flowers usually 3-bracteolate. 

 Branches hirsute or tomentose. 



Leaves oblanceolate, 8-11 in. ; base obtuse, unequal. Calyx- 

 lobes linear, acute. Ovary two-thirds inferior . . . . 12. C. macropkyli*- 

 Leaves obovate- or oblanceolate-oblong, 4-5 in. ; base obtuse 

 or unequally cordate. Calyx-lobes elliptical. Ovary wholly 



inferior 13. 6'. hispida. 



Leaves (glabrescent) oval-oblong, 3-6 in. ; base narrow, 



scarcely subcordate. Ovary one-third to half inferior . .14. C. Hendelotn. 

 Branches puberulous. 



Leaves (glabrous) obovate-elliptical, 4-6 in. ; base very nar- 

 rowly cordate. Ovary half inferior 15. C. subauriculaia. 



1. C. flexuosa, Oliv. Extremities slightly flexuose, pale or cinnamon- 

 tomentose at first. Leaves coriaceous, petiolate, distichous, oblanceolate-ob- 

 long, shortly and obtusely cuspidate or acute, usually more or less narrowed 

 to a cuneate base, glabrate, with rather rough reticulation above when dry, 

 at first thinly pubescent, at length nearly glabrous beneath, 3-4 in. long, 

 \-\\ in. broad ; petiole 2-3 lines. Stipules minute, rigid, subulate. Flowers 

 in axillary shortly and stoutly pedunculate cymes, ^ in. long or little more ; 

 pedicels white-tomentose, scarcely equalling the calyx. Calyx-lobes erect, 

 oblong-elliptical, obtuse. Petals narrow, with 2-fid lamina and long claw. 

 Ovary free, narrowed into the style. 



Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, Irving! 



2. C. cyraulosa, Oliv. A shrub of 6 ft. Leafy extremities slender, at 

 first sparsely strigillose-pubescent, soon glabrous. Leaves petiolate, thinly 

 coriaceous, brown-black when dry, oblanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 base narrowly rounded or subcuneate, entire, thinly strigillose on the nerves 

 beneath on expansion, early glabrous, principal lateral veins few, looping ; 2j- 

 4| in. long, 1-1| in. broad ; petiole about 1 line. Stipules setaceous. Flowers 

 very small, in shortly pedunculate axillary cymes. Peduncle, before branch- 

 ing, slender, straight, 2-3 lines ; bracts minute, setaceous or subulate ; pe- 

 dicels 1-2 lines or shorter. Petals free, obovate, 2-fid, slightly narrowed be- 

 low or shortly unguiculate, but little exceeding the oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late calyx-lobes. Ovary pilose, 3-celled. Fruit fleshy, about the size and 

 form of a Plum, 1-1 \ in. long and nearly as broad, smooth, glabrous, 1-3- 

 celled, 1-3-seeded, the pulp adhering to' the thin testa. Radicle superior, 

 with converging grooves to its base on the plane face of the cotyledons. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons river, Mann ! 



3. C. floribunda, Planch, in Hook. Ic. Pi. 792. A climber, attaining 

 20 ft. or sometimes arborescent ; extremities puberulous, tawny or ashen- 

 grey. Leaves firmly membranous, usually ample, broadly elliptical or obovate- 

 elliptical, with a short, obtuse or acute cusp or acumen, base broadly cuneate 



