Ckilletia.'] xxxviii. chailletiace.e (olivkr). 343 



white-edged when dry. Petals free or nearly so, slightly narrowed below or 

 sessile, shortly 2-fid." Ovary covered with a" long loose soft felt. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons river, Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Congo (var. with smaller leaves), Smith ! 



The small-leaved plant, from the Congo, may be a variety of C. mossambicensis, but the 

 Tamaroons form appears sufficiently distinct in its more distinctly petiolate leaves scarcely 

 or not at all subcordate, erect calyx-lobes, etc. 



10. C. reflesa, Klotzsch in Peters' Mosmmb. Bot. 109. t. 20. Shrub. 

 Extremities covered with a short rusty or cinnamon toiuentum ; ultimate 

 ramuli spreading distichously at right angles. Leaves (imperfectly developed 

 m our specimen) elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, apparently 

 rounded or obtuse at the base, softly pilose-pubescent at first, at length pro- 

 w»bly glabrate above, \\-1\ in. long, f-1 in. broad; petiole very short, 

 rouch exceeded by the linear-subulate stipules. .Flowers in axillary very 

 shortly pedunculate or subsessile cymes; bracts subulate. Calyx-lobes 

 spreading. Petals elongate-spathulate, 2-fid, much nan-owed to the base. 

 Ovary and lower part of slender style pilose or pubescent, 2-celled. Fruit 

 oblique, pubescent or tomentose, 1-ce'lled, 1-seeded. 



Moaamb. Distr. Near Mozambique, Peters ; Rovuma river, Br. Kirk ! 

 the Rovuma plant is determined from Dr. Klotzsch's figure and description. 



11. C. pallida, Oliv. A small shrub ; young shoots shortly tomentose. 

 leaves shortly petiolate, broadly oval or elliptical, acute, base slightly rounded 

 or narrowly obtuse, glabrous 'above, closely appressed white-tomentose be- 

 lleath > H~H in. long, l|-lf in. broad ; petiole 1-1^ lines. Flowers in 

 , ver y Portly pedunculate or subsessile, axillary, cymose fascicles about equal- 

 ing the tomentose pedicels. Lamina of the petals 2-partite. Ovary villous, 

 "itli a short style, minutely 3-fid at the apex. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



12. C. macrophylla, Oliv. Shrub or small tree, annual shoots rather 

 densely rusty pilose-hirsute. Leaves membranous, elongate, oblanceolate- or 

 ooovate- oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the base, which is very narrowly 

 obtuse or unequally subcordate, entire, early glabrous, 8-11 in. long, 2-8| 

 '"•broad. Petiole 1-3 lines, at first hirsute. Flowers in sessile, hirsute, 

 axillary glomerules, each with 3 lanceolate acute bracteoles. Calyx-lobes 

 JJJJJJ ac ut«. Petals sublitiear, very narrow, recurved and 2-fid above, very 

 snortly connate with the stamens* below. Anthers linear. Ovary nearly 

 Menor, apex hairy ; style glabrous, 3-fid at the apex. 



u Pper Guinea. Kongui river, Mann ! 



JJ. C hispida, Oliv. A climber attaining 30 ft. Leafy branches 

 [ 0u gnly hispid with patent hairs. Leaves subsessile or petiole 1 line ob- 

 "jceolate- or obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded more or less to the base, 

 2** is obtuse and very narrowly and unequally subcordate, glabrous ex- 

 !*Pting the strigillose midrib beneath. Flowers in sessile axillary glomerules, 

 ^••acteolate. Calyx 5-partite; segments oblong or elliptical. Petals 



