XXXIX. OLACINEiE (OLIVER). 353 



9. LASIANTHERA, P. de Beauvois ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. i. 350. 



J lo «ers hermaphrodite (or polygamous). Calyx shortly and broadly 5- 

 obed. Petals 5, hypogynous, vaivate in aestivation (united below in' the 

 to lowing species). Disk fleshy, unilateral (or inconspicuous). Stamens 5, 

 alternate with the petals, free or adnate at the base to the petals ; anthers 

 ™ted behind with a pencil of soft hairs. . Ovary free, 1-celled, narrowed 

 <»ve; stigma minute. Ovules geminate, pendulous. Fruit coriaceous, ob- 

 JWR compressed (perhaps only seen abortive in the following species). 

 J>eed pendulous, with a small 'embryo within the apex of a fleshy albumen." 

 . brous trees or sl »'"hs. Leaves' alternate, entire. Flowers'small, capi- 

 ™; peduncles umbellate, leaf-opposed. 



demi c Sma11 geDUS ' confilie(1 to tl »e tropics of the Old World. The African species is en- 



of 10 V* africana , F - <? e Beam. ; DC. Prod. i. 636. A glabrous shrub 

 1 , ' extre mities terete. Leaves snbmembranous, obovate- or oblan- 

 pet'l £' finely and often rather abruptly acuminate, narrowed to the 



P iole and more or less cuneate at the base, entire or obsoletely denticulate, 

 axil] 1 "' g ' 1 t0 nearI . v 2 in - broad 5 petiole 2-3 lines. Peduncles extra- 

 ' ar y or leaf-opposed', |-1 in., dividing into 3-5 umbellate branches. 

 5 j T e "? ^a -2 lm es, in close heads }-± in. across. Calyx cupuliform, broadly 

 t"]j° • hypogynous disk or gland unilateral, fleshy. " The only fruits which 

 ave seen are oval-oblon<r, compressed, incurved, nearly | in. long, but 

 ^'apsxmperfect.-El.Owai-.t. 51. 



rivfr P xr r ° uin ea. Near Charaa, Gold Coast, P. de Beauvois ; Fernando Po and Gaboon 

 " Kr > Mann I 



10 - BE SMOSTACHYS, Planch. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 350. 



tiling*. Sma11, dee P ] y 4 - lo bed (or cupuliform, 5-toothed). Petals 4(-5), 

 nate'.°fii ° r oblon ». vaivate in aestivation. Stamens as many as petals, alter- 

 <lidvm lentS fili,orm or slightly compressed; anthers rotundate or sub- 

 0varv° U u ^° r ODlon g)> minute, glabrous. Disk inconspicuous or 5-lobed. 

 tita obova te, rather suddenly narrowed into the slender filiform style ; 

 Small*, 8 " 1 * 11, SUDca P itate - Ovules geminate, pendulous. Fruit not seen.— 

 Leave ° V sliruus < sometimes scandent, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. 



'ielo S ff memljranous or coriace o u9 > alternate, entire. Flowers small, sessile, 

 "gate, slender, solitary or fasciculate axillary spikes. 



j 8 ^ enus ' con fi"ed to tropical Africa and Madagascar. 



Mi S "i me ™ bra »ous, 5-7 in. Spikes 3-15 in. Anthers nri- 

 Wvri d-te - 0vary glabrous U tenuifohus. 



ther* M? y ' conace °n«, SJ-4 in. Spikes shorter than leaves. An- . 



ers oblong. Ovary pilose 2. 2>. Planchonianus. 



ft .„**• te ntiifolius, Oliv. A shrub or small tree, varying from 10-30 

 vol ' tleS B labroiw or "early so. Leaves submembranous, petiolate, ob- 



