Icacina.] XXXIX. olacine^; (oliver). 357 



Flowers sessile, in irregularly branched, many-flowered, axillary pani- 

 cles, 4-6 in. long and broad. Petals not bearded within. Leaves 



r.. ~~ m " • ._ 2. I. macrocarpa. 



'lowers hi axillary glomeruli or short racemes. 

 Calyx one-third length of the petals, 5-fid, with lanceolate lobes . . 3. /. Mannii. 

 Calyx nearly as long as the petals, 5-partite, with linear-subulate 

 segments. Flowers densely silky-hirsute 4. I. trichantha. 



II. senegalensis, A. Juss. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. 174. 



',,. . Branches glabrous or thinly pubescent. Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 elliptical, obtuse, sometimes broadly rounded or retuse, the upper occasion- 

 ally rather acute, rounded at the base, entire, glabrous or midrib thinly pu- 

 bescent beneath, 2|-4 in. long, li-2£ in. broad; petiole 1-3 lines or leaves 

 subsessile. Flowers in pedunculate, ascending or erect, corymbose cymes 

 collected into a terminal leafless panicle or the lower peduncles from the axils 

 f J]jj uced lea ves, silky-hirsute externally ; pedicels 0-£ in. Calyx 5- (rarely 



•Jfid ; lobes triangular, acute, much shorter than the petals. Petals barbate 

 within near the base. Ovary hirsute. 

 j . P P er ** u * n ea. Senegambia ! Gambia, Skues ! Niger Expedition (without precise 



2. I. macrocarpa, Oliv. An extensive climber; extremities rigid, 

 Pubescent. Leaves ample, thinly coriaceous, oblong-elliptical, shortly and 

 oitusely cuspidate or obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, entire, glabrous 

 aoove, glabresceiit beneath, midrib and lateral veins pubescent, with the re- 

 gulation prominent, 6-1 in. long, 3-4£ in. broad ; petiole |-£ in. Flowers 

 ei 7 small, numerous, sessile, in loosely branching (axillary ?) rusty pubescenl- 

 omentose panicles, 4-6 in. long and broad. Calyx cupuliform, broadly 5- 

 °°thed ; teeth deltoid. Petals rather thick, glabrous within. Anthers ob- 

 ojig-elliptical. Ovary densely hirsute ; style short, glabrous ; stigma capi- 

 1 . Drupe ovoid, 2-2^ in. 'long, \\-2 in. in diam., with numerous shallow 

 ongitudinal furrows confused towards the apex and connected below by 

 a »sverse depressions ; pericarp about } in. thick ; inner layer thin, woody. 

 ,. a 8 °litary, li_2 in. long, with a broad well-marked raphe. Embryo 

 very b ^ the albumen - Cotyledons thin, foliaceous ; radicle superior, 

 v snort, obtuse ; plumule conspicuous. 

 PPer Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



ext I; •^ Iann "> Oliv. A shrub, attaining 8 ft. or sometimes scandent ; 

 ] 0n ren ]!f les . glabrous. Leaves membranous or thinly coriaceous, broadly ob- 

 basf - ical 0r elli P tical » shortly acuminate, more or less rounded at the 

 3% e ntire, glabrous or midrib below and petiole obsoletely pubescent, 

 broad 8nd Sllbdis, ant lateral veins rather prominent, 4-6 in. long, 1 £-2f in. 

 in sh i* petlole H-5 lines. Flowers appressed silky-hirsute, rather crowded 

 eels axillar y. solitary or geminate racemes or fascicled and sessile ; pedi- 

 fid »?i. exceedin g 1 °«- 2 lines ; bracts lanceolate, minute. Calyx deeply 5- 

 the 71 1 lance °l a te or ovate-lanceolate lobes, about, one-third the length ot 

 .Petals. Pet a ] s barbate within. Ovarv tapering into the style, more or 

 e8 ^n- S ute. Fruit not seen. 



PPep °*wnea. Old Calabar, Mann ! 



