Bippocralea.] xlt. celastrace^e (olivkx). 369 



tose or -pubescent extremities. Leaves firmly membranous or coriaceous, 

 elliptical varying to obovate- or oblong-elliptical, very obtuse or shortly and 

 obtusely pointed, base obtuse often broadly rounded more rarely cuneate, 

 entire obscurely serrulate above or undulate, early glabrous or thinly pubes- 

 cent beneath, sometimes on the midrib only, margin often narrowly rusty- 

 pubescent, 2-4(-6) in. long, 1-2^ in. broad ; petiole tomentose or glabrate, 

 r?M. Flowers in rusty-tomentose, usually many-flowered, axillary cymes 

 shorter than or equalling the leaves, very shortly pedicellate, externally rusty - 

 Itatry; bracteoles subulate. Sepals ovate or lanceolate. Petals ovate-lan- 

 eeolate or -subulate, rather fleshy, valvate. Disk annular, inconspicuous. 

 filaments very short, broad and dilated around the ovary ; apex recurved. 

 * nut-carpels li-2 in., elliptic-oblong, retuse or obtuse, entire. 



Upper Guinea. Mouth of the Niger, Mann ! (few-flowered form) Camaroons river, 

 Lower Guinea. Prov. Golungo Alto and Cazengo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



'■ H. apiculata, Wdw. mss. Climber with glabrous extremities. 

 aves coriaceous (thinly on flowering shoots), more or less broadly elliptical 

 obovate- elliptica L with an abrupt, very short, and scarcely acute acumen 



°r apicul 



- at expansion, in many-flowered, axillary, pedunculate, divaricate 



W equalling the leaves or, at the extremities, forming leafless panicles of 



j** '«• Peduncles often unbranched to l£-2 in., ultimate branches and 



Pp! V f S 1 P Ubeiulous ; bracts rainute » ovate > acute - Oalyx-lobes triangular. 



2JJ llueai '- la nceolate, puberulous on both sides, \ in. long, valvate. Ovary 



ZL ? P ° n a sll0rt thick gynophore and closely invested by the broadly 



ated bases of the filaments.* A minute annular disk surrounds the base 



e gynophore. Ripe fruit not seen. 



o*er Guinea. Prov. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



obov ?* m y riant ha, Oliv. A glabrous climber. Leaves coriaceous, from 



short v ° Uneate broa % rounded or subtruueate above with or without a 



uri broad olrtno*. ««;„.. i„~ ±~ ~n:_ *:.. _i i.,.~„,ll,r on/1 nhtnsplv nnintfd. cil- 



Talvatp / r UUBri "OU8. Ual\x-looes minuie, ixinnguin*. x v«..o -»v-b. 

 Stiol , Amhers Pi'berulous.* Ovary 3-lobed, with 5-6 ovules in each cell. 



^suhsessile. Fruit not seen. 

 ri^ i P J* *»m«a. Nun river and Brass, Barter! Bagroo river, Old Calabar, and Kongui 



fibre. 6 fl ° Wer8 and Pedicels apparently abound in spiral vessels with a tenacious unreliable 



Lei?' obt ^sifolia, Rox6. ; DC. Prod. i. 569. A glabrous climber. 

 V0L !° naCeons ' elli Ptical to oval-oblong, broadly rounded at the apex or 



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