Hippocralea.] xli. celastrace^e (oliver). 371 



12. H. macrophylla, Vahl; DC. Prod. i. 568. A glabrous shrub. 

 waves rather large, more or less coriaceous, broadly elliptical, shortly and 

 acutely apiculate, more or less broadly rounded at the base, obscurely un- 

 dulate-crenate or subentire, glabrous, principal lateral veins prominent be- 

 neath, 5-9 in. long, 2|-4A in. broad ; petiole |-f- in. Cymes very laxly 

 forking, 5-6 in. long, with straight rather slender internodes. Flowers 

 'arge; pedicel of central flower of each fork |-$ in. Calyx-lobes broadly 

 rotundate. Petals 3-5 lines long, thin, broadly obovate, with the sides 

 fflucn incurved at flowering. Disk broad with a free margin clothing the 

 tase of the calyx. Anthers broadly transverse-oblong. Ovary half-im- 

 cersed. Fruit not known.— H. rotundi/olia, Hook. f. FL Nigrit. 279. 



r,^ PPe L Guinea - Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Barter! Dr. Kirk! Old Calabar and 

 "aooon, Mann ! 



mss 13 E laBt a PP ears y ery nearly allied to a tropical American species (Cuerva, Triana's 

 tZ±*VP!>cratea malpighifolia, Budge; DC. Prod. i. 568), but iu the absence of fruit 

 cannot safely identify them. 



o. H. graciliflora, Wehe. mss. An extensive climber, wholly gla- 

 dl°T , es membranous, turning black on drying, elliptical to oblong- 

 'P wal subacutely or rather obtusely acuminate, cuneate at base, serrulate, 

 wi , , ln - ! on g> 1-H in - broad; petiole i-j in. Flowers greenish, in lax, 

 than th i VailCating ' slender > axillary cymes, equalling or but little shorter 

 , I , es ' P edi ^ls i in. more or less. Bracteoles very minute, tri- 

 sokt \ ate ' Se P als half-orbicular. Petals spreading, rotundate, ob- 



pareaf Unguiculat . e - Anthers much elongated transversely, forming an ap- 

 llla" sess ^ e triangular enclosure around the obtuse subsessile stigma. 

 aD ments vei 7 short and much dilated, closely investing the ovary. Ovules 

 latently about 6 in each cell. Fruit unknown. 



Wer G *»nea. Prov. Golungo Alto, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 



"labro H '. paniculata > V<M; Guill et Perr. FL Seneg. i. 111.*. 25. A 

 Wo?! mber - Leaves thinly coriaceous, rather large, elliptical or oblong- 

 base a short] y obtusely or subacutely pointed, more or less rounded at 

 broad • distantl y crenate-serrulate, glabrous, 3-7 in. long, 2-4£ in - 

 ?'abr ; Petl< ? le about » in - Flowers very small, whitish, in many-flowered, 

 times U8 ' - a ^ illar . v c ymes, equalling or shorter than the leaves, which are some- 

 e quair PamC i towarus the ends of the branches, singly subsessile or pedicels 

 icnl^ << e flowers - Sepals roundish-ovate. Petals broadly oblong or 

 date , ar ' " clllola te," imbricate in aestivation. "Anthers depressed-rotun- 

 sessi'le cular ' dehiscing transversely." Ovules 5-6 in each cell of the 

 ovary. « Fruit-carpels narrowed to the base, 4-6-seeded." 



Kt£* ^inea. Senegambia, Perrotiet ! Sierra Leone, Smeathmann ! (? Nigritania, 



Barters e n , n0t . seen an authentic specimen of this plant. Were it uot that the petals of 

 ^ribJ at V re Rlabrous, I should not have hesitated to identify it with H. paniculate, as 

 P «» the ' Flora Senegambia;.' 



leaL?* an dongensis, Welw. mss. A slender climber, wholly glabrous, 

 ' &ri nly membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, rather obtusely acuminate, 



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