Sfkcia.] XLI. CELASTHACE.E (OLIVER). 375 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don ! Senegambia ! river Camaroons and Old Cala- 

 bar, Mann ! 



Var. obtusa. leaves very obtuse or retuse. 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shupauga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 



8. elongata, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 282, from the very fragmentary specimen in the Herba- 

 rium of the British Museum (St. Thomas, Don !), I take to be a form of S. piriformis, 

 with the leaves narrowed to the petiole. 



7. S. cornifolia, Hooh.f. Fl. Nigrit. 281. Wholly glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, usually shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, broadly cuneate or rounded at base, entire obsoletely serrulate or un- 

 dulate, shining above, reticulation scarcely prominent beneath, 3-4(-6) in. 

 ! od b» H-2(-3) in. broad; petiole \— \ in. Flowers small, globose or ovoid 

 ■ bud, in few-flowered axillary fascicles or very shortly pedunculate subum- 

 Wlate cymes; pedicels ^— \ in. Calyx-lobes rotundate or ovate; outer 

 smaller. Petals rotundate. Anthers horseshoe-shaped, dehiscing longitudi- 

 na »y, the lobes nearly or quite confluent at the apex ; filaments from within 

 a thickened disk. Young fruit pyriform. 



"Pper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogell Gaboon river, Mann I 

 sh h ' crassise P ala - Sepals much thickened. Disk cupuliform. Pedicels borne on a 



°c\un U }' common peduncle. Perhaps a distinct species. 



*m Calabar river, Mann 1 



8- S. chlorantha, Oliv. A glabrous " twining shrub." Leaves coria- 

 S i shining and reticulate above, elliptical, shortly and obtusely cuspidate, 

 woadly cuneate or rounded at the base, obtusely' serrulate, 3-3£ in. long, 



*~h in. broad ; petiole channelled above, i in.' Flowers in few-flowered 



wlary fascicles, from an obsolete common peduncle, rather large, "green, 

 tK 3 "*'" about 2 lines lon g and broad before expansion. Pedicels slightly 



Mckened upwards, -}-% in. Outer calyx-lobes distinctly smaller, ovate; 

 ™ner rotundate. Petals broadly imbricate, elliptical. Stamens and ovary 

 ™ lsed - upon a very short columnar disk ; anthers 2-celled, the lobes nearly 

 P a *"el or but slightly divergent below. 



^Pper Guinea. N upe , Niger, Barter! 

 nbed fr om a single small specimen. 



9 - S. prinoides, DC. Prod. i. 571 ? Wholly glabrous. Leaves coria- 

 0r Us ' eIll ptical or oval-elliptical, obtuse, with or without a short broad cusp 

 cun S T eWhat narrowe d to the obtuse apex, base from broadly rounded to 



neate, entire or obscurely serrulate, paler beneath, with but slightly pronu- 

 « venation, 2-3£ in. 'long, f-2£ in. broad; petiole |-| in. Axillary 



Cal l K° IcleS 1 - 6 - fl owered; pedicels equalling or shorter than the petiole 



inJi , es ov ate-rotundate. Petals ovate or ellii 



m ,,,;,,- ^.iptical, obtuse. Stamens 



at 1 1 Up0n a short > thick, raised, fleshy disk ; filaments dilated below, 

 aboy T reCUlTcd ; anthers 2-celled, lobes divergent below, nearly confluent 

 e - I have not seen ripe fruit. 

 PPer Guinea. Grand Bassa, T. Vogel! 

 **'&**" is widelv 8 P re ^ " India. The only African specimens which I have seen 

 PfC 11>e CCt to warraut P° sitive identification with the Indian plant, but there is not at 

 au y ground of specific distinction. 



