kkmidelia.] xliv. sapindace^e (baker). 425 



ernes from the axils of the leaves, sometimes 2 or 3 from the same point, 

 wchis, pedicels, and sepals ferrugineo-pulverulent, the pedicels equalling the 

 Jobose flower, which is under \ line long. Petals 0. Stamens equalling 

 ne calyx, the filaments downy. Female flowers and fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann .' 



Very near to the E. Indian S. Allophylus, DC, but the flowers smaller. 



S.?reflexa, Baker. A small tree, 15 ft. high, with strong, woody, 

 erete, grey-villose branches. Petioles 3-4 in. long, woody, densely grey- 

 'illose. Leaves simple, oblong, 10-12 in. long by about half as broad, nnr- 

 wed from the middle to both ends, the point acute, the base rounded, the 

 !d ge quite entire, texture membranous, upper surface glabrous and bright 

 jreen, lower finely grey-downy on the raised veins. Flowers in lax, sub- 

 file, simple racemes, 2-3 in. long from the axils of the leaves, sometimes 

 ' °r 3 from a point. Axis and pedicels finely grey-villose, the latter equal- 

 ling the globose flower which is | line long. Sepals 4-5, finely downy, 

 « n gnt purple, unequal, roundish or oblong, at first spreading like a cross, 

 J"% quite reflexed. Petals 0. Stamens slightly exceeding the petals. 

 female flowers and fruit not known. 

 Vpper Guinea. Banks of the river Muni, Mann ! 

 the calyx this differs conspicuously from all the other species. 



5. CUPANIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 399. 



. *\ ow ers regular, polygamo-dicecious. Sepals 4-5 (rarely 3 or 6), broadly 

 ■moricated. Petals 4-5 or absent, glabrous or villose, often furnished with 

 2 or two scales. Disk equal, annular, tumid, crenate, glabrous or tomen- 

 0se - Stamens usually 8, but varying from 5-12, inserted beneath the disk, 

 ^ntncal : filaments usually short, glabrous or villose ; anthers included, 

 i ary . ov °id or obovoid, 2-3- or rarely 4-celled ; style short or elongated, 

 •°jj>etimes 2-fid or 3 -fid, the stigma simple or lobed. Ovules solitary in the 

 *j«, affixed to the axis near the base. Capsule ovoid or obovoid, rarely 

 ^globose, subcarnose crustaceous or bony, 2-4-lobed, 2-4-celled, 2-4- 

 ttffl th ^ lobes connate or nearly free - Seeds subglobose or oblong, usually 

 ""ate, with a crustaceous or conaceous testa. Embryo thick, curved, the 



yledons plano-convex, the radicle inflexed.— Trees or erect shrubs. 



. considerable genns, with numerous representatives in tropical Asia and America, bnt 

 0nl y °ue in tropical Africa. 



J C. ferruginea, Baker. A climbing shrub 15-20 ft. high, with 

 ro «g woody branches, densely clothed with spreading, almost bristly, ferru- 



jj' n °U3 hairs \ in. long. Petiole of full grown leaves 3-4 in. long, clothed 

 " e toe branches. Leaves imparipinnate or abruptly pinnate, with 3 or 4 



I Irs . of sessile or short-stalked, oblong or oblanceolate, erecto-patent leaflets, 



l)ai ln "i apart ' the ll PP er P a i rs l ffc - lon S> 3 " 4 in - broad ' the P ° int acute ' the 

 ,„, Sub cuneate, the edge denticulate, texture subcoriaceous, upper surface 

 ;, le green > glabrous, lower slightly villose upon the midrib and raised veins, 

 ««nately glabrous. Flowers In axillary and copious terminal panicles some- 

 mes 1 ft. long, the rachis and erecto-patent branches rigid and densely fer- 



