Connarus.] xlvi. connaeace^; (baker). 459 



rather spreading fine ferruginous pubescence, the veins fine but prominent. 

 Flowers in terminal subcorymbose panicles. Pedicels slender, finely hairy, 

 equalling or shorter than the campanulate calyx, the divisions of which are 

 ovate-oblong, twice as long as broad, ciliated and finely silky on the back. 

 Petals not more than equalling the calyx, the stamens exserted. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann. ! 



7. C. Mannii, Baker. A woody climber, the young branches finely 

 ferruginous. Petiole 2-3 in. long ; leaflets 5-7, oblong or slightly obovate, 

 4-6 in. long by more than half as broad, cuspidate, the base broadly 

 rounded, sometimes subcordate, the lateral ones opposite, on short petio- 

 lules ; texture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly matted all 

 over with very fine, silkv, greyish pubescence, the veins slender but prominent, 

 ferruginous. Flowers *in ample terminal panicles with erecto-patent branches 

 clothed with fine, greyish-ferruginous, silky pubescence ; pedicels sometimes 

 exceeding the calyx, which is 2 lines deep, densely matted on the back, the 

 divisions ligulate, under \ line broad. Corolla only a third as long as the 

 calyx, the petals ovate. Stamens equal and all equalling the calyx, fod 

 not seen. Ovaries 5, hairy. 



Upper Guinea. On the river bank, Old Calabar, Mann ! 



5. MANOTES, Soland. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 433. 



Calyx quinquepartite, persistent, spreading in fruit, the divisions ovate- 

 lanceolate, unequal, valvate. Petals 5, ligulate, exceeding the calyx, Sta- 

 mens 10 arising from a short pubescent gynophore. Carpels 5, placed on 

 the apex of the gvnophore, ovoid, attenuated into filiform styles, the stigma 

 mbcapitate. Capsules 1-5, stipitate, velvety, obliquely turbinate, quite 

 naked within. Seed erect; testa subcarnose ; albumen copious; embryo 

 oblong ; radicle short, superior.— Woody climber. 



Restricted to W. tropical Africa. 



Corolla 2 lines deep. , M pr -„-. a 



Branches of the panicle slender, divaricated, nearly glabrous . . 1. M. e g*™\ 

 Branches of the panicle robust, erecto-patent, densely ferruginous . 2. M *H0™™ a - 



Corolla 4 lines deep ' J 



1. M. expansa, Soland. fide Planch, in Linntea, xxiii. 439. A woody 

 timber, the branches mottled, like those of Byrsocarpus, with copious raised 

 grey points, slightly grey-downy when young. Petioles 1 in. long; leaflets 

 5-7, ovate or oblong, lf-2 in. long by half as broad, ^™£***" 

 funded, the lateral ones opposite, nearly sessile ; texture »*o™*«*mto 

 surface slightly ferruginous on the veins when young, g ,ab ?™/ he V" a £"r 

 flowers in a very lax panicle, the branches spreading at r.ght ■gfe*** 

 inches and the main rachis very slender, slightly W"^'jfr™£? 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx campanulate, 1 line deep, the dm lon s lan 

 ^ate, reddish, nearr/glabrous. Corolla twice as long as the criyx th j pe s 

 *«itish, ligulate. Longer stamens equalling the petals. Carpels o,velveU. 



