460 xlvl connarace<e (baker). [Manotes. 



Pod | in. long, half as thick, turbinate, long-stalked, not compressed. - 

 Cneshs corniculata, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 290. non Lam. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, Grand Bassa, T. Vogel I banks of the Baeroo river, Mann ! 

 bierra Leone, Afzehus ! Smeathmann ! Don. 



k 2 * M. GrifiFoniana, Baillon in Jdnns. vii. 244. A woody climber 12- 

 15 ft. hijih, the old branches glabrous, mottled as in the preceding the young 

 ones densely ferruginous. Petioles 1 in. long; leaflets 9-11, oblong," 1^-2 

 in. long by half as broad, acuminate, the base rounded, the lateral ones op- 

 posite, nearly sessde ; texture subcoriaceous, the under surface sli«htlv ferru- 

 ginous. Flowers in broad, ample, terminal panicles, the branches thvrsoid, 

 erecto-patent, both these and the main rachis robust and densely ferruginous; 

 pedicels shorter than the calyx, which is campanulate, under l'line deep, the 

 divisions ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent. Corolla and longer stamens three 

 times as long as the calyx, the petals ligulate. Pod (not seen mature) ob- 

 liquely turbinate, turgid, curved, long-stalked, densely brown-velvety. 

 B^ilfoV* GuinCa " Gab00U countr y> Manal Duparquet and Griffon du Bellas fide 



Lower Guinea. Congo, C. Smith ! 



For the M. Falisoti of Planchon, see Fourea, p. 455. 



3. M. longiflora, Baker. A woody climber, 10-15 ft. high, the older 

 branches glabrous, terete, not mottled, the young ones finely grey-pubesceut. 

 Petioles 1 in long; leaflets 9-11, oblong or the upper ones obovate, 2-3 

 in long by half as broad, acuminate, the base rounded, the lateral ones ses- 

 sile, opposite or alternate ; texture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower 

 thinly clothed with spreading greyish pubescence, the veins slender, slightly 

 lerruginous, not much raised. Flowers in broad ample panicles, the branches 

 thvrsoid, erecto-patent, moderately robust and grev-nubescent ; ultimate pe- 

 dicels slender, pubescent, exceeding the calvx, withY linear bract at the base. 

 Calyx campanulate, 2 lines deep, the sepals lanceolate, nearlv glabrous. Petals 

 twice as long as the calyx, ligulate. Carpels 5, hairv, seated on a gynophore 

 The st-u '! ' Tk 1 ^ 19 SUrrouilded ^ * ring composed of the united bases of 



^^^Xr Sf" 8 the peti,ls ' the fi,ametlts **™> di " 



tiZZF* QUi,iea ' NigCr C ° Untr y' E PP ah ' ****/ banks of the river, Old Calabar, 

 6. CNESTIS, Juss.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 433. 



or subrotundate y -cmS; Stl.! ' ^uF , r Sh ° rter thi ' n the "^ ***£. 

 connate at the bate the anrtTVV ubt ' qiwi ' the filaments free ° r SUb " 

 Carpels 5, sessile S Llor * ^ "T^ "* *W»™g "*«* 

 lono ■ reniform n ™ r , ; stl ^ mas subcapitate. Capsules 1-2, ob- 



S HtidZnJ^^^f ° r ™^d, velvety on the outside, 

 eTe t «^ or ♦! # T de f nd SOmetimes on ^e outside also. Seed 



thTtSyi^i^rrur 086 downwanis; embr - v ° shorter ihan 



