42 LXX, RUBJACEA (HIERN). [ Uncaria. 
3in,; capsules Zin. Tails of the seeds lincar-setaceous, undivided at 
one end, bipartite at the other.—Hook. Ic. t. 781. Benth. in Hook. 
Niger Fl. p. 381, t. 42. Nauclea africana, Walp. Repert. ii. p. 512, n. 
21, non Willd. nec Cham. et Schlecht. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius!, G. Don!, Th. Vogel!, Barter!, 
Stormont !: River Muni, 1° N, lat., Mann ! 
North Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 
A specimen from the Comoro Islands, collected by Bojer!, appears to belong to 
this species. 
5. HYMENODICTYON, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. p. 35. 
Calyx-tnbe subglobose; lobes 5, linear or lanceolate, entire, 
deciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube much narrowed at the base ; 
limb 5-cleft, valvate in estivation. Anthers 5, subsessile, inserted 
rather below the throat of the corolla, included. Disk annular. 
Ovary 2-celled; style filiform exserted; stigma oblong-capitate ; 
ovules numerous, ascending. Capsule oblong or fusiform, 2-celled, 
loculicidal. Seeds numerous ; testa produced into membranous dentate 
elongated wings, undivided at one end bipartite at the other end.— 
Trees or shrubs with opposite petiolate leaves, deciduons stipules, 
foliaceous reticulated marcescent long-petiolate bracts, and terminal 
spicate fascicles. 
A small genus occurring also in Tropical Asia. 
Leaves puberulous on the veins beneath. Calyx-lobes linear- 
lanceolate, i, in.long. . . . . . dO Kurria. 
Leaves glabrous. Calyx-lobes narrowly linear, j, in long . 2. H. biafranum. 
Hymenodictyon (sp.), Thoms. in Speke Journ., App., p. 636; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. 
Soe. Lond. xxix. p. 82; is too imperfect for description; it differs from the type of 
the genus by its lateral inflorescence without persistent bracts, and by the bifid valves 
of the fruit. It was gathered at Madi. 
1. H. Kurria, Hochst. in Flora 1848, p. 71. A low tree or shrub 
of 8-10 ft. Leaves obovate or nearly oval, acuminate, wedge-shaped 
at base into the petiole, glabrate above, puberulous on the midrib veins 
and veinlets beneath or obsoletely so, with 7-9 veins on each side of 
the midrib; 3-8 by 1}-4} in.; petiole 4-12 in.; upper internodes 
short ; stipules ovate-oblong, } in. long. Bracts opposite, elliptical, 
narrowed at both ends, 2} by 2 in. on stalks of 1 in. Inflorescence 
34-7 in long, dense (in the type). Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, 
ys in. long. Corolla $ in. long. Capsule 4-} by }-} in., on stalks of 
$-} in.—Kurria floribunda, Hochst. et Steud. in Flora 1842, p. 234. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
Var. elongatum Schweinf. mss. (sp.). Spikes longer (7 in.), less dense than the 
type. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth /, alt. nearly 4000 ft. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch ! 
2. H. biafranum, Hiern. A shrub or small tree of 30 ft. Leaves 
glabrous, obovate-oval, shortly acuminate, narrowed towards the base, 
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