Hypheene. | CXLVII, PALM (WRIGHT). 123 
9. Hl. benguellensis, Welw. Syn. Explic. 40. A very elegant 
palm. Stem 20-25 ft. high, about 6 in. thick, straight, “cylindrical, 
moderately ventricose above the middle,” always simple. Berries exactly 
spherical, shining dull brown.— Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92; Durand 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 460; Drude in Engl. Jahrb, xxi. 110, 123; 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 84. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes ; plentiful in rather damp sandy places 
near the banks of the River Caroca, near Porto-Pinda and Cabo Negro, forming very 
elegant woods round the native village Caroca, Welwitsch, 6656! Welwitsch, fruit, 
1053 ! 
10. H. compressa, Wendl.in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 93. Fruit laterally 
compressed, about 3 in. Jong, 24-27 in. in diam. Seeds laterally com- 
pressed, lenticular, 14 in. long, 1-1} in. in diam.—-Drude in Engl. 
Jahrb, xxi. 110. 
“Central Africa :” without exact locality or collector’s name. 
11. H. macrosperma, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92. Fruit ovate, 
yather obtuse, very smooth at the top, slightly swollen on the ventral 
side, 2} in. long, 24 in. in diam., resembling that of H. thebaica, but 
rounder, more obtuse, and of a duller colour. Seed roundish ovoid, 
1? in. long, 14-1? in. in diam.—Drude in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 110. 
“Central Africa: ” without exact locality (probably from the Niger Region), 
Baikie (ex Wendland). 
I find no specimen corresponding to this at Kew. 
12. H. turbinata, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92. Fruit orbicular 
from an obtuse base, very smooth at the top, much constricted half-way 
up, much swollen on the ventral side, faintly keeled on the dorsal, dull 
brown, 2} in. long, 2-2} in. in diam. Seed truncate, inverted conic, 
rounded and swollen on the ventral side, 1} in. long, 1-14 im. in 
~diam. 
“ Central Africa: ” without exact locality, Livingstone (ex Wendland). 
I find no specimen corresponding to this at Kew. 
12. MEDEMIA, P. G. von Wiirttemberg ; Benth. et Hook. 
f. Gen. Pl. iii, 882. 
Fruit ellipsoid, separating from the perianth, 1-seeded, with 2 small 
-smooth (sometimes confluent) areoles at the base ; scar of stigmas oppo- 
site the areoles ; pericarp thick, corky, light coloured, shiny, rugulose 
when dry ; endocarp smooth, white. Seed oblong, attached to the side 
-of the endocarp by a wide base; testa thick, slightly coriaceous and 
whitish outside, brown within; albumen horny, slightly ruminate, 
hollow in the centre ; embryo basal.—Stem simple. Leaves flabellate, 
with a few filaments between the segments; petiole unarmed ; ligule 
none. Male catkins slender, with reddish tomentose scales. Mature 
-carpels 1-3. 
A genus of 2 imperfectly known species, confined to T ropical Africa. 
