372 XLVIII. ROSACEH (OLIVER). [ Griffonia. 
elabrous, reticulate above, minutely softly hairy beneath, 4-6 in. long, 
13-84 in. broad; petiole 1-lin. Stipules linear or ovate-lanceolate, 
equalling the petiole. Flowers in axillary and subterminal roundish or 
ise dense glabrous or thinly hairy simple racemes, 1}—2 in. long. 
racts lanceolate, 2-3 lines long, silky or glabrous. Pedicels slender, 
glabrous, } in. long; bracteoles glandular-palmatifid, 1 line long more 
or less. Calyx-tube slender, glabrous, 1 in. or less, faintly thickened 
above the base; lobes elliptical. Petals caducous, elliptical obtuse. 
Staminal sheath 1-1} in., the base continued as a raised margin round 
the faux. Fruit not seen; very young ovoid-oblong, clothed with 
dense short ferruginous tomentum and long thin hairs.— Acioa (Lo- 
randra) Bellayana, Baill. in Adansonia, vii. 224 (note). 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Griffon du Bellay. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
The name is odd, but I have no alternative, and I cannot doubt that M. Griffon du 
Bellay is worthy of his dowble honour. 
Dr. Welwitsch’s specimens differ in some slight particulars from M. Baillon’s full 
description, but I find no excuse for maintaining two species. This plant is the Dactyl- 
adenia floribunda of Dr. Welwitsch’s Apont. 572. 
3. G. pallescens. Scandent shrub 12-15 ft. in height cr small 
tree of 20 ft., extremities thick as a crow-quill, minutely tomentose- 
pubescent, thinly clothed with longitudinally appressed subarachnoid 
hairs or glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptical or ovate-oblong, apiculate 
or shortly rather abruptly acuminate, base cordate, more or less coria- 
ceous, glabrous excepting the midrib beneath, reticulate above when 
dry, with 5-7 principal distant lateral nervures on each side; 3—6 in. 
long, 13-2 in. broad ; petiole 1—2 lines. Stipules subulate, equalling or 
exceeding the petiole. Flowers in terminal and axillary nutant simple 
pale softly silky tomentose pyramidal racemes 2-3 in. long. Bracts 
ovate-lanceolate acute }-1} in. Pedicels 1,—} in.; bracteoles suboppo- 
site, lanceolate acute entire, 1 line. Calyx-tube narrow cylindrical, 
$_]} in., lobes ovate, inner ovate-rotundate. Petals oblong-elliptical, 
veined. Base of staminal sheath continued as a toothed ring round the 
faux. Ovary with traces of dissepiment. Fruit not seen.—Acioa 
(Lorandra) pallescens, Baill. in Adansonia, vii. 224 (note). 
Upper Guinea. Var. scandens. Climbing shrub, extremities with appressed 
thinly arachnoid hairs. or glabrate ; leaves tending to ovate-elliptical. River Muni, 
Mann! Gaboon, Griffon du Bellay. Var. arborescens. Small tree, extremities finely 
pubescent ; leaves oblong. Old Calabar, Mann! W. C. Thomson! 
I have not had the opportunity of examining an authentic specimen of M. Baillon’s 
plant, but his description is a very good one, and notwithstanding slight differences, I 
prefer for the present to keep the above forms together. 
4. G. Mannii, Oliv. Climbing shrub, attaining 15-20 ft.; extre- 
mities terete, smooth, early glabrous. Leaves elliptical, shortly acu- 
minate or apiculate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous, minutely scabrid under a lens on the venation, 
peaeipal lateral nerves 6-10 on each side; 5-64 in. long, 2-34 in. 
road, petiole —} in., eglandular. Stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
