Sahersia. | LVII. MELASTOMACEE (HOOKER). 459 
diameter ; pedicels }—-} in., smooth; bracteoles deciduous. Calyx-tube 
hemispheric, in. in diameter. Petals din. long. Anthers nearly }in., 
longer than their connective, equalling the filament. Seeds elongate, 
angular, curved, young without appendages. 
Upper Guinea. Rio Pungas, Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
Clearly a species of Sakersia, though the young seeds want the curious cellular crests 
of S. africana. 
ll. DICELLANDRA, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. 757. 
Calyx-tube turbinate, produced far beyond the ovary; limb shortly 
5-toothed, persistent, teeth with minute accessory ones at the back. 
Petals 5, obovate, acuminate glabrous. Stamens 10, unequal; anthers 
linear-subulate, pore single, larger curved, connective shortly produced 
with two spines before and one behind; connective of smaller anthers 
hardly produced. Ovary }-adherent, 5-celled, top conic 10-angled 
and winged, quite glabrous; style filiform, stigma obtuse. Berry 
5-celled. Seeds curved, oblong, hilum basal, raphe much thickened 
and produced beyond the nucleus.—Tropical W. African herbs or 
shrubs, glabrous or furfuraceous. Leaves large, membranous, long- 
petioled, 3-7-nerved, denticulate. Flowers in small terminal pyra- 
midal panicles, 
Pubescence furfuraceous . . . «+ 2. see oe 1 tO Dare 
Sparingly clothed with rigid bristles. 20.0. wcll See 8 a eee 
1. D. Barteri, Hook.f. Epiphytic. Stem very stout, 10 ft. long, 
as thick as the thumb, spongy, rooting at the nodes, acutely 4-angled, 
hispidulous, especially at the angles; branches, petioles, young leaves, 
herves beneath, and inflorescence covered with minute, rusty furfura- 
ceous pubescence. Leaves 6-10 in. by 4—7 in., elliptic-ovate or broadly 
Ovate-cordate, acuminate, denticulate, transverse nerves distinct, quite 
‘labrous above, purple beneath; petiole 3-8 in. Panicle 1—2 in. long; 
ranches short; bracts minute, subulate. Flowers purple, 1 in. dia- 
meter, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube 4 in. Petals } in., membra- 
hous. Anthers of large stamens strongly falcate, Jin. Berry $in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Nun river, Barter! Fernando Po and Sierra del Crystal, on the 
Gaboon river, Mann! 
*. D.? setosa, Hook. f. Branches obtuse, 4-angled, and petioles 
sparsely covered with rigid spreading bristles. Leaves 9-7 in. by 13-2 
in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, glabrous on both surfaces, 
quite entire or obscurely denticulate, transverse nerves distinct; petiole 
1-1} in. Fruit in short terminal panicles, quite smooth, capsular, 
globose or very shortly urceolate, } in. diameter; mouth of calyx con- 
tracted ; top convex, 5-celled, with 5 small valves and a few terminal 
bristles. Seeds obpyramidal or cuneate, truncate, straight or curved, 
Sides angled, hilum basilar, raphe thickened. 
Dever Guinea. Sierra Leone, A  fzelius ! 
very doubtful plant as to genus. 
