506 LXIII. PASSIFLOREZ (MASTERS). [ Paropsia. 
flowered, about three times the length of the leaf-stalk. Bracts 2 lines 
long, subulate-lanceolate, deciduous. Flower-buds oblong, obtuse. 
Flower about 11 in. in diameter. Sepals imbricate, patulous, sub: 
coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute, covered with rusty tomentum on pe 
outside and with paler down within, thinner and less densely covere 
with hair on the covered edges. Petals resembling the sepals in ph 
and size. Corona cup-shaped, coriaceous, densely villous outside, ha 
the length of the petals, ultimately dividing into lobes. Stamens oppo- 
site to the petals; filaments thin, flattened, subulate, somewhat villous ; 
anthers oblong, acute, sagittate at the base, 2-celled, introrse. Ovary 
shorter than the stamens, subglobose, densely villous ; styles 3, men 
stigmas capitate, large. Capsule subsessile, obovate or club-shaped, 
greenish-yellow, at first hairy, ultimately smooth, exceeding the persis- 
tent calyx, bursting by three valves. Seeds obovate, mucronate, com- 
pressed. Testa whitish, pitted. 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
In habit and general appearance this plant is precisely like a Smeathmannia. Its 
floral construction, however, is that of Paropsia. 
2, SMEATHMANNIA, Soland.; Benth. et Hook. f. 
Gen. Plant. i. 812. 
Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite. Flower-tube very che 
Sepals 5, oblong. Petals 5, springing ftom the edge of the pe 
Corona cup-shaped, attached below to the throat of the flower-tu he 
crenulate and ciliate at the free margin. Stamens about 20, con 
below in a narrow membranous ring fringed at the edge; flapes 
threadlike ; anthers introrse, oblong. Ovary shortly stalked or sessl : 
ovoid; styles 3—5, filiform ; stigmas large, capitate; ovules pe 
Capsule coriaceous, ovoid, 8-valved. Seeds obovoid, compressed ; tes 
crustaceous, pitted ; arillus small, cup-shaped or none ; albumen mee : 
cotyledons leafy.—Shrubs with coriaceous oblong leaves. Petio : 
glandular. Stipules minute, caducous. Flowers large, white, axillary, 
solitary or geminate.— Bulowia, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 246. 
A genus confined to Western Tropical Africa. 
Ovary villose. Capsule scarcely or not at all exceeding the per- 
sistent calyx . : z 1. S. pubescens. 
Ovary glabrous. Capsule considerably longer than the ‘calyx. _ , 2. S. laevigata. 
1. S. pubescens, #. Br.; DC. Prod. iii. 322. A much-branched 
shrub. Branches sulcate-striate, puberulous, purplish. Leaves a 
sessile, coriaceous, 2-8 in. long, subglabrous or pilose on both sur seo 
oblong, obtuse, subcordate or rounded, rarely tapering at the iked 
where they are provided on either side with two prominent sta i 
glands, dentate, unicostate. Peduncle axillary, simple, less ou 
inch long, covered with reddish silky hairs. Bracts lanceolate acu 
nate. Flowers large, white, 2-2}in. in diameter when gene 
Sepals quincuncially imbricate, oblong, acute, the exposed port 
