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Tas. 5755. 
CAMPTOPUS Manni. 
West-African Camptopus. 
Nat. Ord. Rusracez. Tribe Psycnorries.—Pentanpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Flores involucrati, hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus brevis, 
obconicus, limbus ultra ovarium productus subcylindricus 5—6-fidus, lobis 
lanceolatis erectis ciliatis. Corolla tubulosa, coriacea, extus glabra, tubo 
paulo ampliato limbo calycis duplo longiore, fauce intus ad insertionem 
staminum oreque villosis, lobis 5 ovatis valvatis. Stamina 5, fauci corolle 
inserta, filamentis subulatis ; anthers exserte, dorso supra medium affixe, 
lineares, obtuse, basi breviter 2-lobe. Discus epigynus magnus, globosus, 
apice depresso. Ovarivm 3-4-loculare; stylus brevis validus, stigmate 
3—4-lobo lobis erectis oblongis intus papillosis; ovula in loculis solitaria, 
erecta. Fructus * * * —Frutex glaberrimus, Africe occidentalis tropice 
incola, ramis crassis cylindricis levibus. Folia ampla, opposita, breve crasse 
petiolata, obovata, coriacea, costa subtus crassa, nervis divergentibus. Stipulx 
magne, 2-fide, foliacee, decidue. Pedunculi rubri, solitarii, axillares, lon- 
gissimi, cernui, apice erecti floriferi, capitulum compositum multiflorum 
involucrato-bracteatwm gerentes, bracteis orbicularibus concavis rubris nitidis. 
Flores albi, breviter exserti, densissime congesti. 
Camptorus Manni. 
This very singular stove shrub was discovered at Fernando 
Po by Mr. Mann during his dangerous botanical journeys on 
the west coast of tropical Africa in the service of the Royal 
Gardens, and was introduced by him in 1863. It has also 
been collected at Old Calabar, from the coast opposite Fer- 
nando Po, by a correspondent of Dr. Balfour, of Edinburgh, to 
whom the Hookerian Herbarium is indebted for a dried speci- 
men. As an ornamental hothouse plant it is conspicuous 
for the size and beauty of the deep-green foliage with a red 
midrib beneath, and the brilliant coloured bracts and pedun- 
cles, the latter of which, after reaching a foot in length, 
curve outwards and downward beyond the foliage and 
become suddenly thickened as they bend upwards at the 
tip and support the scarlet and white ball of flowers, pre- 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1869. 
