238 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
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monospermis paucis (pro carpello singulo 2-3 uniseriatis), 
endocarpio cartilagineo subindehiscente limitatis ; columella 
in fructu forsann on sponte irregulariter fracto in fila soluta. 
Semina ad medium anguli interni locelli cujusve peritrope 
inserta, transverse late oblonga, anatropa. Embryo in axi 
albuminis rectus; cotyledonibus semini conformibus, haud 
crassis, facie plana sibi invicem applicitis, radicula exserta 
lineari-oblonga versus hilum directa.—Frutex Africe occiden- 
talis tropicæ, facie et vegetationis Grewie, ramis virgatis. 
Folia alterna, disticha, petiolata, lanceolata, cuspidata, remote 
et inzqualiter repando-serrata v. denticulata, triplinervia, 
cæterum penninervia, rigide membranacea, glabriuscula. Sti- 
pule non vise. Umbelle 3-4-flore, pedunculatæ, sæp1us 
oppositifoliæ, nune axillares, basi ebracteatæ, bracteolis ad 
basim pedicellorum caducis. Flores lutei.* 
1. Glyphæa grewioides, Hook. fil. (Tas. XXII.)—Grewia late- 
riflora, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 1. p. 549.—Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Ramuli, petioli, pedicellique pube parca stellata conspersi. Folia 
variant lanceolata v. late elliptica, basi subcordata v. obtu- 
siuscula. Pedunculi umbellæ 1-2-pollicares, Pedicelli 5-12 
lin. longi. Fructus erectus, 1} unc. longus, utrinque atte- 
nuatus, subacutus, axi fibroso percursus. Semina 2 lin. longa, 
lævia, pallide brunnea. 
A very distinct genus, allied closely to the Javanese Diplo- 
phractum, Desf., (Mem. Mus. 5. p. 34. t. 1.) as well as to the 
true Grewia. : 
Puate XXII. Fig. 1. expanded flower, slightly magnified ; 
J. 2. ovary; f.8. fruit, natural size; f. 4. the same, cut 
across; f. 5. longitudinal section of the same ; f. 6. seed ; FT. 
the same, cut through in the direction of the rhaphe. 
l. Christiana cordifolia, Hook. fil, folis petiolatis oblongo- 
ovatis obtusis basi cordatis 5-nervibus super glaberrimis sub- 
ter molliter ferrugineo-pubescentibus obsolete 3-lobis inte- 
gerrimis, corymbo terminali, pedunculis pedicellisque velutino- 
` * The above character is copied from that given by Dr. Planchon in 
the ** Icones Plantarum," t, 760. 
