260 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
nensis, Hook. fil. in Ic. Pl. t. 778. et tab. nostr. 28.— 
Cape Palmas, Vogel. 
Frutex (ex Vog.) glaberrimus. Ramuli teretes v. striati. Folia 
petiolata, ovali- v. elliptico-oblonga, breviter et obtuse acumi- 
nata, integerrima, margine recurvo, basi obtuse angustata, 
rigide membranacea v. subcoriacea, costa venisque paucis pri- 
mariis validis, rete venarum tenui; 2-4 poll. longa, 2-13 poll. 
lata, petiolo bilineari canaliculato. Pedicelli in nodos axil- 
lares per 10-12 aggregati, tenues, erecti, uniflori, 2-3 lin. 
longi, ima basi minute bracteolati. Alabastra oblonga, 3 lin. 
longa. Calyx minutus, fere ad basin 5-partitus, laciniis ovato- 
triangularibus acutis basi leviter imbricantibus. Petala li- 
nearia, (teste Vog: albo-viridia), apice uncinato-inflexa, intus 
- glaberrima. Filamenta tenvissime ciliata, a basi ultra medium 
concavo-dilatata, superne filiformia. Anthere oblonge, pol- 
line trigono. Ovarium sessile, ovatum, compressum, glabrum, 
obliquum. Stylus excentricus, filiformis, incurvus, basi postice 
dilatatus in gibbum superne sulcatum, sulco fere ad medium 
styli obscure continuo; styli apex clavato-stigmatosus obli- 
quus. 
The characters derived from the flower are so nearly those of 
Apodytes, that in the absence of the fruit, Dr. Hooker had 
described it as a new species of that genus. Dr. Planchon has, 
however, named it as a new genus, and in this I should be dis- 
posed to agree with him, chiefly on account of the inflorescence, 
which in Olacinee appears very constant. The character de- 
rived from the ovary and style is also remarkable, and forms 
a positive distinction from those of Apodytes. The fruit remains 
unknown. 
Pirate XXVIII. Fig. 1. flower, before expansion ; „f. 2. stamen ; 
f. 8. ovary and calyx; f. 4. vertical section of the ovary; 
f. 5. transverse section of the same; 7.6. ovule, which should 
have been drawn in the inverse position, as in f. 4. 
A fine specimen, also in flower only, from Heudelot's Sene- 
gambian collection, is considered by Dr. Planchon as a second 
species, but I do not see any character to distinguish it by. 
Dr. Hooker observes that in Rhaphiolepis the base of the corolla 
