512 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
Cieistantuus, Hook. fil. (gen. nov.) 
Flores dioici. Masculi : Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis late linearibus 
zstivatione valvatis demum patentibus crassiuseulis. Squa- 
mule 5, lineari-oblonge, laciniis calycinis alternantes, hypo- 
gyne. Stamina 5, squamulis alterna, filamentis inferne in 
columnam crassam connatis, superne liberis, subulatis ; on 
theris oblongis, supra basin dorso affixis, loculis rima m 
trorsa dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli, intra stamina in- 
sidens, ovato-oblongum, apice trifidum villosum. Planta 
feminea desideratur.—Frutex : Folia alterna, disticha, bre- 
viter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi acuta, 
integerrima, coriacea, penninervia, reticulato-venosa, glabra. 
Stipule foliorum non vise, florales lineari-subfaleate glabre. 
Racemi masculi axillares breves, densiflori, axi pedicellisque 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Flores brevissime pedicellati, 2-3- 
natim fasciculati, fasciculo bracteis 2 (stipulaceis ?) stipato. 
Calyz extus ferrugineo-pubescens. 
1. Cleistanthus polystachyus, Hook. fil—Planch. in Hook. Ic. 
t. 779. (Tas. XXXVL.)— Sierra Leone, Whitfield. 
Dr. Planchon, whose generic character is here given, suggests 
an affinity between this plant and Bridelia; but whether it 
belongs or not even to the Order, must remain doubtful until . 
the female plant shall have been seen. 
Prare XXXVI. Fig. 1. bud; f. 2. expanded flower; f. 3- 
scale or petal ; f. 4. rudiment of the pistil :—al} more or less 
magnified. 
l. Amanoa bracteosa, Planch (Tas. XLVII.) ; monoica, gla- 
berrima, foliis anguste oblongis acuminatis basi acutiusculis 
integerrimis coriaceis nitidis, fasciculis florum bracteis 3 arcte 
cinctis in spicas abbreviatas quasi amentaceas distiche con- 
fertis, pedicello floris fæminei e bracteis longe exserto, florum 
masculorum inclusis, staminibus 5, capsula subglobosa nuce 
juglandis paullo minore, seminibus castaneis nigris.—(P. lanch. 
in Hook. Ic. t. 797 )— Sierra Leone, Don. : 
Folia alterna, 3.4 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata; petiolo 4-5 lin. 
