OMPHALOCARPUM, AND ASTERANTHOS. 11 
acumen dente magno obtuso medio subtus glandulifero utrinque munitis, sub- 
coriaceis, pallidissimis, opacis, cum nervis tenuibus rectiuscule adscendentibus utrin- 
que circa 10, venis transversis reticulatis, subtus fulvescentibus, subnitentibus, costa 
nervis venisque prominentibus, ad basin breviter revolutis et hie glandula parva 
notatis; petiolo semitereti, substriato, fusce rubido, limbo 60plo breviore : floribus 3, 
sessilibus, quorum 2 alabastris, et unico expanso, e gemma axillari imo bracteis 
4 parvis rotundis decussatis biglandulosis munita ortis; sepalis 5, acutis, apice glan- 
dulis 2 signatis; corolla orbiculata, magna, extus nervis 40 lineari-lanceolatis, mar- 
gine in lobos totidem breves crispatos secta, imo purpurea, marginem versus dilute 
flavida; coron:e verticillo exteriore in lacinias 70 radiantes diviso, his anguste line- 
aribus, flavidis, e basi omnino liberis, quam corolla subbrevioribus, singulis vesicula 
parva effoeta paullo supra basin extus munitis, verticillo intermedio depresse globoso, 
40-nervio, nervis paullo supra basin vesieulis totidem parvis extus donatis, margine 
in lacinias 40 triplo breviores lineares obtusas inflexim conniventes scisso, verti- 
cillo interno e laciniis 20, a basi liberis, late linearibus, corollæ fere sequilongis, 
‘primum paullo erectis, versus medium inflexim descendentibus, apicibus obtusis sub 
stigma conniventibus, et hie anthera fertili oblonga fusca singulatim munitis. In 
Africa tropica: v. s. in herb. Hook, Old Calabar (Mann, 2272). 
This plant, together with N. Manil has been referred to №. Vogelii, but differs from 
it in many salient characters. The axils of its thickish branchlets are 1 in. apart; the 
leaves are 6-81 in. long (including the acumen 1 in. long), 2-22 in. broad, on а petiole 
1-9 lines long. The calyx expanded is 10 lines across, its thick sepals being 3 lines long, 
21 lines broad at their base; the corolla is 14 in. in diameter; its nerves, not very pro- 
minent below, touch each other at their base, terminating acutely in the middle of the 
peripheral lobes. The 70 segments of the external whorl of the corona are 6 lines long, 
lline broad, their prominent effete vesicles forming below a conspicuous moniliform 
ring 1 line beyond their base: the 40 segments of the second whorl, if free, would be as 
long as those of the external whorl; but they are confluent for two thirds of their length 
into a depressed globe, their free portions connivent at the centre, and the underpart of 
this globe not far from its base shows a prominent moniliform ring of 40 vesicles, similar 
to those of the outer whorl: the 20 free segments of the inner whorl are 7 lines long, 
1 line broad, incurved as above mentioned, each furnished extrorsely near its apex with 
an adnate oblong fertile anther, these all crowding round the stigma. The style is ex- 
tremely short and pentagonoid; the peltate pentagonal stigma, 5 lines broad, has 5 glan- 
dular spots near its angles, and scarcely rises above the level of the disk; the inferior 
ovary is compressedly turbinate, 5-celled, with several ovules in each cell, radiately 
attached to the projecting placentze оп the axis. Тһе fruit is unknown. 
6. NAPOLEONA MANNII, nob.: ramulis subvalidis, pallidis, suleato-striatis, epidermide 
resiliente: foliis majoribus, oblongis, imo obtusis vel rotundatis, apice in acumen 
subbreve obtusulum repente constrietis, marginibus undique integerrimis, sub- 
undulatis, rigide chartaceis, supra pallidis, valde opacis, seepe cano-encaustis, nervis 
longe adscendentibus, subimmersis, subtus pallide fulvis, 2. minute 
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