16 MR. 7. MIERS ON NAPOLEONA, 
bus in loeulis solitariis (pulpa involutis?), oblongis compressis, margine ventrali 
caruncula lineari signatis, angulis ventralibus singulis rostratis ; embryone oblongo, 
in albumen tenue subzequilongum immerso, cotyledonibus 2 magnis foliaceis ellip- 
ticis, radicula parva infera. Іп Africa occidentali (Upper Guinea) ad Buonopozo, 
regione Galbar ultra regnum Owariense, a cl. auct. lectum (non vidi). 
According to Palisot, this is а tree with a lofty straight trunk, 60-80 feet high, 
of which he gives a diminished drawing: the size and exact contour of the leaves are not 
given, only that they are lanceolate, and therefore different from the specimens in the 
Kew herbarium from the Camaroons and Old Calabar. Тһе flowers also differ from 
those of the latter in being hermaphrodite, sessile, and pentamerous; the sepals seri- 
ceously villous; they are 1 inch long. Тһе fruit is large, often 12 inches in diam.; 
the seeds are 1 in. long, $ in. broad. From Palisot’s ample generic character, there 
is nothing that can lead us to suppose that the flowers are otherwise than her- 
maphrodite. 
2. OMPHALOCARPUM ELATUM, nob,: Omphalocarpum procerum, Oliv. (non Palisot), 
Afr. Flor. i. p. 171: ramulis apice foliiferis, deorsum nudis, axillis approximatis : 
foliis oblongis, imo longe spathulatis, apice rotundiusculis, vel sensim obtusatis, 
majusculis, integris, marginibus subrevolutis, rigide chartaceis, glaberrimis, supra 
rufescenti-viridibus, subpruinoso-opacis, costa planata, griseo-pruinosa, striolata, 
nervis divergentibus arcuatim nexis, prominulis, subtus ferrugineo-opacis, costa 
prominente, nervis flexuosis prominulis, venis transversim reticulatis; petiolo 
brevissimo, late concavo, fusco: floribus 5-6, e nodo bracteolato trunco innascenti- 
fasciculatis, pedicellatis; sepalis semper 5, ovatis, concavis, pedicello sequilongis, 
valde imbricatis, quorum 3 exterioribus subglabris, crassioribus, 2 intimis submem- 
branaceis, cano-tomentellis ; corolla flava structura praecedentis, sed petalis phalangis 
et staminodiis semper 5: staminibus in quaque phalange uniseriatim 6, petalis 
oppositis, et iis dimidio brevioribus, erectis, apice subito reflexis; antheris supra 
medium affixis, extrorsum collateraliter 2-lobis, acute oblongis, conneetivo excur- 
rente; ovario depresse globoso; stylo subulato; stigmate capitato; in 9 ovario imo 
breviter stipitato, cylindrico, pluriloculari, stylo cum eo continuo obconice cylin- 
drieo, stigmate annulari vacuo pluridenticulato dentibus cum styli canalibus 
ovariique loculis congruentibus: fructu forma precedentis, sed dimidio vel duobus 
trientibus minore, extus sublzevi (vix tubereulato), 24-loculari; seminibus similibus. 
In Africa occidentali: v. pl. s. т hb. Hook. d Bagroo river (Mann, 815), Old 
Calabar (Thomson, 128); 9 Camaroon river (Mann, 719): v. fr. s. in Mus. Кеш. 4 
Camaroon river ( Mann). 
A species very distinct from the preceding; its height is unknown. In Mann's 
specimen from Bogroo river the leaves are broader, 5-9 in. long, 21-31 in. broad, on - | 
a petiole 2 lines long; those of Mann's two specimens from the Cameroons are 5-9 in. 
long, 12-25 in. broad. Thomson’s specimen consists of a single leaf, 93 in. long, 2} in. 
broad, cuneate at base, where it is } in. broad, without a petiole: it belongs probably to 
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