OCBNA. 



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stylo aplce brevifer qulnquedlvlso ; calyce suh gynophoro accreto nigrescente, pul- 

 clire rubente. \) — Frutex crel)errime ramulosus, rami teretes subtortuosi grisei 



ramulique abbreviati , inferne ilenudati ; folia ad apicem ramulorum pauca (3 5) 



approximata patentia , 12 — 13 liri. loiiga, (> — 8 lin. lata, basi interdum suban^-u- 

 stata, textura tenui sed rigidula, petioli vix unam lineam longi, supra sulcati ; stipu- 

 lae vix semi-intraasillaribus , bractea pedicelli e basi latiuscula subulata, marginibus 

 invohita, vix 1 — l^s lin. longa ; filamenta more generis sub gynophoro accreto per- 



sistentia filiformia , 2 lin. longa ; calyx fructifer eum O. atropurpureae referens. 



Crescit in insula Ceylon. 



•12. O. PARVIFOLIA Valil. — DC. I. c. 73(5. no. II. — Crescit in Arabia felici. 



•13. O. ATROPURPUREA DC. I. c. no. 10. — Diporidiiim serndatum Hochst, (Fru- 

 tex 2 — S-pedalis). — Wlprs. 1. c. V. 400. no. I. — Crescit in parte orientali colo- 

 iiiae Capeiisis. 



«14. O. ARBOREA Burch. — DC. I. c.'no. 9. — Tetracera lutea Spr. ex Cham. et 

 Schl. Linnaea VIII. 177. — Crescit in sylvis primaevis coloniae Capensis. 



•15. O. NATALITIA Meisn. — Wlprs. 1. c. IL 82G. no. 1. — Crescit ad sylvarum mar- 

 gines prope porfum Natalem. 



•16. O. DELAGOENSIS Wlprs. 1. c. I. 528. no. 2. — Frufex pedalis. — Crescit In 

 colouia Capensi ad Delagoa bay. 



♦ =r** Fissistylae Planchon 1. c. 655. 

 Flores racemosi, antherae rimulis versus apicem dehiscentes ; stylus 

 profunde partitus. Species Mauritianae , Madagascarienses et Africae 

 austraiis subtropicae. 



•17. O. PULCRRA Hook. — Wlprs. L c. IL 82G. no. 2. — Crescit extra fines coloniae 



Capensis ad IMakalisberg. 

 •18. O. MADAGASCARIENSIS DC. 1. c. 735. no. C. — Crescit in insula Madagascar. 

 ♦19. O. MAURITIANA Lamk. ' — DC. L c. uo. 7. — Crescit in insula Mauritii. 



***** Spircmtherae Planchon 1. c. 656. 

 Flores racemosi , antherae post anthesin subtortiles , loculis longi- 

 tudine tota dehiscentibus , stylus subindivisus. Species Africae occiden- 

 talis tropicae. 



•20. O. DUCIA Guill. et Perrot. — Wlprs. 1. c. L 527. no. 1. — Crescit in Senegam- 

 bia ad ripas lluminis Cassamanciae prope If on , etiam ia regno Oware vel regno 

 Beniii. 



VIII. (5958.) COMPHIA Schreb. 



(DC. Prodr. L 736. — Wlprs. Repert L 52(5. V. 399. — Planchon in Hook. Lond. 



journ. VI. I.) 



Sect. I. GOMPHIASTRUM Planchon 1. c. 2. 

 Stipulae intraaxiilares in unam magis minusve profunde fissam 

 concretae. Species Gerontogeae. 

 *1. G. SUMATRANA W. Jack. — Wlprs. I. c. L 526. no. 1. et V. 399. no. 1. — Euthe- 



mis elegantissima (?) Wall. — Crescit in insula Sumatra, in Singapore et insulis adja- 



cenfibus. 

 •2. G. GLABERRIMA Pal. Beauv. — DC. 1. c. 737. no. 21. — Crescit in regno Oware 



et ad Sierra Leone. 

 *3. G. RETICULATA Pal. Beauv. — DC. L c. no. 17. — Crescit in regno Oware et ad 



Sierra Leone. 

 •4; G. TURNERAE J. D. Hook. mss. — Species indescripfa. — Crescit in Sierra 



Leone. 

 •5. G. MULTIFLORA DC. Ann. Mus. XVII. t. 3. (nec Pohl.) — Crescit in insula 



Madagascar. 



