124 NEW SPECIES OF PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



5 exsertis, filamentis crassis brevibiis subulatis, antlieris conniventibus 

 syngeiiesiis ad apicera trochlearifonnem styli agglutinatis, coimectivo 

 crasso coiiico iiitus loculos quatiior ferente quorum exteriores steriles lou- 

 giores, interiores diinidio breviores polliiiif'eri, ovario ut in congeneribus, 

 follicuHs (ex speciraiuibus exsiccatis descriptis) binis erectis parallel is 

 30-24 poll, longis liiieari-oblougis coriaceo-lignosis apioe loiigissime 

 acuuiiuatis, valvis extus (cortice delapso) fibrosis iutus flavidis nitidis, 

 seiriinibus fusiformibus 14-15 liu. lougis lana gossypina albida obtectis. — ■ 

 Hab. Afric. trop. Occident, ad Old Calabar, uhi legeruut Mann, n. 1444 ! 

 2247 ! Kev. W. C. Thomson, 22 ! In. ins. Feninndo Po, Mann, 1444 ! 

 — Some mouths since we were favoured by Mr. 15ullen, the curator of the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Ghisgow, with specimens of the above-described 

 SiropluDifhns, which proved, on examination, to be identical with native 

 specimens in the Kew herbaria gathered bv Mann and by the Rev. W. C. 

 Thomson.— Gff?-rf. Chro),. 1870, p. 1471, and fig. 257. 



8WARTZIA Matthewsii, BeutJi. [LegiuiiinusfP, SwartzietB) ; ferrugineo- 

 pubescens, foliolis 4-9 alternis ovatis v. oblongo-ellipticis, racemis axilla- 

 ribus terminaliijusque brevibus confertifloris, calyce aperto cyathiformi, 

 petalo anguste obovali, antheris omnibus lineari-oblongis subjequalibus, 

 legiunine longe stipitato compresso.- — -Hab. Prov. Chachapoyas, Peru, 

 Matthews ; Santa Anna (Bolivia?), at an elevation of 3-40UO ft., Pearce. 

 —Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 1064. 



Synaptolepis, Oliv. (jen. nov. {TUijmelncefB, Gniditce, Biplostemoneir) . 

 Flores hermaphroditi, peutameri. Perianthium hypocraterimorphum, tubo 

 gracili glabro, limbo 5-partito regulari patente, lobis oblongis imbricatis 

 tubo 3-4-plo brevioribus. Squamse fauci insertHe, in annulum continuum 

 carnosulum confluentes. Stamina 10, biseriata, inclusa v. 5 longiora 

 faucem attingeutia ; filamenta filiformia, in tubo inserta ; antherfe adnatte, 

 oblonga^, obtusiB, inappetuliculatfe, filamento 3-6-plo breviores. Ovarium 

 subsessile v. breviter stipitatum, angustum, basi sulmudum v. squamulis 

 hypogynis laciniatis minutissimis v. obsoletis circunidatum ; stylus gra- 

 cilis ; stigma subclavatum. Nux ut videtur perianthii tubo arete indu- 

 siata, tenuiter ossea ; semen testa subciiartacea glabra. . . . — Frutex veri- 

 siiuiliter, ramosissimus, glaber. Folia parva, opposita, subcoriacea. Flores 

 axillares, subsessiles. 



S. KiRKii, Oliv. sj). unica. — Hab. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk. — HooTc. Ic. 

 Plant, t. 1074. 



Tabern.'EMOntana Barter!, UooJc.f. {Jporynacefp) ; glabra, ramulis 

 dichotomis, foliis breviter petiolatis elliptico-oblongis ovatis vel laiiceolatis 

 utrinque acuminatis integerrimis niembranaceis, pedunculis 3-midti-floris, 

 bracteis parvis ovato-oblongis acutis sepalis \ poll, longis oblongis obtusis 

 dimidio brevioribus, corollse 2 poll. diam. albae tubo ultra calycem coii- 

 tracto, supra medium infundibuliformi, lobis oblique cuneato-obovalis, 

 folliculis ovoideo-oblongis falcato-recurvis rostratis \\ poll, lougis. — 

 Hab. Upper Guinea, Hort. Kew., gathered by Barter, Dr. Irving, and 

 Mann. Near T. sessiUs, Benth. — Bot. Mag. t.*5859. 



Tetralopha, Huok. /. gen. nov. {Rublacea, Timonlere?). Flores her- 

 maphroditi? Calycis tubus brevis, cupulaeforrais ; lirabus aniudaris, 

 integer. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo intus lobisque 4 patentibus val- 

 vatis dense barbatis. Stamina 4, fauci inserta, filamentis longiusculis 

 sursum incrassatis ; antherse exscrtfe, lineari-oblongfjo, erectfe, dorso infra 

 medium basi elongata filamento incrassato adnat;e, utrinque obtuste. 



