GONNARACEAE. 305 



VII. AGEIiABA Soland. 



(Soland. mss. ex Planchon, Linnaea XXIII. 437. — Omijhalobii sect. II. DC. Prodr. II. 86.) 



Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis lineari-oblongis, aestivatione breviter im- 

 bricatis. Petala 5, calyce longiora. Ovaria 5, stylis setaceis, ovulis 2 

 e basi loculi collateraliter ascendentibus, orthotropis. Folliculi 1 — 3, 

 recurvo-obovoidei, basi sensim attenuati, antice hiantes, crassi, intus 

 glabri, abortu monospermi. Seminis exalbuminosi rectiuscuJi arillus 

 cupularis carnosus, testae subjectae adnatus, cotyledones plano-con- 

 vexae, radicula brevi supera. 



1. A. NITIDA Soland. mss. ex Planchon 1. c. — Ramis, petiolis, rhachibus, pedicellis ca- 

 lycibusque extus indumento adpressissimo subnitentc flavido rufidulis ; foliolis obli- 

 que ovatis, acuminalis, praesertim subtus parcissime et tenuissime pulveraceo - pube- 

 rulis (pilis stellatis); bracteis paniculae terrainalis ramos stipantibus linearibus. apice 

 circinnato incurvis ; foliiculis 5 lin. longis, indumento adpressissimo rufo vestitis. — 

 Cnestis obliqiia Palis. fl. Owar. I. 95? — Sierra Leone. 



2. 'A. LAMARCKII- Planchon 1. c. 438. — Connarns pinnalus Lam. — Cav. Diss. VII. 

 376. tab. 223. — Omphalobium pentagynum DC. Prodr. II. 86. 



3. *A. VILLOSA Soland. mss. — Planchon I. c. 438. — Cnestis trifolia Lam. — Ompha- 

 lobium villosum DC. 1. c, 86. & Deless. Icon. seleci. III. lab. 58. — Omphalobium ner- 

 vosum G. DoD, gen. syst, II. 90. 



Tribus II. CNESTIDEAE Planchon, Linnaea XXUI. 438. 



Semina albuminosa. Calycis aestivatio vahacea. 



VIII. MAi^OTES Soland. mss. 



(Soland. mss. ex Planchon, Linnaea XXIII. 438.) 



Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis lineari-oblongis, aestivatione valvatis. Pe- 

 tala 5, calyce longiora. Stamina 10, alterna 5 longiora petalis alterna. 

 Ovaria 5, styhs setaceis, ovulis 2, collateralibus, e basi carpelli adscen- 

 dentibus. Folliculus abortu solitarius, obovoideus, in stipitem gra- 

 cilem contractus, antice hians, intus glaber. Arihus capsulae confor- 

 mis, basi cum funiculo gracili continuus, superne oblique fissus, testae 



seminis haud adnalus. Semen (an albnminosum et igitur genus 



sectioni huic recte adscriptum, ut e calycis aestivatione valvari suspi- 

 catur?) — Frutices Africae tropicae occidentahs, liabitu Cnestidis: foliis 

 alternis imparipinnatis, exstipulatis, foliolis aequilateris, penninerviis; 

 paniculis axillaribus et terminalibns laxis, pediceilis unifloris, gracilibus, 

 basi uni- v. bibracteolatis, infra medium articulatis. Pubes e pihs 

 simplicibus plus minus confertis subviscosis constat. 



1. M. EXPANSA Soiand. mss. ex Planchon I. c. 439. — Ramis petiolisque rufo-pubescen- 

 tibus, foliolis 5 — 7 breviter petiolulatis, oblongis, acuminatis, utrinque obtusiusculis, 

 secus nervos pilosulis, supra glabriusculis; panicula folia multo superante ; petalis 

 linearibus 372 lin. longis, calycem plus quam duplo excedentibus; stylis peiala aequan- 

 tibus, stamina longiora excedentibus. — Sierra Leone. 



2. *M. PALISOTII Planchon I. c. — Cnestis pinnata Palis. FI. d'0\v. L 98. tab. 60. 



IX. eiVKSTIBirM Planchon. 

 (Planchon. Linnaea XXIII. 439.) 



Calyx clausus, demum in lacinias 2 — 3 rurapens (revera pentamerus). 

 Petala 5. calvce paulo longiora, crasiuscula, glabra. Stamina 10, alterna 

 li. * 39 



