ICONES PLANTARUM, ll 
Has. Sze-chuen, Father Vincot! and Yunnan, Western China. 
Ramuli graciles leves cito glaberrimi. Folia 3-6 poll. longa, 1-2 
poll. lata, = petiolata. Pedicelli floribus sequi a v. lisdem 
longiores appresse sericei. Perianthiwm sericeo-pu ubescens, segmentis 
ubsequilongis, exterioribus oblongo-ellipticis siesta latioribus 
intus sericeis. Stamina glabra. Ovariwm in stylo attenuatum po 
Agere 85 of eas nabinet have been transmitted to Kew by Mr. Daven- 
port, of H.M.’s Consulate at Shanghai, with a view to the identilienton 
of the species aiiinding the durable and highly valued timber known 1 
— as Nanmu. KH. — ord, Hsq., has also contributed additional 
be 
Foe, 370), a the fA can scarcely be dei. as ial 
differs from P. pallida chiefly in stature, in the form of om 
detail respecting the Nanmu gous see ‘ Report of the Royal oe ine 
Kew,’ 1877, p. 38.—D. Ot 
Fig. 1. Unexpanded flower; the outer segments are 5 reqihabtied as relatively too 
short. 2. Section of flower. 3. Section of pistil. 
Puate 1317. 
MODECCA ACULEATA, Oliv. 
PAssiFLORES, Tribe Mopecces. 
M. aculeata, Oliv., MSS. in Herb. Kew. aphylla, — —— 5. 
gono, angulis in nerassatis aculeis brevibus rectis creberrimis 1-se 
instructis, fl. ¢ secus rhachin inermem elongatam gracilom faccioulatia, 
perianthio lineari-oblongo, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis, petalis xequi- 
longis angustioribus acutis membranaceis, corona brevi lacera, slandalis 
globosis, filamentis basi connatis, antheris lineari-oblongis obtusi 
. o breviores petalis multo minoribus, ovario 3-gono basi ‘a 
apice constricto, stigmate subsessili crasso umbraculiformi carnoso 
obtuso. 
Has. Somali Land in equatorial Eastern Africa, Dr. Kirk. 
aulis crassitie penne anatine, rigidus, subgenicu ulatim flexuosus, 
sorditie albidus, faciebus inter angulos obtusos soi we 
rigidi, pungentes. Cirrhi validi, leves. Folia in exemplaribus nostris 
omnino desunt. Fi. g rhachis 3—4-pollicaris, ut videtur erecta, ad 
