TABULA 3042. 
DICRAEA GARRETTII, (0. H. Wright. 
PoDOSTEMONACEAE, 
D. Garrettii, C. H. Wright in a Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, 
. 126 (an alice), et in Kew Bull. , p- 213; ab D. tenaci, C. H. 
Wright, bracteis longe laceratis differt, 
Caulis ad 10 cm. ei ramosus, compressus, corneus. Folia 
laxe disposita, circiter 2 mm. longa, irregulariter lobata. Flores in 
fasciculos eee depen ; pedicelli ante anthesin inflexi basi 
sinuosi, dem 2mm. longi; bracteae 6 mm. longae, basi vaginantes, 
parte “superior asco: Pervanthia segmenta parva, linearia. 
Filamenta 4 mm. longa, ovarium superantia, ultra medium connata. 
Cia ellipsoideum, costatum ; stigmata subulata; gynostemium 
gum. Capsula 1-75 mm. longa, 1 mm. diametro ; valvae 
aequales, 3-costatae. 
West Tropricat Arrica: Sierra Leone; Sherbro, Garrett. 
This genus consists of seven species, five of which are natives of 
India, the other two of Tropical Africa. Of the latter D. tenaz, C. H. 
Wri i 
and differs from the plant here figured in having more numerous 
leaves, which are trilobed. Three other species have been transferred 
to Leiothylax on account of a smooth (not ribbed) capsules ; ae 
are :-—D. sirshan wai (=L. quangensis, Warming), D. vio 
Engl. (= L. violas Co i. noes — D. Warmingii, Engl 
(= L. Warmingii, Waenin g)—C. H. Wri 
Fic. 1, branch b flowers ; 2, bract ; 3, flower, showing a of 
i 6, fruit; 7, fruit 
parts in bud; 4, ara ein transverse section of ovary ; 
dehiscing. All enlarged. 
