ICONES PLANTARUM, 71 
PiaTe 1181. 
PLEIOCARPA MUTICA, Benth. 
Apocynaced, Tribe PLuMERIE. 
Pleiocarpa, Benth. in Benth, et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 699. 
P. mutica, Benth., sp. n., corolle me — duplo brevioribus, fruc- 
tus oenstlig parvis ovoideo- globosis mu 
Has. West tropical Africa, on er aig 1 Calabar River, Mann, n. 
2277. 
- Frutex Henke glaber. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, elliptico- 
oblonga, breviter acuminata, coriacea, nitida, integerrima, -polli- 
caria. Flores ad xin sat numerosi (10-20) nodoso-glomerati, arcte 
sessiles, ebracteati. Calyz late em ree lineam latus, 5-partitus, 
segmentis latis obtusis. Corolle tubus 6-7 lin. longus, tenuiter cylin- 
raceus, superne parum scaphictel : + Tobi 3d, ates patentes, vix 3 lin 
longi, ovati, obtusi, sestivatione contorti, dextrorsum obtegentes leviter 
sinistrorsum torti. Anthere supra medium subsessiles, oblongo-lan- 
ceolate, liberee. Ovarii carpella 5, distincta, 1-2-ovulata. Stylus 
longiusculus, stigmate oblongo. Fructus carpella libera, ovoideo-glo- 
bosa, erostria, vix apice brevissime acuminata v. obtusa, ad 4 lin. longa 
et vix angustiora, extus undique rugosa, siccitate nigricantia. 
The only other genera of Apocynacee with seit more than tw 
distinct carpels are Lepinia, Dene m Taiti, and gs gored the 
Notonerium figured in the last plate from cenit, ee y them very 
different from louima in other characters.—G. Brn 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla cut open, showing the stamens and pistil, 3. Pistil. 
4, Ovary, eit section. 5. Fruit (unripe), 
Puate 1182. 
PLEIOCARPA ROSTRATA, Benth. 
Apocynaces, Tribe PLUMERIEA. 
P. rostrata, Benth., sp. n., toca — tubo equilongis, fructus car- 
pellis “ovesiss Ohcabn longe rost 
Has. West tropical Africa, on si SOiiadliose River, Munn. 
