72 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Frutex 15-pedalis, aig Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovali- 
elliptica, brevissime acuminata, integerrima, coriacea, nitida, 6—8-polli- 
Flor : 
panulatus, sates — alte 5-fidus, ee _acutiusculis. Coroilee 
longis, parum obliquis, ssc aaeihica. Antheree su pra m 
subsessiles, lanceolate, acutiuscule, libere. Ovarii pepe) i ditineta, 
ingula 4-ovulata. ylus lon ngiusculus, stigmate angus ongo. 
Fructus carpella (adhuc immatura) libera, subpatentia, siti ob- 
aes po a in rostrum semipollicare attenuata, carnosula, nigra, 
TUgvES 
tuberulos 
as yet ‘enero with the ripe fruits or seeds either of 
this or the sie species, which alone at present constitute the 
genus.—G. Brn 
Fig. 1. Corolla cut open, showing the stamens and pistil. 2. Single stamen. 
3. Fruit (unripe). 
Pruate 1183. 
PYCNOBOTRYA WNITIDA, Benth. 
ApocyNnace®, Tribe Ecuitrpes. 
Pycnobotrya, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen, Pl, ii. 715. 
P. nitida, Benth., species unica. 
Has. West tropical Africa, Mount John River, Mann. 
rutex super arbores alte scandens, glaber. Folia opposita v. ter- 
natim vertistiiats, heovitat petiolata, o oblongo-lanceolata, obtuse acu- 
minata, 2}-3}-pollicaria, coriacea, nitida, integerrima, costa subtus 
prominula, venis transversis te putas crebris parallelis, subtus punctis 
nigris conspersa. lores parvi, in cymis densis in capitula contractis 
numerosi, subsessiles, capitulis breviter pedunculatis ad apices ra- 
s. 2p 
brevis subcampanulatus ; limbus patens, vix 3 lin. diametro, lobis 5 ob- 
longis wstivatione contortis sinistrorsum obtegentibus. Stamina 5, 
basi corolle affixa, filamentis brevissimis latis; anthers Janceolato- 
sagittate, acuminate, circa stigma pratvinibe eique medio adheerentes, 
loculis mle in appendiculas vacuas tenu natas extremitate brevis- 
sime recurvas productis. Ovarii carpalia’g 2, * distneta, pluri-ovulata 
pedi bie tipsisites, stigmate majusculo subgloboso. Fructus ignotus.— 
HAM. 
ea. Ms Flower. 2, Corolla cut open, showing the stamens. 3. Single stamen. 
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