1CONES PLANTARUM. ia 
PLaTE 1184. 
ZYGODIA AXILLARIS, Benth. 
ApocynacE®, Tribe Ecurripes. 
Zygodia, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 716. 
Z. axillaris, Benth., sp. n., appar ies rears foliis ovali-oblongis 
Sita is v. acutiusculis basi late cor 
Has. West ee Africa, Old Calabar River, Mann. 
Sens lobis rotundatis obtusis. tarels campan Be Oe alte 5-fida, 
intus glabra, lobis oblongis Ceo fet pie Bisa rsum. obtegentibus. 
Stamina prope basin corolle a , filamentis brevissimis latis ; an- 
e 
breves subrecurvas produc Ovuli carpella 2, ge pluri-ovulata. 
St: ate Pens stigmate ier apiculo acuto vix 2-lobo. J’ructus 
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Fig. 1. Fle son 2. Corolla cut open, showing the sioalts and pistil, 3. Single 
Slag 4. Pistil. 65. Ovary, transverse section. 
The genus ~~ the two following nearly allied but apparently 
distinct specie 
Z.m myrtifo — Benth., glabra, foliis ae eet breviter acu- 
teqne acuminatis basi acutiusculis dis e petiolatis, cymis pedun- 
culo petiolo squilongo fultis, bracteis crates lobis acutiusculis. — 
Folia pleraque se esquipollicaria, tenuiora quam in Z. awvillari. Petioli 
et pedunculi 1-14 lin. longi. 
Has. Bagamogo in Zanzibar, Kiri. 
Z. subsessilis, Benth., glabra, foliis obovali- v. ohidaye-llipici acute 
acuminatis, basi obtusis brevissime petiolatis, cymis pedunculo petiolo 
subduplo longiore fultis, bracteis corolleaque | 
Folia 2-3-pollicaria. Flores fere Z. awillaris, pedunculo communi 
1-2 lin. longo. 
Hap. Congo, Chr. Smith—G. Brnraam. 
