ICONES PLANTARUM. 81 
Refe ed by Dr. Hance to the tribe ne.) near to the tropical 
Ame genus Heterostemon. a petals are remarkable in their 
eciivoRats estivation.—D, Oxtve 
hal Flower. 2. Ovary. 3. Longitudinal section of same. 4. Legume. 
5. Seed. 
PLatEe 1198. 
HIRTELLA ZANZIBARICA, Oliv. 
Rosacea, § CurysoBaLANEs. 
H, zanzibarica, Oliv., foliis nitentibus oblongo- v. ovato-ellipticis 
breviter obtuse acu minatis asi rotundatis sepe emarginatis subcor- 
datisve, paniculis terminalibus dense ramosis hirtis multifloris brac- 
teatis, bracteis parvis margine gla oo oabyenn lobis tubo subsequi- 
longis, staminibus 8-9 antheriferis liberis 
Has. Mafia Island, East tropical Africa, Dr. Kirk. 
Ramuli teretes glabrati. Folia alterna breviter petiolata coriacea 
subtus pre ig se in nervo medio obsolete pubescentia, 24-34 poll. 
“longa, #-14 poll. lata. Panicula densa folia superans ; bractes 
seepe geminates rotundate margine glandulis pedicellatis inwquilongis 
onuste ; pedicelli breves. Calyx pubescens, lobis exterioribus plus 
minus glanduloso-mar. inatis. Petala calycem equantia concava late 
elliptica. Stamina unilateralia a basi libera glabra; anthers late v. 
quadrato-ellipticee dorso affixe. Ovariwm dense pilosum 1-loculare, 
2-ovu atom. | Fructus ovoideus obtusus asi abrupte angustatus 
spermus omentoso, 4 1 poll. lon ngus.— 
. OLIVER. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Same, calyx-tube Jaid open. 3. Petal. 4. Stamens. 5. Sec- 
tion -F ovary. 6. Fruit. 7. Section of same. 8 and 9 oe 
Puate 1194, 
SYNAPTOLEPIS ALTERNIFOLIA, Oliv. 
THYMELACES, § GNIDIEZ. 
ernifolia, Oliv., glabra, foliis alternis ovalibus obtusis v. ob- 
8. alt 
tusiusculis basi plus minus cuneatis vix rotundatis, floribus in cymulis 
pedunculatis paucifloris sepius terminalibus dispositis. 
