82 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Has. Kilwa, East tropical Africa, Dr. Kirk. 
Ramuli gic ascendentes teretes. glabri. Folia subcoriacea 8 
cronulata, subtus nervo marginali no tata, 2 -14 poll. longa, fe 
lata; petiolus | lin. longus. Pedicelli apice ‘articulati ;) poll. 
ores 3—-% po oll. lo ongi. Perianthiwm lobis ovatis v. i¥ato- MR oticis ob- 
sis late imk facile in lobos segregatis, margine 
paises hinpeiie —D. Ontver. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Perianth laid open. 3. Stamens. 4. Pistil, with vertical 
section of ovary. 
Prats 119%. 
PLOCOSPERMA BUXIFOLIUM, Benth, 
Loaganiaceak, Tribe GELSEMIER. 
Plocosperma, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 789. 
P. buxifolium, Benth., species unica. 
Has. Guatemala, Skinner. 
Frutex glaber, ramis rigidis elongatis. Folia opposita, br evissime 
petiolata, ovata v. oblonga, utrinque obtusa, integerrima, coriacea, 
supra nitida, subtus opaca, costa prominente, '1-1-pollicaria, lis Buaxi 
sempervirentis subsimilia. niin in nodis axillaribus ramorum anno- 
tinorum y. vetustioruam 2-4-ni in pedunculo brevissimo subracemosi v. 
intérdum solitarii, pedicellis 12 lin. longis filiformibus ebracteatis. 
Calyx lineam longus, 5-partitus. Corolla tubo brevi subinfundibulari- 
intus stigmatosis; ovula 4, per paria parietibus affixa, 2 inferiora 
erecta, 2 ee pendula. oa linearis, subteres, 3- pollicaris, 
°o 
perfectum, lineare, 2-pollicare, sabiticee 4 Vv. pamper, apice coma 
densa brevique sq appendiculatum ; testa soeseingsis | albumen 
The fruit and wea of this plant are exceptional in the order, but the 
corolla, stamens, and style are very nearly those of Gelsemium, only 
shorter —G. BeNnTHAM. 
Fig. 1. Flower. Corolla cut open, showing the stamens and pistil. 3. Pistil. 
4. ores, papuutindl section, 5. Capsule and seed. 
