6 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Herba gracilis, — aquatica, Myriophylli habitu, glaberrima, caule 
laxe ramoso, spithamza et ultra, ramulis 4-gonis. Folia verticillata, inferiora 
ubmersa in Le lurima, anguste linearia, fase superiora sensim 
in verticillo pauciora brevioraque, summa a, 4-6-na, onga, obtusa, 
errima, brevite ata. Flores in axillis foliorum superiorum sessiles 
v. breviter pedunculati, minuti, albi, pedicellis folio basi adnatis 2-bracteolatis, 
bracteolis — Calyx campanulatus, membranaceus, 4-gonus, 4-lobus, 
dentibus accessoriis 0. Petala 4, inter dentes calycis inserta, oblonga, obtusa. 
Stamina 4, pr calycis inserta, filamentis filiformibus ; antheree didyme 
Glandule hypogyne 8, liber v. per paria vy. varie connate, obtuse, ovaril 
basin cingentes. Ovarium parvum, calyce inclusum, oblongum, 2-sulcatum, 
2-loculare ; stylus breviusculus, superne dilatatus, stigmate capitato subdis- 
coideo, 4-lobo ; ovula parva, placentis heats versus loculorum septis adnatis 
inserta, adscendentia. Capsula minuta, membranacea, subglobosa, calyce 
cincta, 2-locularis sates -sperma. Semina suberecta, imbricata, obovoidea, 
plano-convexa, testa coriacea. 
Fig. 1. Whorl of upper seh and flowers. 2. Leaf and flower. 8. Flower laid ta 
4. Stamen. 5. Eyer glands. 6. Pistil. 7. Transverse section of the sa 
8. Immature seed. 
PLATE 1008. 
ALSODEIOPSIS MANNII, Oliv. 
OLACINES. 
A. Mannii, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 43. 
co; Mount John, Kongui river, West Tropical Africa (n. 1805), G 
Frutex 15-pedalis. Ramuli_tenues, teretiusculi, strigil a ebencen ies 
Folia tenuiter coriacea, obverse lanceolata v. oblanceolato-oblong: 
i angustata at obtusa, saga obscure undulata, supra An say Iucida venosa, 
infra secus costam mediam nervosque prominentes strigillosa, 5-9 poll. lon 
2-23 poll. lata; petiolus brevissimus, 1-2 lin. longus. Flores 
1¥ lin. longi, in cymas corymbosas axillares paucifloras breviter seer tae 
Fructus (exsice. ) pollicem longus, 4 poll. la us.—D. Our 
Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Ex xpanded flower. ts a. 4. Pistil. . Ve 
rti “ section of 
ovary. 6. Fruit. 7. Same laid open. Seed. 9. Vertical wali of sam . 
