ICONES PLANTARUM. 53 
Prater 1066. 
APHANOCALYX CYNOMETROIDES, Oliv. 
LEGUMINOS, § CHSALPINIER. 
Aphanocalyx, Oliv. gen. nov.—Calyz obsoletus v. ad dentes minutos 
reductus. Petalum 1 posticum, bracteolas superans, obovato-cuneatum ; peta 
lateralia et postica obsoleta v. interdum petalum 1 laterale posticum sub- 
gequans v. eodem brevius. Stamina 10, omnia antherifera ; filamenta filiformia, 
glabra, libera v. basi leviter coalita ; antheree parve, late ellipticee, versatiles, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentes Ovarium dense pilosum, breviter ead: 
biovulatum ; stylus filiformis ; stigma terminale capitatum. Legumen... ~— 
Arbor inermis, inflorescentia excepta glabra; foliola unijuga, coriacea, 2-3- 
nervosa. Flores in racemis brevibus azillaribus congesti. Bracter ae 
decidua; bracteole alabastrum bivalvatim includentes mucronulate, per a 
thesin persistentes. 
A. cynometroides, Oliv. sp. unica. 
Has. Mount ney Kongui river, West Tropical Africa. pith in 
September, G. Man 
Arbor rg eal (fide ae Vai foliiferis teretibus cars cortice 
cinerascente obductis. Foliola wu a, coriacea, nitida, glabra, oblique semi- 
elliptica v. obovato- colonia teviter eeniirinats, erie duobus et nervo tertio 
exteriore evanescenti longitudinaliter percursa, 23-34 poll. longa, 1-17 poll. 
lata ; petiolus crassiusculus, 4 poll. v. brevior, petioluli 0. Racemi densifiori, : 
axillares et terminales, sliar v. fasciculati ti, 1-14 poll. longi. Bractee late 
rotundato-ovatee, obtuse v. apiculate, subscariose, longitudinaliter nervose, 
2 lin. longe. Pedicelli 12 lin. longi. Bracteole ad a apicem pedicelli in 
sertee, late ovato-ellipticze, mucronate, extus strigoso-pilose, 2 lin. longs. 
Petalum perce rotundatum v. obovatum, basi subcuneatum, bracteolas 
paullulum superans 
The relations of the few hitherto discovered Cesalpiniee in which the calyx 
is obsolete or nearly so, and the buds enclosed between valvate bracteoles are 
not yet well made out, nor indeed likely to be until more material be forth- 
coming. In habit our plant i is torah like a Cynometra, in which genus 
it had been sorted away in the e m.—D, OLIVER. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil and meas bracteoles. 
r. 3, 4. Petals. 5. Stamen. 6. 
Ovary, vertical section :—all mag 
