ICONES FLANTARUM. 13 
producto. Discus annularis, depressus. Ovarium a stylus filiformis, 
exsertus, stigmatis lobis 2 brevibus linearibus divaricatis ; ovula in loculis 
ee of ius gt facie cae carnose septo peltatim aflixee immersa. 
icsartiates Flores arvi, — 8, browter ae io et pedicellis 
basi bracteatis et interdum minute b villos 
E. Kirkii, Hook.f. sp. unica. 
Has. East ake ¥ ee shores of Cape Maclear, on Lake Nyassa, 
Dr. J. Kirk, October 
Frutex parvus, ramus teretibus dense tomentosis, nodis oe 
sips persistentibus minutis. Fodia pollicaria, brevissime petiolata, superne 
tus nivediteinret tata; nervis obscuris. Stipule rigidule. lores 
fasciculati, 3 poll. diam., pedicellis ealyce longioribus. Corol/a ut videtur 
alba, fauce barba sericea dense longe exserta insigni. Anthere corolle lobis 
ere eequilonge, glaberrime, loculis angustis 
A near ally of Tricalysia, Rich. ‘eee Meissn.), Diplospora, and other 
genera of the Gardenieg, with axillary inflorescence and ovules sunk in the 
fleshy placentas, ie apparently shat from all in the ecalyculate flowers 
or form of the anthers.—J. D. Hoo 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open. 38. Anther. 4. Vertical section of ovary :— 
all magnified. 
Pirate 1092. : 
LEPTACTINA MANNII, Hook. f. 
RUBIACEZ. 
Leptactina, Hook. f. gen. nov.—Flores hermaphroditi, basi non articu- 
lati. Calycis silos elon gato-obe s, angulatus v. sulcatus; limbi 5-par- 
titi lobi 5, erecti, magni, ; foliacei, basi intus setis crassiusculis appendiculati, 
persistentes. Corolla hypocra terimorpha, tubo valde elongato sericeo, fauce 
villosa ; lobi 5, patentes, anguste oblongi v. lanceolati, late contorti. Stamina 
5, fauci corolla inserta, inclusa ; ps ie orso medio inserte, sessiles, 
anguste sae utrinque subacute. Discus depressus v. tumidus. Chctiom 
2-locular e; stylus filiformis, stigmatibus linearibus liberis v. connatis sub- 
acutis exsertis; ovula perplurima, foveolis placente septo adnate plus 
minusve immersa, peltata. Fructus ...—Frutices ramosi, glabri v. sparse 
pilosi, foliosi, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, majuscula v. ampla, breviter 
petiolata, elliptico-obovato-oblonga v. lanceolata, membranacea. Stipule con- 
spicue, intrapetiolares, basi connate, ample, erecta, v. recurve et quasi inflate. 
Flores conspicui, ad apices ramulorum fasciculati, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, 
albi ?, fasciculis sessilibus v. stipitatis. 
