ICONES PLANTARUM, 77 
— lateraliter compressissimis basi valde dilatatis rectis ae doh hor- 
ia ad basin spinarum parva, decidua. Stipule minute, transverse. 
Flores in axillis foliorum siti, solitarii, gracile breviter pedicellati, ut dite 
enduli. 
P. Gri sp nee rast rip J. species unica.—Catesbaa phyllacantha, 
Griseb. Cat. Plant. Cub. 1 
Has. Cuba occid. in litore scsi Wright, n. 2655. 
Frutex glaberrimus, ramis ee ae rigidis uti spinis viridibus. 
pine eet opposite, ee ulare i lata cauli ten oe! adnate, 
3-3 poll. late, dimidium ultra internodii eequante Folia minima, 
squamulieformia. Stipule seeks membranacez, truncate, cit capil Flores 
$-4 poll. longi, in axilla folii ad basin spine orti, pedicellis 2 poll. longis 
gracilibas. Bac cea pendula, ovoidea, crassiuscula, Q- locularis, aon tenui, v. 
septo retracto 1-locularis, polysperma. Semina pallida. —J. 
Fig. 1. Flower with the corolla laid open. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Transverse 
sitinn of berry :—ad/ magnified. 
Pirate 1096. 
BRACKENRIDGEA ZANGUEBARICA, Oliv. 
OcHNACES. 
B. Zanguebarica, Oliv. sp. nov. ; ramosissima, glaberrima ; foliis ovali- 
v. oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis obtusiusculisve denticulis glanduligeris 
rulatis tenuiter coriaceis nitidis venulosis, floribus axillaribus pedicellatis 
seepius umbellatim se pedicellis gracilibus flore 4—6-plo longioribus, 
filamentis anthere equilon 
Has. Dar Salam, Zanzibar, November, 1869, Dr. Kirk. 
Folia 14-24 longa, 2—& poll. lata; petiolus 3-1 lin. Pedicelli capil- 
lares, 3 poll. lon 
B. nitida, A. Gia (Bot. Expl. Exped. i. 362. t. 42), of om Fijis, differs 
in its much ‘large er coriaceous entire leaves and longer filamen 
I regard Brackenridgea rather as a section of Gomphia ae 
genus. Ochna includes species Moe dehiscence of. the anthers of both 
Gomphia and Brackenridgea. The ovule (I have not seen ripe seed) of 
Zanguebarica is remarkably curved, as in the original beaten oc a 
far this form may obtain in = Gomphia 1 cannot sa ER 
Fig. 1. Expanded flower. 2. 8. Pistil. 4. Frait with but a single lobe 
matured, the sepals and remains of ‘ne persisting. ; 
