8 IC05ES PLANTAEUM. 



Titrinque^ hirto-p-abescentibtis, breriter petiolatis, stipnlis late ovata--' 

 rotundatis abrupte apiculatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis peduncu- 

 lutis hirtis citrino-flayidis plus minus decurds, caljcis lobis oblono-o- 

 lanceolatis obtusinsculia tubo paullo longioribas, corollte lobis oYato- 

 lanceolatis acutis intus glabris apice appendice subdorsali brevissima 

 Bubulata hirta apiculatis. 



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Hab, Delagoa Baj, J, /. Monteiro. 



Rmmili ultimi s^pe oppositi patentim divaricati, rigidiuscnli. oranilpa. 



Folia ^-1 poll, longa ^|poU. lata ; petiolus 1 lin. longtis. ^ 



poll, longi ; calyx ^ poll, longus ; pedunculi 2-3 lin. longx. Anthene 

 ore tubi corollse insertse sabsessiles, oblongo-lineares. Ovarium S-locn- 

 lare ; stylus brevitur exsertus ; stigma cylindraceo-calyptriforme 

 apice obtusi 5.1obulatum et basi intvusum.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Floorer. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Ovary, transverse section. 4. Stigma 

 (whicli should not be distinctly suicate). 



Flares 1^1^ 



Plate 1209- 



SCYTANTHIJS IiAUBIPOLIUS, T. Anders 



AcANTHACE.1;, Tribe Justicie^/ 



Hoolc 



S. laurifolius, T. Anders, Ix., species unica. 



^ Hab. West tropical Africa, Old Calabar, Gaboon and Cameroons 

 rivers, G. Mann. 



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Fridex, ad ft. Calabar 4-5 pedalis, ad fl. Cameroon 8-12-pedali3 

 (G. Mami), undique glaberriraus. Folia ovali-elliptica, apice breviter 

 et abnipte acmulnata, basi supra petiolum rotundata y. cuneata, cori- 

 acea, nitida, cujnsve paris valde inaequalia, majoro 3-5-pollicari, altero 

 duplo triplove minore proportione latiore ovato v. interdum sub- 

 cordato. Bacemus simplex, terminalis v. mox oppositifollus t. pseudo- 

 axillaris, demum 6-10-pollicaris. Bractece minima;. Mores secus rbacbin 

 sparsi, brevissime pedicellati. Calyx late campanulatus, apertns 

 vix hnea longior, lobis 5 triangularibns. Corolla rubra, tubo a basi 

 postice subgibba declinato fere cylindraceo 3^ lin. longo; limbus 

 S-lobus, sub-2-labiatus, lobis rotundatis, 2 posticis brevioribus anticoque 

 longiore eestivatione extimis, lateralibus antico parum brevioribus ses- 

 tzvatione mtimis. Siamina 4, didjnaiua, infra medium tubum affixa, 

 inclusa, filamentis iufeme crass iuscnlis villosulis ; anthers oblongse, 

 2.1ocnlares, loculis parallels discretis aequalibus muticis : staminodium 



