ICONES PLAXTARUM. 25 



obsoleti. Petala alba, late ovata, induplicato-valvata, apice inflexa, 

 costa dorso impressa intus prominente. Frucim (adliuc vix perfecte 

 maturas) oyatus, a dorso valde cotnpressns, setis sea papillls crassis 

 liyalinis pube brevi iiitermixtis obtectus, lineam fere longus, jugis 

 iiaconspicuis praeter lateralia qua3 margmem crassiusculam formaut. 

 Vesiculoe oleos96 globosjB v. oblongEe, dissit^e, juxta margines carpel- 

 lorum utrinque serie vertical! disposita3 (e vittis disruptis oriundro). 



The singular arrangement of tbe vesicles, which replace the vitte 

 in this little plant, as well as the peculiar habit and inflorescence, dis- 

 tinguish it as a genus from all other Umbellifera).— G. Bentham. 



Fi^. 1. Flower. 2. A petal, seen from inside. 3. Vertical section of one carpel, 

 showing the vesicles and the terminal stylopod. 4. Transverse section of the two 

 carpels, showing the position of one vesicle in each. 



Plate 1232. 



ONCIN"OTIS HIRTA, Oliv. 



Apocynace^, Tribe Euechitide^. 



V 



0. hirta, Oliv. sp. nova ; ramis teretibus pilis brevibus ramulosis 

 . subfurfuraceis einnamoneo-tomentellis, foliis obovato-oblongis ob- 



6-7 



s^pe longioribus sim 

 ruptis. 



Hab. Loango, West Tropical Africa, JS. Soijaiix. 



Folia breviter petlolata, 2-4^ poll, longa 1^-2^^ poll. lata. Bracteoi 

 minutoe, late ovata;, concavEe. Flores ^ poll, longi, subsessilea. Gahjx 

 tomentosus segmentis ovatis obtnsiusculis. Corolla lobis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis tube saba3quilongis patentibus recuryisve, fauce squamis breyibus 

 obtusis subexsertis instructa, tube intus ad insertionem staminum 

 pilis reflexis dense villoso basin versus glabro. AntUrm nudffi Imeares 

 aouminatse ; filamenta brevissima penicillata. _ Biscns lobis 5 ovano 

 birto brevioribus carnosulis ad medium coalitis. Frudus . . . . D. 



Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Expanded tlo^-er. 2. JEstivation. 3. Stamens and squamfe of the faux. 

 4. Anther. 5. Ovary and lobes of dihk. 6. Style and stigma. 



