ICONES PLANTARUM. 27 



Siiffriitex volubilis, alte scandens, lactescens, glaber, Folin oppo- 

 sita, longiuscule pctiolata, oblonga, acuta v. acute acuminata, 2-3-pol- 

 licaria, membranacca. Cymce'nd racemum simplicem reductso, in una 

 axilla paris pedunculatce, folio breviores, 4-6 floree, ebracteatiu. Pedi- 

 celli ^ poll. V. demum poUicem longi. Cahja's segmenta parva, obtusa. 

 Corolla expansa \ poll, diametro, albido-flarescens, alte 5-fida, lobis 

 lato-lanceolatis eestivatione valvatis. Corona exterior ad basin gynos- 

 tcgii brevis affixa, fere 5-partita, lobis late cuneatis truucatis deiitatis 

 supra basin corollas borizontallter expansis eaque 3-6-plo brevioribus; 

 interioris squamce oblongo-lineares erectce, dorso anthei^arum plus 

 minus adnate, apice incurro eas superantes, membranas termiuali 

 arete adpressce sed ab ea liberse. Stigma subglobosum, umbone parvo 

 Superatum. FolUcidi perfecti desunt, juniores post antliesiu parura 

 aucti ovoideo-oblongi, breviter acuminati. 



The genus PepZoma was established by Decaisn eon a single Brazilian 

 species with more ovate thicker leaves, smaller flowers, with the outer 

 corona less spreading and less deeply divided. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Corolla and gynoategium. 2. Gynostegiiim, vertical section, gho-vving the 

 stylo Avithin the staminal tube aud two of the lobes of the outer corona. 3. Two 

 spreading loLus of the outer corona and two erect narrow incurved lobes adnato to the 

 backs of the stamens. 4. Pair of pollen mosses. 



Plate 1235 



CRATEEISPERMUM LAUBIlftrM, BentJi. 



RuBlACEiE, Tribe VAXGUEEIEiE. 



Hool 



obovato-oblongis breviter apiculatis basi cuneatis tenuiter coriaceis 

 venulis ultirais subtus prominulis reticulatis, stipuhs subtrancatis basi 

 connatis, pedunculis axillaribns petiole longioribus multifloris, alabastris 

 glabris, corollee lobis intus pilosulis, stylo (in spp. nostris) incluso. 



iy. 499. 

 Hab. 



West Tropical Africa, Sierra Leone, T. Vogel and others ; 

 bia, Heiidelot : Ba^rroo River, G. Mann. 



Folia 



-I (-1) 

 •actese 



deltoidese brevissimas. Flores ^ poll, longi in cymis trichotomis sessiles. 



