42 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Bamuli tei'etcs nodosi. Folia 1^-2 poll, longa, basi rotundata v. 

 subcuneata, utrinque (in sicco) plus minus reticulatis ; petiolus 1-2 

 lin. Ion2:us/ Pedlcelli i-f poll, loncri ricridiusculi, Flores i doII. lati. 



poll, longi rigidiusculi, Flores ^ poll 



Of this singular plant . we only possess tlie flowering specimens 



collected in Malie bj Mr. Horne^ described by Mr. Baker in his Flora. 

 The fruit is unknown. — D, Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Expanded flower, 2. Before expansion. 3. LongituJiDal section of ovarj. 

 The ovules are geminate, inserted about tlie middle of the cell, one ascending, the 

 other pendulous. 



Plate 1253. 



VITIS SAECOCEPHALA, ScJiweinf. 



Ajjpelide^. 



-p 



y. sarcocephala, Sclmeinfurtli MSS. in Herh. — Scandens; ramis 

 stnatis parce lanatis deinde glabrescentibus, foliis digitatim 5-V-folio- 

 latis, foil oils ovali- v. oblanceolato-oblongia acuminatis dentato-scrratis 

 basi in petiolnlum angustatis, supra glabratis subtus pallide- v. ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosis v. adpresse pilosis, floribus S-meris dense capitatis 

 brevissime pedicellatis, pedicellis comprcssis lanatis perianthiis occul- 

 tatis ; capitulis pedunculatis solitariis subglobosis ; calyce lobato 

 lobi3_ deltoideo-rotundatis tenuibus lanatis, petalis OYato-ellipticis re- 

 curvis, ovario trnncato longitudinaliter sulcato glabro, stigmate sub- 

 sessili,^ baccis ellipsoideis, testa ossea faciebus lono-itudinaliter ex- 

 sculptis. * *^ , 



Hab. Tropical Africa, Djur-land (2042 : 2370), Dr. Sdnoemfurtli ! 



petioluh A_i poll, longi. Pedunculi cirrhiferi 2-5 poU. longi. Capitula 

 4-1 poll, diametro. Baccce i poll, longaj 1-2-spermaB. Semina com- 

 pressa, facie interiora profunde bisnlcata. — D. Oliter. 



Fig. 1. Flower, 2. Same after removal of petals and stamens. S F< rm of hour 

 testa m tranverse section, the upper bisulcate face being toward the axis 



