ICONES PLA^^TAKUM. 53 



stylum brevera contractum, stigmate oblongo lateral!. Frudus (adhnc 



immatnrus) 3-quefcer, angiilis 2 lateralibns in alam crassiusculam cx- 



pansis, tertio autico minus prominente. Ovuhcm sub apico latcralitcr 

 affixum, pendulum. 



Fig. 1. riower in the axil of a bud. 2. Flower of wliieh three of the four seg- 

 ments arc removed showing the pistil, a^so a transverse section of the younfr fnnt. 

 3. Pistil, vertical section showing the ovule. 



The ripe fruit has not been observed, but it is probably indehiscent and not much 

 altered from the enlarged ovaries described. — G. Bbntham. 



Plates 1267-12G8. 



MAWNIOPHYTON APBICANUM, Muell Arq. 



EuPHOEBIACE^. 



M. africanum, Mueller {Argov.) in DG. Prod. xv. pt. 2, 720, foliis 



late ovatis cuspidatis integris vel palmatim 3-5-fidis lobis obovato- 



oblongis vel exterioribns oblique ovato-oblongis breviter acummatis, 



supra nervfs exceptis demuin glabratis, subtus pra3cipue in nervis 



liirsutis, paniculis axillaribus racemifomiibus foliis snperantibus plaS 



minus liirsutis, corolla fl. ^ campanulata stamina subcequante ore un- 

 dulato. 



Jf 



Hab. Prince's Island and Old Calabar, W, Tropical Africa, G 



17171 f MoTlbTlffn Innrl /'"NTr. Ql 01 ^.^«1 ^ D.- ,<*V7. ii'z>;., /,;..//> f 



3581). Di\ Schwemfi 

 ^1 poll. lonsra 4-10 nolL lata : petioli 3-6 poll, lonsri. Paru- 



friB 



) 



PeJicelli (fl. $ ) breves caljce vix longiores. 



I think the Angolan species distiuguislied by Dr. Mueller (1. c 

 doubtfully distinct from M. africanttm. — D. Oliver. 



Plate 1267. — Fig. 1. Eeduced outline of palmatifid leaf. 2. Staminate flower. 

 3. Stamens, after removal of calyx and corolla. 



PuLTE 1268.— Fig. 1. Pistillate flower, after the fall of the petals. 



