54 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Plate 1269. 



ENTESOSPERMUM LITTOBALE, IL'cnu 



"RuBiACEiE, Tribe Gardenie^. 



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E. littorale, Hiern. in Oliv, Fl. Tro^. Africa^ ili, 93 ; foliis obovato- 

 ellipticis V. oblanceolatis plus minus obtusis basi cuneatis corlaceis 

 glabris lucidisj venis secuudariis ssepius utrinque 4-5, stipulis coriacels 

 erecfcis ovato-oblongis deciduis, cymis terminalibus multifloris corym- 

 biformis folia baud saperantibus, pedunculis trichotomis compressis, 

 "calycis limbo obtuse dentate, corollfe tubo calyce 3-5pIo longiore, 

 fructu pisifprrai endocarpio crnstaceo, albumine profuiide ruminato. 



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Hab. Prov. of Zanzibar, Dr. Kirh ! Hildehrandt i 



Frutex G-12 pod. ramosus, glaber ; ramulis obtuse 4-goius. Folia 

 2-3^ poll, longa, 1-1| poll, lata; petiolis ^-| poll. Corolla lobis tubo 

 brevioribus oblongis v. eliipticis obtusis. Antherce subsessiles exscrta?. 

 Stylus longiuscule exsertus, indivisus^ aplcem versus leviter clavatus. 

 Fructus ^ poll, diam.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Vertical section of ovary, sho-^ing geminate ovules. 3. Seed. 

 4. Same in section showing embrjo and ruminated albumen. 6, Embr3'0 j^et more 

 enlarged. 



Plate 1270. 



LEPISTEMON AFRICANUM, Oli 



IV. 



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CoNVOLVULACEiE, Tribe Convolvule^, 



L. afrieanum, Oliver^ sp, nov.^ caule birto, fuliis cordifoTmis repando- 

 vel dentato-lobatis pilis brevibus subappressis hirtis, cymis unibelli- 

 formibus sessilibus Y. breviter pedunculatis 3-oo -floris, pedicellis flore 

 sjspe sequilongis, sepalis ovato-ellipticis acatiuscnlis dorso pilis longius- 

 culis laxishirsutis, sqiiamis corollte fornicatis concavis ovato-lanccolatis, 

 disco continuo ovario fere lequilongo, capsulis tarde dehiscentibus 

 ovoideis basi setosis apice obtusis, seminibus subglobosis, testa minute 

 reticulata. 



