rCONES PLANTAIN UM. ' 5Q 



Plate 1276. 



KICKXIA AFRICANA, Benth. 





Apocynace.e, Tribe EcHixiDEiE. 



K. afrieana, Benth. sp. n., cymis densis multJflorls, pedicellls brevi- 

 bus, glanduHs calycinis in squamellas snbconnatia, antheris dorso non 

 mcrassatis. 



Hab. West Tropical Africa, Bagroo river and Fernando Po, Mann, 

 n. 81 7 ; Bonny, Kalbreyer, 



Arhor 15-20-pedalis, cortice pallide maculate. Folia breviter petiolata, 

 ovata V. oblonga, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi rotnndata v. an- 

 gnstata, coHacea, nitidula, peimivenia, venis primariis utrlnque 8-15 

 parallelis fere ad marginem extensis, rete -s^nularum inconspicua. 

 G7jmce axillares, pedunculo 1-4 lin, longo fnlt^e, ramosissimje, ramulis 

 pedicellisque 1-2 lin. longis. Cahjx vix 2 lin. longus, segmentis 

 obtusis ; glandulse interiores ad basin caljcis oo, plus minus per paria 

 V. plures connatae, CoroUce tubus breviter exsertus; limbi lacini^ 

 vix 4 lin. longse, Hneares, contorts?, in alabastro dextrorsnm obtegentes, 

 per ^anthesin patentes flavescentes. Stamina inclusa, filamentis 

 brevissimis pilosis. Discus bypogynus in squamellas 5 latas truncatas 

 crenatas partitus. Fructus foUiculi 2, 4-6-pollicares, coriacei. Semina 

 anguste fusiformia, subseraipolJicaria, in folh'cnlo reflexa, basi in 

 aristam filiformem fere sesquipoJiicarem longissime retrorsum sor- 

 dideque comosam, producta, Alhnme-n hand Copicsum. Cotyledones 

 contortuplicat^e. 



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Fig. 1. DJagram^ of the aestivation of the corolla in bud. 2, Flower expanded. 

 . Calyx-sfgmeiit, inner surface, shoving the glands at the base, which are, however. 



often more united than here shown. 4. Stamen, the lower compartments of the 

 ^ anther always without pollen. 5. Ovary and hypogynous disk. 6. Seed. 7. The 

 " same, transverse section. 



The previously known Javanese K. arhoixa BL has the same foliage, but the flowers 

 rer, 2| inches long on pedicels of 1 to I ^ inch. — G. Bentham. 



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are fewer 



TOL. ITL THIRD SERIES, 



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