ICONES PLANTARUM. 75 



inwards before they spread out elasticallj^, after which they aro longer than the 

 perianth. 2. Female head of fruits. 



This species differs much from the rest of the genus in inflorescence, as well as in 

 the female perianth. The small abortive leaves, which in many specimens are 

 opposite or nearly opposite to the perfect ones, were entirely wanting in the specimen 

 drawn, as in several others. — G. Bentham. 



Plate 1296. 



M^SOBOTHYA FLORIBUNDA, Benth 



EoPHORBiACEj;, Tribe Phyllaxthej:. 



r 



Msesobotrya, Benth,, gen. nov. Flores dioici, apetali. Fl. $ : Calyx 

 5-fidus, lobis leviter imbricatis. Disci glandulie 5 stamiaibus alternfe. 

 Stamina 5, lobis calycinis opposita, filamentis liberis ; antberaruni 

 loculi distinct! paralleli. Ovarii radimentum crasstim birtellum. Fl. ? _: 

 Calyx maris. Discus cnpulatus, integer. Ovarium 2-locnlaTe ; styli 

 brevissimi, crassiusculi, recurvo-patentes, bifidi. Ovula in loculis 



gemma 



(indehiscens ?), pericarpio 



coriaceo (in vivo carnosulo ?), loculo altero abortu vacuo altero mono- 

 spermo, Frufex (v. arbor ?). Folia altema, integerrima, peuniveuia. 

 Flares ntriusque sexus ad axillas racemosi. 



M. floribunda, SentJi., single s^ecies^ 



Hab, Tropical Africa, Niamniam and Monbuttu lands, Scliweinfurtli. 



Frtdex videtar elatior, glaber nisi pilis paucis brevibus ad in- 

 Bovationes pubescens. Folia alterna, petiolo i-li-polUcari fulta, 

 ovalia v. obovali-oblonga, apice rotundata v. breviter obtuseque acami- 

 nata 3-6-pollicaria, integerrima, novella membranacea, demum tenuiter 

 coriacea venis primariis distantibus, intra marginem arcnato-anasto- 

 mosantibus, venulis transversis baud numerosis. Sti^ulce vix conspicuoe. 

 Bacemi masculi ad axillas fascicalati v. basi ramosi, l|-2i-pollicares, 

 rbacbi tenui glabra, floribus minimis brevissime pedicellatis dissite 

 trlomeratis, bracteis minimis ; foeminei ad axillas solitarii v._ gemim, 

 ver antbesin 1-2-pollicares, floribus parvis sessilibus numerosis at sab 

 quaque bractea solitariis ; fractiferi elongati, iuterdum_ folio vixbrevi- 

 ores Frudus late ovoideus v. fere globosus, 2^-3 Im. diametro, ex 

 Scbweinfurth purpureus. 



T- 1 M:.lpfln.rpr one lobe turned down showing tlie gknds alternating With the 

 *.»tu. 1 S "™ 3. rlale flo.or. 4. Ovary and disk, longitudinal .»uou. 



'• Sio'i^Srirp of genera .u-itcd hj BaiMon .i.h *,„■*»«., but re- 



VOL. Ill- THIRD SKRIES. 



