Vogeliane. N. O. Leguminose. 
TAB. DCCLXXXIV. 
LEUCOMPHALOS CAPPARIDEUS, Benth. ms. 
Cuar. Gen. Levcompuatos, nov. gen.—Calyx basi brac- 
teolis 2 stipatus, clausus, in valvas 2 (?) demum rum- 
pens. Petala 5, inequalia, in alabastro subsessilia, supe- 
rius (vexillare) late ellipticum, wstivatione lateralia leviter 
amplectens ; lateralia (alaria) subdimidiato-oblonga su- 
periore angustiora, margine antico induplicata, propter 
inferiora exteriora, inferiora (carinalia) lateralibus sub- 
conformia, margine antico altero alterum tegente, margini- 
bus posticis induplicatis. Stamina 10, ypogyna, sub- 
eequalia, libera, filamentis brevibus, antheris longis, lineari- 
bus, basifixis, loculis 2 rima introrsa dehiscentibus. 
arium stipitatum, in stylum eo subzqualem attenuatum, 
uniloculare, ad suturam ventralem biseriatim 6-ovu atum. 
Stigma oblique terminale, semilunatum. Legumen stipi- 
tatum, oblique semi-orbiculatum, subfalciforme, abortu 
monospermum, in valvas 2 dehiscens. Semen medio suture 
leguminis affixum, transverse oblongum, funiculo brevi, 
crassissimo, fungoso, papilloso, arillum valde incompletum 
sistente, testa crustacea, micropyle hilo admota. Cotyle- 
dones (ex icone rudi Vogeliana) semi-ellipsoidez, facie plana 
sibi invicem applicitee, commissura diametro seminis bre- 
viori respondente. Radicula...... : 
Frutex Africe trop occid., inflorescentia excepta, glaberrumus, 
ramis gracilibus. Folia alterna, unifoliolata, petiolo gracilt 
apice leviter subgeniculato sustensa, oblongo-elliptica, acumi- 
nat a, margine integro siccitate subundulata, reticulato-venosa, 
rigide chartacea, nitida, Stipule minute, triangulares, spha- 
celate, plereque caduce. Panicule terminalis interdum de- 
pauperate rami breves, racemiferi, fructiferi plus minus m- 
curvi, pilis Malpighiaceis cinerascentes. Bractee minul@, 
ovate, ad basim pedicellorum persistentes, bracteolis caly- 
Ng subconformes. Flores breviter pedicellati, mediocre’, 
a 
Leucomphalos capparideus, Benth. ms 
Has. In insula Fernando Po. Vogel, n. 264, in herb. Hook. 
Calyx et fructus Swartzie, stamina, folia et inflorescenti@ 
Pion ideoque genus inter Swartzieas collocandum 
Fig. 1. Calyx, leviter amplificatus. f. 2. Flos (incuria pictoris . 
male delineatus), f. 3. Stamen. f. 4. Ovarium. f/f. > Le- 
sumen, magnitud, naturali. 
