Vogeliane. N. O. Napoleonee. 
TAB. DCCXCIX. DCCC. 
Napoteona VoGeutt, Hook. et Planch. 
Glaberrima, foliis lanceolato-ellipticis breviter et obtusiuscule 
cuspidatis basi acutis leviter repandis, glandulis 2 impressis 
supra basim folii margini lamine admotis v. contiguis 
_ punctiformibus, floribus axillaribus subsessilibus, corolla 
flava intus medio rubra, corone externe laciniis (70-75) 
linearibus liberis, interne 40-fide laciniis squaliter late 
linearibus integris, bacca depresso-globosa, seminibus intra 
loculos solitariis longe reniformibus vel geminis superpo- 
sitis brevioribus. 
Has. In Africa trop. occid. Cape Palmas. Vogel in herb. 
Hook. 
Species a N. imperiali et N. Heudelotii foliis minoribus, brevi- 
ellipticis, nec oblongis, et colore florum distinctissima. 
Folia 13-3 poll. longa, 15-20 lin. lata, petiolis haud crassis 1-2 
lin. longis. Corolla generis, obsolete 5-loba, lobulis flabel- 
latis, crispis, circiter 30. Corone exterioris laciniz corolla 
_ plus quam duplo breviores, flavescentes, interne flaves- 
centi-albidee lacinie sat profunde, uninerves, obtusiuscule. 
Anthere 10, lineari-oblonge, 1-loculares. Discus urceo- 
laris, crassus, margine leviter lobatus. Ovarii structuram 
internam in flore unico imperfecto rite observare non 
_ lieuit. Bacca corticosa magnitudine et facie fructus Punice 
Granatum, cortice extus rubescente punctulis albis crebre 
consperso; septis pulposis in speciminibus nostris exsic- 
catis et semi-collapsis et cum integumento seminum con- 
glutinatis. Semina majora a basi ad apicem loculi extensa. 
2 The want of space prevents any discussion upon the affi- 
‘ities of this truly singular genus. I will state only its rela- 
tion to Gustavia among Lecythidee, and to Luffa or Telfatria 
= among Cucurbitacee, as a striking proof of the affinity already 
_ admitted between these two natural Orders. : 
_ Fig. 1. Flower; nat, size. f. 2. Internal part of the flower 
Cut and magnified. f.3. Stigma, magnified. f.4. Fruit, 
mat. size, f.5. The same, vertically cut. f. 6. The same, 
‘transyersely cut. f.7. Embryo. Planchon. 
