ICONES PLANTARUM. ,3 



pedicellis ^ tomentosis, bracteati, hracteis cordiformibiis suhsessilibus 

 mucronatis srepius dejlexis. Calyx frudiferus 1-1^ poll. diam. 



C. madagascariensis, Oliver (Species umca), foliis cordatis basi sinu 

 profundo ore ssepe contracto apice longe acuminatis acumine 

 apicalato v. mucronato, pedicellis flora eubaequllongis patentibus 

 recurvisve. 



Hab. Madagascar, Dr.Lijall; Bev. B. Baron; 'outside of Ambo- 

 himanga Forest/ Central Madagascar, G. W. ParJcer. 



Folia 1-2 poll, longa; petiolus -^-f poll, longus, Bradece persis- 

 tentes, foliaceEe, ^-| longse, sessiles v. subsessiles, pilosala3 v. tomentosse. 

 Flares ^-^ poll, longi, tomentosi ; corolla extus tomentosa v. pilosula. 



D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Calyx at time.of floweriDg. 2. Corolla laid open, showing insertion of the 

 stamens. 3. Ovary and gynophore, 4. Vertical section of same. All enlarged. 



Plate 1404 



BEMBICIA AXILLARIS, OUv. 



SAMYDACEiE, § HOMALIE^, 



Sembicia^ Oliver^ gen.nov. Flores in capitulis axillaribus subsessilibns 

 turbinatis involacratis congesti, hermapbroditi. Calyx ovario adnatus, 

 tabo supra ovarium producto, ore dilatato in segmentis 7-8 petaloideis 

 "uniseriatis injBquilatis linearibus diviso. Petala 0. Discus annularis, 

 staminum basin cingens. Stamina indefinita, fauce caljcis inserts ; 

 filamenta filitbrmia ; antheree parvas, rotundatse, apice obtuse apiculatas, 

 dorslfixse, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum, 

 •uniloculare; styli 2 (v. 3) filiformes, elongati, inferne sericeo-pilosuli, 

 sfcigmatibus baud dilatatis ; ovula plurima, placentis 2 parietalibus 

 affixa, anatropa. Fnictus monospermus. Semen albuminosum ; embryo 

 axilis, albumine paullo brevior, radicula supera cotjledonibtA fere 

 aequilonga. — Arborescens v. arborea glahrata. Folia simplicia^ aJtema^ 

 serrata ; stipulis ohsoletis. Capifcula jiorifera scepius geminata tenia 

 folio multoties hreviora^ hracteis arete imhricatis coriaceis exieriorihus 

 vacuis hrevihus ovatis v. ovato-rotmidatis, interiorihus Jlores singillatim 

 amplect'eiitihus ; hracteoUs posticis hicarinatis. 



B. axillaris, Oliver (Species unica)^ foliis (forma a) oTato-ellipticis 

 leviter falcatis brevifcer obtuse apiculatis 2|-2f poll, longis (fviina jV) 



ovali-oblonms acuminatis falcatis* 



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