24 ICONES riANTARUM. 



iiiteriora duplo majora subacuta. AntJiercB oblongte. Stylus trifidus. 

 Drupce ^ poll, longfe, edules, perianthio persistente immutato stipataa, 

 saepins l-spermsa vertice truncatse nno latere rostratfe; non raro 

 symmetric£e 2-8-lobat8e et -pyreiife. Pyrence ^ poll, locgae, endocarpio 

 crasso durissimo profunde sulcato^ testa membranacea, albumine 

 farlnaceo. 



Of tbis very remarkable species tbe Fiji specimens are in young 

 flower only, and tbe Samoan Island ones are in fruit only, and witbout 

 foliage ; I bave, bowever, no reason to doubt tbeir belonging to one 

 species, as -was concluded by Mr. Bentbara and myself when the 

 genus ^Yas worked up for the ' Genera Plantar am.' — J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Very young stamens. 3. A stamen, 4. Style. 5. Drupe, 

 6. Seed. All enlarged. 



Plate 1430. 



KENEALMIA AFRICANA, Benth. 



SCITAMIN E.5:, Tribe ZlNGIBEREiE. 



R. aMcana, Benth. MSB., {sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, foli*is peda]ibu9 



elhptico-lanceolatis oblanceolatisve acnminalis basi in petioluni supra 



vaginam angustatis nervis numerosis, racemis e rbizomate robusto 



annukto infra folia ortis laxe vagiuatis simpbcibas v. subramosis, 



vagmis cjlindraceis oblongis obtusis sublnflatis, floribus pedicellatis 



bracteatis bracfceis spathaceis, ovario oblongo obtuse 3-gono, calyce 



mfundibulan ovario aeqnilongo ore trnncato, corollse 2-labiata3 tnbo 



caljce triple longiore, labio superiore (v. lobo postico) obloueo, in- 



fenore orbiculan multo latiore basi cordato, staminodiis 2 denti- 

 tormibus. 



H ^Ti'^r^'n T'°Pir^^ ^^""^^ ' ^«^'^^«do Po (18G0), and Corisco 



Ba.y (1862), Gustav Mann, _ 



Herba 4-peda\is. Bhizoma breve v. elongatum, crassitie digit! 



so'^rnm ';rtr ^' ^^'T^^' '^^^"^^^^^^^^^ ^asibn.s foliorum defap- 

 sorTim annalatum. Foha firma, 2-4 poll, lata, cosfca oracili nervi 



tenuissimia, petiole 1-3-pollicari; vamna eloncraV^ ^..tl ■ t A 

 annculata Lacemt annulis rbizomatis inserti, 6-10 poll loniri 

 erecti V. adscendentes, pedunculati, pedunculo crassitie penn^^ an-iS 

 bracrea^ spatbace^. pollicares v. breviores. distantos braetTflo^^^^^^^^ 

 1-B-floroe, ca^tens mmores ; pedicelli ^ poll, longi 0^^^^ cum 

 calyce f poll, longum. Corolke tubas roctn^ bn«i o... uvanum cam 

 dein subinflatus, cylindraceus; M^^\^J'^J:r^; 

 supenore ere<>to obtuso, inferiore doflexo uadulHto ^^^'^^^^' '^^"^ 



