ICONES PLANTAKUM. 57 



obtusis tubo corollse duplo brevloribusj corolla 4-fida lobis obovatis 

 integris, staminibus exsertis antherls deinde recarvis. 



Hab. South Africa, Colesberg, near the Orange River, W. KnoheL 

 Frutex divaricatus, nt videtur ^-1-pedalis. FoUa 1-2 lin. longa. Flores 



diam. fere ^ poll. Capsula (immatura) exserta, ovoidea, retusa t. 



emarginata. 

 Very different in appearance from the old species, G. scoparioides, 



Turcz., with linear leaves and virgate habit, — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Lepidote squamae of leaves. 2. Bud. 3. Corolla laid open. 4-5, 

 Anther, back and front. 6, Pistil. 7. Transverse section of ovary, 8 Young fruit. 

 All mlarged. 



Plate 1473. 



NORTHEA SEYCHELLANA. 



Sapotacej:, 



Ifortliea, Eoolc. f. (gen. nov.). Calyx profunde 6-lobus, lobis 2- 

 seriatis, 3-4 exterioribus majoribus ovatis obtusis, 2-3 interioribus 

 trulliformibus. Corolla tubnloso-caiupanulata, 6-loba, lobis integns 

 imbiicatis obtusis brevissime uDguiculatis basi ntrinque appendiculis 

 mmutis laceris setiformibasve auctis. Stamina 6, lobis corollse opposita, 

 filamentis latinscnlis compressis apicibus recurvis; anthers) dorsifix®, 

 ovato-oblongse, obtusse, rimis lateralibus debiscentes ; staminodia 0. 

 Ovarium conico-ovoideam, angulatam, villosum, in stylnm elongatum 

 glabrura attenuatum, 6-loculare, stigmate punctiformi. Frutex magnns. 

 ^emina magna, oviformia, testa crasse Crustacea nitida, hilo maximo 

 deraso osseo ; embryo amygdalinus, exalbuminosus.— Arbor elata, 

 ramulis crassissimis nodosis. Folia breviter crasse petiolata, anguste 

 monga, oUusa v. retusa, crasse conacea, mpra nitida f His furcatis, suhtus 

 J^V^igine—tumcntella, casta crassa, nervis creherrimis teuuissimis horizon- 

 Mthus. Floras ad nodes ramulonim fasciculati, ehracieati et ebracteolati, 

 l^eviter pedicellati, unaaum pedicellis tomentelUs. Caly x_ crasse cortacens. 

 ^ovoWso lobi exserti, Semina magnitudine ovi gallinacei. 



K. seychellana, Hooh f. (species unica), Mimusops ? Horneana, 



name 



Hab. 



Home : Miss 



^yorth. Vernac name ' Capucin.' 



Arlor 60-80.pcdaHs, umbrosa, speciosa. BamuU crassitie pollicis 

 bomani, cortice fnsco-bmnneo tecti, nodosi, nodis situs florum et 

 tructuum indicantibus. Folia versus apices ramulorum mserta, pedalia 



^°^- V. THIRD SERIES. ^ 



