ICONES PLANTAKDM. G9 



Folia 3-5 poll, longa, 6-11 lin. lata ; petiolus 1-2 lin. longus. Stipulce 

 membranacesB lanceolata3 acummata3 erects petiolo longiores, 2-5 lin. 

 longfe. Flores coccinei, | poll, longi. AntlercB 4 obovate emargi- 

 nata). connectivo inter loculos membranaceo. Stigma insequaliter 



multifidum. . 



A very distinct species in foliage from those which I have previously 

 described ; sent us by the discoverer of the genus, Mr. White, who 

 describes the leaves as of a transparent vivid emerald green, setae pmk, 

 bracts white, and. flowers scarlet. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Staminate flower laid open, sIioTving inner perianth (corolla) 2. Stamens 

 of same. 3. Detached anther. 4. Pistillate flower, the perianth removed. 5. Multifid 

 stigma. Enlarged. 



Plate US8. 



HYMENODICTYON PARVIPOLIUM, Oliv. 



K 



RuBiACE^, Tribe CiNcnoNE^. 



n. parvifolium, OUv. (sp. nov.) ; ramuHs divaricatis ultimis horno- 

 tinis puberulis, foliis oblanceolato-ellipticis oblanceolatisve obtusis basi 

 in petiolum angustatis glabris tenuiter coriaceis, paniculis thyrsouleis 

 fm^;r,„i;i.„ — °iA:fl„ •„^„c„,-i;K.-.a flni-iVina breviter ncdicellatis, peann- 



terminal 



culis pedicellisquo puberulis, calycis limbo 5-G-partito scgmentis 

 lineari-subulatis ovario subbrevioribus, corolto tuboglabro superuo 

 abruptc dilatato breviter 5-G-dcntato lobis incrassatis mcurvis. 



Hab, 



WaTcpJleld. 



Folia 1-Upoll. longa, §-| poll, lata, vcnulis obsoletis; petiolus 

 H poll, longus. SW/ ovate decidua3. I^Zores congesti -^ pol L 

 longi. Capsula oblongo-cllipsoidca f poll, longa. Nomina ala reti- 

 culata circumdata. . ^ . , • .-u^ _ft,p- 



In this species the flowers are thyrsoid as in Privet; m the other . 



tropical African species they are spicate. — D. Olivee. 



T^ig. 1 . Flower. 2. Same. coroUa removed. 3. Corolla, laid open. 4. Vertical 

 section of ovary. 5. Seed. 



