Plate 2549. 



CACOUCIA PLATYPTERA, Welw. 



COMBRETACE.K. 



C. platyptera, Welw. in Trans. Linn. tioc. xxvii. p. 24 ; C. spten 

 denti similis sed floribus multo minoribus pedicellis brevioribus bracteis 



minus conspicuis differt. 



Frutex scandens, 10-25 ped. altus, rain u lis robustis primum 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia brevissime petiolata, vix coriacea, 

 praeter petiolum glabra, ovato-oblonga, 3-6 poll, longa, abrupte 

 obtuseque acuminata, basi leviter oblique cordata, venis priwariis 

 lateralibus utrinque 6-7. Flares cum staminibus exsertis 1 J H Kn. 

 longi, racemosi ; racemi laterales vel terminates, 6-12 poll, longi, 

 atque flores pedicellique pubescentes ; pedicelli brevissimi ; bractea* 

 foliaceas, crassse, ovatae, aurantiaca?. Calyx ut in C. splendente. 

 Fetala ovata. Fructus orbicularis, glaber, pentapterus, \\ poll* 

 diametro. C. bracteata, Laws, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afn ii. p, 434, 

 partim. 



West Tropical Africa : Fernando Po, Barter, '2057 j Mann s 158 ; 



Kalbreyer, 42; Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 1752. 



This may perhaps be connected by intermediate forms with 

 C splendens, of which the fruit is unknown. Should this be so, 

 Welwitsch's name, which antedates Lawson's composite species by 

 two years, will be the one to retain. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a section of the lower part of tbe calyx and the ovary; 2, a petal; 

 3, anthers; 4, a fruit. Ml except 4 enlarged. 



