Plate 2568. 



CARPODINUS DTTLCIS, Sabine. 



Apocynace&l 



C. dulcis, Sabiyie in Trans. Hort. Soc, v. p. 455 ; a C. parviflora, 

 Stapf, foliis obscure acuminatis vel aeutis vel obtusis et cymis plenum jur 

 plurifloris differ t. 



Frutex ope cirrorum longorum terminalium vel pseudo-axillarium 

 scandens ; rami primo tenuiter fulvo-hirsuti, mox glabrescentes, cortice 

 tandem griseo vel brunneo, lenticellis paucis inconspicuis. Folia 

 oblonga, 3-4^ poll, longa, H-2 poll, lata, basi rotundata, obscure acumi- 

 nata, obtusa vel rarius acuta, coriacea, prirno fulvo hirsuta. mox gla- 

 brata, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7, subtus proininentibus, 

 supra subimpressis ; petiolus 2-2| lin. longus. Cymce axillares, sub- 

 sessiles, contracts, tenuiter fulvo-hirsuta 1 , pauci- vel 1-florse ; bractea» 

 plerumque 4 sub unoquoque flore, oblongs, interiores minores calyci 

 appressse, fulvo-hirsutre. Calycis tegmenta sublibera, ovata, subacuta, 

 ciliolata, H lin. longa. Corollce tubus 3-4 lin. longus, sub fauce dila- 

 tatus, subglaber ; lacnme lanceolate, tubum sequantes. Ovarium 

 superne fulvo-hirsutum. Fructus globosus, apiculatus ; semina circiter 

 12, 3 lin. longa. 



"West Tropical Africa: Senegambia, Hetuielot] Sierra Leone, 

 Freetown, Martello Tower Hill, G\ Don ; Bunce Island, in the Lower 

 Sierra Leone River, Kirtc ; all over the inland country to the head- 

 waters of the Niger, and common on the laterite plateau, Scott Elliot, 

 4249, 4275a, 4294, 5091, 512*. 



According to G. Don, the fruit resembles a lime in size and appear- 

 ance, and is eaten by the natives, who know it by the name of ' sweet' 

 Pishamin, in contradistinction to the ' sour ' Pishamin, which is Car- 

 podinus acida, a very obscure species, of which there is no authentic 

 specimen in existence. 



Carpodinifs is distinguished from Landolphia in Bent ham and 

 Hooker's Genera Plantarum by the position of the stamens, which 

 are said to be inserted near the base of the tube in Laudol/Jtia, and 

 near the mouth of the tube in Carpodinus ; by the presence of a horny 



