Plate 2329. 



PTYCHOPETALUM ANCEPS, OUv. 



OLACiNEiE. Tribe Olacej:. 



P. PEceps, OHv., Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 347, var. /?; frutex v. arluscula 

 paler, ramulis ultimis compressis angustissinie bialatis, foliis tdiuiter 

 foriaceis subsessilibus oblongo-ellipticis aciiminatis basi PfPflus plus 

 jninus rotundatis, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 6-7, raccmis 

 wnbus paucifloris axillaribus v. quasi terminalil)us, bracteis oblongo- 

 wncoolatis cymbiformibus pedicello duplo longioribus deciduis, alabastr - 

 j^utibus acuiniiiatis, calyce obsolete, petalis libeiis anguste lincan- 

 ^nceolatis acuminatis intus prope medium barbatis, staminibus c. ^, 

 J" per paria 2 singulatim petalis oppositis eisdem adnatis, ovano 

 'eviter sulcato fere ad apicem solido in stylura angustato, fructti 

 eilipsoidpo, semine solitario pericarpio tenuiter crustacco confonm 

 Jongitudinaliter sulcato transverse Jeviter areolato, albumine carnoso 

 embrj-one minute. 



Hab W. Trop. Africa, Eiver Bagroo, Mayin (No. 838); a speci- 

 •J^n collected at Grand Bassa by T. Vogel, the type of Miers 

 t 'l"''^''« ^'^(^eps >\ith leaves rounded and narrowly cordate at 



"^^. IS perhaps identical, but scarcely adequate for comparison, 



^oJ:,a 3-4 poll, longa, |-U poll. lata. BractefB 2-3 lin. 

 ^'■«« i poll, longi. Fructus J poll, longus. 



thp^''!P,*"'S that the ovary is gradually narrowed into the ^"^f^^^^^ 

 ;^ petals (and buds) are acuminate, the flowers are similar to hose 

 l>.()ut '^- ^^^^ paired adnate stamens are unequal in lengtn. 



%1. flower. 2. Petal and adnate stamens. 3. Pistil- Ml cnlaraed. 



ha.< 



longje 



