Plate 2338. 



ICACINA MACEOCAEPA, Oliv. 



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Olacine-E. Tribe Icacine.e. 



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foliiferls stellato - pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo- 

 ellipticis sa^pius breviter obtusiuscule apiculatis integris pcnniveniis 

 costa plus minus stellato-pubescente nervis primariis utrinque 6-8 

 venisque subtus promiueutibus supra glabris, floribus parvis sessilibus 

 fasciculatim congestis in paniculis nimosis ferrugineo-pubescentibus 

 cum ramulis divaricatis dispositis, calvcis cupuliformis lobis deltoideis, 

 Fetalis glabris iiitus baud carinatis' crassiusculis, filaraentis Imeari- 

 subulatfs apice attenuatis glabris, antheris late ellipticis utrinque 

 emargiuatis, ovario dense hirsute, ovulis geminatis pendulis leviter 

 mjequalibiis, stylo recto glabro ovario subasquilongo, stigmata capitato, 

 fructu ellipsoidco, pericarpio crasso endocarpio tenui lignescente, semme 

 s^litario, albumine copioso carnoso, embryonis radicula snpera 

 frevissima obtusa, cotyledonibus tenuiter foliaceis undulato-plicatis 

 albumine Lrevioribus, plunmla conspicua. Lavigeria macrocarpa, 

 Pierre, Flor. Forent. d,>. la Cochinchhie (Olacinees), Fasc. xvu. (IbJ^^- 



Hab. W. Tropical Africa, Fernando Po, Mann (No. 43); Libreville, 

 Gaboon, Klalao.. 



6-10 poll, longa, 3-4^ poll, lata, costa nervisqu« P--"— 



^ubtus exceptis glabra v. parce stell.-ito-pubesceutia ; petiolus ^ _^ pou. 



l;ngus. Pamcnlrr lasc intrioata^ 5-G poll, long^ atqne latie. Frudu^ 



2-2| poll, longus, 1 L_2 poll. diam. pericarpio \ poll crasso. kemen 



2 - poll, longum, raphr conspicua. 



M. Pierre, who hag received the same, or a closely allied, spex-ies 

 f om the Congo, of the fruit of which he has favoured me with a care - 

 \ and elaborate analysis, has published this plant as «ieri 

 f^l distinct from the original Icacina (I. smeyakrms) fjj^''''^- 



^''om the great difference in the fruit, as well as '^^^^^f ^^''^^ S^^'of 

 I thmk there may be adequate ground for this. The o^j^ J^^^f^^^^^ 

 foyers in the Ke'w TIerbarium h detached. Mr. Mann d sorites h« 

 ^t««^ as extending 80 feet, at a height of 8 or 10 feet above the gound^ 

 Tl;e flow-ering branches of I. .rn/gaJensis, Jugs '■^"^^^^f^^ -^ nVme 

 ^f 't of thote of the Icaco (CIn-ysolalanns caco I;)' ^J^^^^^^^^^e 

 "??est.d /c«c^«« adopted by Ju.ssleu. In tins plant the petal^a^ 

 'o\';^;«-'^ii-«ute externally and barbate within near the base. 



3 ^^' 1. I^'Kl nnd remains of t^o flowers with calyx and ovary. 2. _^et^. 

 J- 'r^t'inien. b;K-k Htul frout. 4. UppHr portion of f^''^' ^f'^TaU enlaracd. 

 "• ^^'^^^ 7. Same in loncituaiiml section. ExxqUing fruit and seed, alt ^ 



