Plate 2345. 



WRIGHTIA PARVIPLORA, Stapf, 



ApocYNACEiE. Tribe Echitide.e, 



W. parviflora, Stapf in Kew BidhL 1894, 121; frutex novelli« 



pubescentibus, foliis ovali-oblongis v. ellipticis subabrupte acuminatis 

 basi late cuneatis rotundatisve opacis subtus stepius puberulis, nervis 

 lateralibus sa3pe vix prominulis utrinque 7-8, petiolo ^'-^^^'' pvmi's 

 pubescentibus in paniculis terminalibus breviter peel 

 tractis, pedicellis gracilibus, bracteis parvis ovatis v. lanceolatis 

 deciduis, calycis segmentis ovato-rotundatis, corolla? puberula^ seg- 

 mentis oblongo-ellipticis tubo fere ^quilongis, in fauce finibi'iis 

 numerosis apice 2-3-fidis exsertis instructo 6-9 sub quoque lobo, folli- 

 cuJis elongatis utrinque angustatis longitudinaliter striatis glabri^s, 

 setrimibus linearibus testa costato-rugosa a basi ad apicem pilis 



brevi, cymis 

 pedunculatis con- 



mollibus gracilliniis elongatis induta, albumine tenui, embry 

 cotyledonibus convolutis radicula cylindrica longioribus. 



onis carnei 



Hab. W. Tropical Africa, near Lagos, Barter, Sir C. A. Moloney, 

 Rowland ; Yoruba Expedition, 3fiUson ; Eppah, Barter. 



Folia 21-5 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata ; petiolus H P^^'- long"^- 

 ^orolla aurantiaca, i poll. lata. Follicula omnino libera, H-22 poll, 

 ^onga. Semina i-f poll, longa. 



^ The seeds of Wriglitia are described in 'Gen. Plantarum' as 

 /^Pice . , , ecomosa, infeme coma decidua appendiculata.' The soft 

 'lairs are so easily separable from the testa tliat, from our dry speci- 

 mens, I am afraid to speak positively, but suspect that there may be 

 Jo marked difference between the seed-hairs as described m W.pa>.^- 

 i^^fO' and in the Indian W. tinctoria.—'D. Oliver. 



, %■ 1. Caljx Liid open, showing pisti). 2. Calyx segment and alternating R;lan<3p. 

 t CoroUa-tube laid open. 4. Trffid scale Jrom mouti of corolla-tube. 5. Autter. 

 ^ront and back views. All enlarged. 



