Plate 2375. 



GALPINIA TRANSVAALICA, N. E. Br. 



Lythbace.e. 



G. transvaalica, N. E. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 346 ; arluscula 



glabra, ranmlis intricatis ultimis tetragonis, foliis oppositis y.suboppo- 

 sitis breviter petiolatis coriaceis ellipticis v. obovato-ellipticis oMusis 

 retusisve aplce stepe inflexis 'costa infra apicem subtus glandulitora 

 basi cuneatis rotundatisve, paniculis compactis multifloris termmali )U3 

 breviter pedunculatis, peclicellis calyce ssepius brevionbus, calyce giauio 

 campanulato basi hemisphserico vix ad medium 5-6-tido, segmeniis 

 deltoideis apice danduloso-apiculatis dentibus accessonis totulem 

 parvis conicis, petalis albis sinuLus insertis oblongo-lanceoktis men - 

 branaceis lonmtudinaliter unicostatis margine undulatis lobis cai} cnus 

 3-4-plo longioribus, staminibus isomeris exsertis petahs oppositis mea o 

 V. infra medium tubi calycis insertis, filamentis a^stivatione mtiex s 

 petala superantibus, antheris late rotundatis connective ^^tiuscu 

 dorse carnosulo loculis 2 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, oy*™^'"^^™ 

 turbinate glabro imperfecte biloculare, stylo gracile e^serto sti raa^ 

 terminale, Svulis indefinitis anatropis e basi loculorum adscendentibus. 



Hab. South Africa : Transvaal, French Bob's Hill, Barberton, 

 2600 feet alt., Ca/^^m (No. 889). 

 Arhuscula 15-peda!is. Folia l\-1\ poll, longa 10-15 ^^^}f^> 



tioli 1-2 lin. InLi Clnhjr. 1 1-2 lin. latus. Petala ^ Im. lon^a. 



petioli 1-2 lin. longi. Calyx \\ 



Brown peints out is^-;th the 



The affinity of this jAs^nl, as Mr. Brown points o"*'J^ J ^,^j to 



American genus Diplusodon\n ^vluch the ^'^^^^r^e.^^^Odpinia 

 the number of, and anteposed to, the petals In this ^espe ^ 

 agrees with Ithynclwcalyx (' Ic. PL' 2348), which, f''^'''^ ^,^^ 

 materially in the calyx and petals, and more especially m the 



and placentation. — D. Oliver. 



^. Fig. 1. Cnlyx. 2. Flowor laid open. 3. Stamen., ^%^^^f^^^^^^ ^'''' 

 tical section of ovary. 6. Traiiavtrse section of same. Alt c?iuui/ . 



4. Ver- 



