Puate 1988. 
ENDODESMIA CALOPHYLLOIDES, Benth. 
Hypsricinez. Tribe Vismina. 
E. ee ae Benth. Gen. Plant. i. 166; arbuscula v. frute 
glaberrimus, foliis oppositis petiolatis coriaceis ovali- vel oblon ge 
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1bus, wstivatione contorto-imbricatis, carno v 10 coriaceis, 
oblique obovatis latere interiore reflexo, lobo o basi auriculato, 
phalangibus intu antheriferis, 5-polyandris, in ieee 
coloratum coalitis, antheris plus minus stipi m partem 
inclusis parvis ovatis apiculatis, gynceci sneha Sparse glabro, 
stylo elongato indiviso, ovario 1-loculare, ovulo solitario prope apicem 
Cavitatis inserto ulo, fructu oblique oblongo v. ovoideo, peri- 
ite West eae ABes Cameroon and Gaboon Rivers, - 
ann, 
fiamuli graciles teretes, novelli glaucescentes. Folia 21-3 poll. 
ot 2-3 poll. lata ; petiolns 3-1 poll. longus. Flores 2-2 poll. diam 
emen 7-8 lin. longum 
Of this very interesting monotype, peculiar to the Biafra region of 
the Gulf of Guin nea, it is r a serete hak Aint t no specimens have reached 
us since the splendid es of ae av Mann, some thirty years 
go. I leave the genus where it was first placed by Mr. Bentham, 
though in sa peated spe! gyncecium and solitary pendulous ovule 
it differs from any other member of the Order Hypericinese as yet 
own to us.—D. Oniver. 
Fig. 1. Petal. 2, comer 3. Phalange of same, from within. 4. Anther, 
tack a front. 5, Ovary. 6. Vertical section of same. 7. Longitudinal section of 
Bee arged, 
