Puate 2265, 
SCOTTELLIA, Oliv. 
BIXINEd. 
Scottellia, Oliv. (nov. gen.). Sepala 5 — rele a 
mbiform 
subulata apice attenuata a anthera fer o lungiora; anthers ovato- 
elliptices basi bifid, connectivo latiusculo, locellis polliniferis margin- 
aliter dehiscentibus. Ova ium glabra ovoideo-ellipsoideum, basi 
di,—Arbu scula 15-20-pedalis, glabra. 
pe igre “apiculat basi late rotundata 
v. subcordata glabra coriacea venis is utringue 6-9 subtus cum 
costa prominentibus ; petiolus brev 18 pestis Flores in racemis 
azillaribus v. quasi terminalibus ppesh et "ohaolele puberulis folio 
longioribus dispositi; bractee minute caduc 
Folia late elliptica, — 
8. leonensis, Oliv. (sp. unica). 
Has, Collected on the Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, in the 
Samu Country, near Luseniya, G. F. Scott-Elliot. 
= 43-55 poll. longa, 25-3 poll. lata; petiolus qs-} poll. longus. 
aang 45-9 poll. longi. Flores 3-4 poll. 1, diam. ; pedicelli 3-3 poll. 
ongi, 
The generic name is contrived to ieee as euphoniously as 
. Sco 
may be the important botanical services of my d Mr. 
-French Mahon tit Commission 
ity of Naturalist, and who had previously 
arts of South Madagascar as well as the 
Soong Scottellia is clearly a close ally of my genus ot 
(Jo Linn. Soe.’ ix. in which the eo are indefinite. I 
placed 3 this latter genus in Tangiee, but it may prove aapelinat to 
constitute a distinct subdivision ~ Bizinee to featade Scottellia, , 
Dr. Baillo 
ier 
explored little-known 
epis, and Rawsonia. I observe, regaras 
not generically different from "Bowie (Dict. de Bot nique). 1 have 
not referred to stipules | in the weer ger I think they have oat the 
n none remain the 
been present, but in our sly specime 
scars are obsolete.—D. Ot! 
— petal, showing _ 
side view. 3. 
6. Transverse section 0 
Fig. 1. Flower laid open. Sam 
t view. 5. Pist 
adnate seale. 4. Anther, aoe and fron 
the ovary. ll enlarged. 
