PuaTE 2275. 
RHABDOSTIGMA KIRKII, Hook. f 
Rosracez. Tribe ALBERTER, 
- Kirkii, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. ii. 109; arbuscula glaberrima 
ramis tetragonis, foliis ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis obtusis vy. obtuse 
acutatis, basi in petiolum angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis nervis primariis 
lateralibus haud conspicuis utrinque 6-7, stipulis late deltoideis acutis 
Has. East Tropical Africa, Quiloa, Kirk (No. 105). 
Folia 3-4 poll. longa, 1}-1} poll. lata; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus. 
Stipule 4-} poll. longe atque late. Flores 3 poll. diam. 
The foliage and twigs dry a dark reddish- or purple-brown. _No 
Specimens of this plant have reached us since those originally received 
rom Dr., now Sir John, Kirk, twenty-five years ago. The ripe fruit 
is not known. I observe that M. Baillon in his ‘ Histoire des Plantes,’ 
vii. 431, reduces this genus to Galiniera. The ovules are solitary in 
our plant; the general facies is not that of Galiniera, and until the 
seeds are forthcoming, t of which is ruminated in 
Galiniera, I think Rhabdostigma should be maintained —D. Outver. 
Fig. 1. Bud, showing wstivation of corolla. 2. Ovary in longitudinal section and 
style. 8. Corolla laid open. 4. Anther. All enlarged. 
