Plate 2427. 



AFROMENDONCIA PHYTOCRENOIDES, Gilg. 



AcANTiiACE^. Tribe Tiiunbergieje. 



A. pTiytocrenoides, Gilg in Engler^ JBoL Jahrh. xvii. 112 ; scandens, 

 \ ramis foliiferis novellis lairsuto-pilosis mox glabratis, foliis amplis sub- 



coriaceis petiolatis rotundatis v. late ellipticis breviter apiculatis basi 

 in foliis latioribus leviter cordatis supra glabratis subtus stellato- 

 hirsutis et in costa plus minus setuloso-pilosis, nervis lateralibus 

 incurvis utrinque 5-7, floribus axillaribus, fasciculis 2-4-floris petiolo 

 subsequilongis, bracteolis ovatis abrupte cuspidatis 3-5-nerviis extus 

 longe liirsuto-pilosis intus glabris, calyce brevissimo, corollae tubo 

 bracteolas subsequaute, limbo bilabiate tubo 3-4-plo breviore, lobis- 

 obovato-rotundatis. 



Had. W. Tropical Africa : River Muni, Mann (^To, 1S39). 



Frutex alte scandens (30 ped.^c?6 Mann), Folia tenuiter coriacea, 

 4-7 poll, longa, 3-4| poll, lata ; petiolus 1-1^ poll, longus. Fedicelli 

 3-6 lin. longi* BracUolcB |-1^ poll, longae, cum apiculo 2 lin. longo 

 terminatse. Corolla 1-1| poll, longa. Antherce 4 lin. longae, loculis 

 basi leviter inrequalibus. Discus crasse carnosus, ovario compressiusculo 

 1-loculari dimidio brevior. 



So very different in facies from A. lindaviana as to deserve a 

 separate plate. The flowers, moreover, are from the axils of attached 

 leaves. — D, Oliver, 



Fig. 1. Pistil, with disk and caljx. 2. Corolla kid open. 3. Anther- 4. Vertical 



section of ovary. All enlarged. 



