Plate 2432 



ACRIDOCAEPUS ORIENTALIS, Juss. 



Malpighiace.e. 



A. orientaliSj A. Juss. Monogr. Ifalpigh. 234 ; arbuscula, ramulis 

 nodosis novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis ovali- v, oblanceolato- 

 oblongis acutiuscuHs v. obtusis mucronulatis basi siepius cuneatis 

 junioribus tomentosis mox supra glabrescentibus petiolatis, racemis 

 rufo-tomentosis tempore florifero corymbosim contractis, bracteis 

 brevibus obovatis atque pedicellis calycibusque dense tomentosis, 

 sepalis ovatis v. ellipticis obtusis, petalis breviter unguiculatis late 

 ellipticis ovato- ellipticis v. rotundatis margine plus minus^ fimbriatis, 

 antherls oblongis obscure breviterque apiculatis, ovario hirsuto, 

 samaris evolutis sjepius solitariis oblique obovatis margine antico leviter 

 postico conspicue curvato venis prominulis flabellatim decurvis. 



Hab. Eastern Arabia : Mascat, Aucher-Eloy (No. 4294) ; at the 

 foot of the Dhofar Mountains, Be7it (No, 118). 



Folia 2|-3| poll, longa, 10-14 lin. lata j petiolus 3 Hn. longus. 



Mr. Bent's specimens precisely correspond to Jussieu's type specimen, 

 and as they are in ripe fruit as well as flower enable me to determine 

 that the Socotran plant identified with it by Professor Bayley Balfour 

 is specifically distinct ; a figure of the latter from Professor Balfour s 

 and Dr. Schweinfurth^s specimens is given in the following plate. 

 Ad. Jussieu, speaking of the sepals, says : 'una aut altera hi margine 

 glandula minuta ruhente impressa' Smaller glands are liable to be 

 concealed by the indumentum, but I do not find all the sepals with 

 basal glands. The fruit of A. orientalis was unknown to Ad. Jussieu. 

 D. Oliver, 



FiR. 1. Flower, the petals removed. 2. Petal. 3. Stameas. 4. Pistil, the ovary 

 in vertical section. All enlarged. 



