542 Lxxxvi. LOGAXiACEiE (baker). [Anthocleista . 



12, linear, more than half as long as the tube. Cup of filaments very 

 short ; anthers ^ in. long. Fruit not seen. 



ZiO'virer Guinea. Guboon : Muiula ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 49 ! 



15. A. scandens, llook.f. in Jovrn. Linn. Soc. vi. 10. A woody 

 climber ; stems unarmed, oO-50 ft. long ; final internodes J in. long. 

 Leaves obovate-cuneate, o-4 in. long, narrowed into a short petiole 

 without any auricle. Cymes simple, 8-4:-flowered, shortly peduncled or 

 sessile in the axil of the upper pair of leaves. Calyx | in. long; outer 

 lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, widened at the middle : 

 lobes about \'2, oblong, more than half as long as the tube. Cup of 

 filaments very short; anthers \ in. long. Dried fruit oblong, li 

 in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 5000 ft., Mann, 623 ! 



JtODirer Guinea. Island of St. Tliomas : summit of JSt. Thomas Peak, Mann,. 

 1067! 



16. A. laxiflora. Baker in Kevj Bulletin, 1895, 99. A climbing 

 shrub; stems unarmed, terete, 15 ft. long; final internodes 1-H 

 in. long. Leaves oblong, cuneate at the base, acute, 5-6 in. long, 

 2 in. broad ; petiole very short, not auricled. Cymes short, compound, 

 lower branches subtended by large leaves. Calyx ^ in. long ; outer 

 lobes ovate. Corolla and stamens not seen. Dry truit globose, J.in. 

 in diam., apiculate with the persistent base of the style. 



J^o'wer Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Mount .lohn, by the River Kongui, 

 Mann, 1802 ! 



Imperfectly knoimi species. 



17. A, Scheffleri, GiUj ex Scheffler in Notizhl. K'Onigl. Bot. Gart. 

 Berlin, iii. 14;:j i^name only). 



IVIozamb. Sist. (xerniau Eiist Africa : Usambara, Scheffler. 



8. G^RTISTEBA, Lam. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 798. 



Calyx campannlate ; teeth 5, usually very short. Corolla-tube 

 funnel-shaped; lobes 5, oblong, valvate; stamens 5, inserted below the 

 throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform ; anther-cells parallel. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, with two linear stigmatose branches ; 

 ovules solitary, erect. Fruit small, globose, indehiscent, 2-celled ; 

 pericarp thin, fleshy. Seeds solitary, copiously albuminous ; embryo 

 minute, straight. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, feather-veined, 

 conspicuously stipulate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle with cjmose 

 branches. 



Species about 30, mostly East Indian and Mascarene. 

 Corolhi -j^ in. long. 



Panicle large, lax . ...... 1. G. paniculata. 



Panicle moderately large, lax ... 2. G. Dinklagei. 



