80 III. ANONACEiE (oliveb). [Xylopia. 



Sepals connate more than halfway, forming a cupulate, 



broadly-toothed calyx. Buds 1^-2 iu. Leaves 4-6 in. 3. X. cethiopica. 

 Sepals connate halfway or less, or nearly free, broadly ovate- 

 triangular. 

 Leaves rather obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 1^-3 in. Outer petals i iu. long or less. Fruit-carpels 



sessile or subsessile 4. X. parvijlora. 



Leaves acuminate, 3-5 in. Outer petals about li in. long' 5. X. Thomsoni 

 Leaves elliptical or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, 1 \-2 iu. Outer 



petals f-1 in. Fruit-carpels shortly stipitate .... 6. X. odoratissima. 

 Flowers on slender pedicels, 3-6 lines long. Buds narrow acu- 

 minate. Carpels 3-6. Leaves 2-3 in . ?• X. acutiflora. 



Petals 3 (inner petals 0). Sepals lanceolate, spreading, 4-5 lines 



long. Fruit-carpels very numerous, on long stipes 8. X. .'' polycarpa. 



1. X. africana^ Oliv. A much-branched, glabrous tree, attaining 30- 

 40 ft. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, elliptical or obovate-elliptical, cuspidate, 

 base cuneate more or less narrowed along the petiole, rather shining* "and re- 

 ticulated above, dull and reddish beneath, the lateral nerves scarcely more 

 prominent than the venation, usually 3-6 in. long^ 2-3 in. wide. Petiole 2- 

 3 lines. Flowers axillary, in fascicles of 2 or 3, or solitary, on short, thick, 

 bracteate pedicels of 2-4 lines, or subsessile. ('alyx-lobes broadly ovate- 

 triangular, -about 2^ lines broad. Outer petals thick, broadly ovate, with 

 appressed silky-rusty hairs outside ; inner petals smaller, ovate, shortly acu- 

 minate, slightly narrowed at the base, keeled above. Carpels about 8 ; ovules 

 4-6 in one series. Styles hairy, closely packed, equalling the ovaries. Fniit- 

 carpels 1-2 in. long, oblong, 1- or few-seeded, smooth, glabrous, glaucous, 

 on stipes of 4-6 lines. — Melodorum africanum, Benth. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 

 477. 



Upper Guinea. St. Thomas's Island, Mann ! Dr. IFelicitsch ! Camaroons moun- 

 tain, 4000 ft., Mann ! 



2. X, rubescens, Oliv. A glabrous tree, or with the extremities ob- 

 soletely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptical, 6-8 in. long, 2^-3 

 in. broad (but very imperfect in our specimen), glabrous. Flowers reddish- 

 yellow. Outer petals linear-lanceolate, thick, triquetrous above from a con- 

 cave base ; inner petals very much shorter, equalling the concavity of the 

 outer, boat-shaped, sharply keeled, with cuneate claws. Carpels 8-10, su- 

 bulate ; stigmas tapering. Ovules 5-6, uniseriate. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson ! 



3. X. sethiopica, A. Rick. Fl. Cub. 53 {in note). A tree sometimes 

 measuring 30-60 ft. in height, the extremities glabrous or obsoletely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves oblong-elliptical, usually shortly acuminate, coriaceous, shining 

 above, with minute, appressed hairs scarcely perceptible to the eye beneath, 

 3-7 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad. Petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers axillary, sub- 

 sessile or on very short pedicels, long and narrow, greenish, obtuse in bud. 

 Outer petals narrow-linear, from a concave base ; inner very narrow, rather 

 shorter, triquetrous, acute. Inner anthers inserted upon a deciduous sheath 

 surrounding the ovaries. Carpels numerous ; ovules 7-8, Uniseriate. Fruit- 

 carpels narrow^, torulose, glabrous, usually under 2 in. in length, 2-3 lines 

 diam. — Unona athio^ica^iiMxi. Anon. 113. Uvaria ^//^foj^fca, Guill. et Perr. 



