Xylopia.'] in. anonace^ (oliver). 81 



M. Seneg. 9. Habzelia cethiopica, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 31. Xylopia undu- 

 lata (Jruit only), P. de Beauv. Fl. 0\v. et Ben. i. t. 16. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur, Perrottet, Ingram ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 

 Dr. Daniell ! Eppah, oa the Niger, Barter ! Prince's Island and Nun river, Mann ! 



4. X. parviflora, Benlh. in Linn. Travis, xxiii. 479. A shrub attaining 

 20 ft. in liei2:lit, the extremities glabrous or at first minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, rather obtuse, often shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 rather coriaceous, sparsely pubescent or glabrate beneath, 1-^-3 in. long, 10- 

 15 lines broad. Flowers on very short pedicels or subsessile ; buds silky, 

 narrow-conical. Outer petals about \ in. long in our specimens ; inner 

 petals linear-subulate, from a slightly dilated, concave, cuneately-clawed base. 

 Carpels about 16 ; stigmas tipped with a few bristle-like hairs ; ovules 

 several. Fruit-carpels oblong, thick, subsessile, 1-1^ in. long, nearly ^ in. 

 diam., usually with several (1-6) transverse seeds. — Uvarla parvijlora, GuiJl. 

 et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 9. t. 3. Ccelocline parvijlora, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 33. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perrottet ; Niger, T. Vogel ! Bagroo 

 river, Mann ! 



Nearly allied to this plant or to X acutiflora must be Coilocline ? orypetala, A. DC. 

 Mem. Anon. 33 {Unona oxypetala, DC. Syst. Veg. i. 496), from Sierra Ltone, Afzelius. 

 It is described with the extremities rusty-pilose, with spreading hairs, glabrescent. Leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminate ; midrib beneath pubescent. Pedicels axillary, very short. Calyi- 

 lobes broad, obtuse. Petals linear, acuminate, equal, nearly 1 in. long. 



5. X. Thoxnsoni, Olivi. A tree, with pubescent twigs or sparsely pilose, 

 with spreading hairs. Leaves oval- or obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded 

 or cuneate at the base, thinly coriaceous, obsoletely silky-pubescent beneath, 

 4-5 in. long, 1-li in. broad. Petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers light yellow, 

 sessile or subsessile, in axillary fascicles of 2 or 3, or solitary, with small 

 scaly bracts. Petals narrow-linear, tapering from a slightly broader base. 

 Filaments of the innermost stamens connate around the carpels. Carpels 

 about 20 ; ovules about 10, uniseriate. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson ! 



6. X. odoratissima, Welw. mss. A small, much-branched tree of 

 10-15 ft. Extremities leafy, pubescent. Leaves rather small and coriaceous, 

 elliptical or oblong-elliptical, obtuse rounded sometimes minutely emarginate 

 or more rarely subacute ; base broadly rounded or obtuse or scarcely sub- 

 cordate, obsoletely pubescent, at length glabrate above, thinly pilose-pubes- 

 cent, especially on the midrib, beneath; 1^-2 in. long, f-l^ in. broad; pe- 

 tiole 1-3 lines. Flowers yellowish-white, extremely fragrant, in axillary 

 fascicles of 2 or 3 or solitary, on very short bracteat€ pedicels, rarely 2 lines 

 long or subsessile. Bracts minute, scale-like, deciduous. Buds elongate, 

 rather obtuse. Calyx 3-fid; lobes broadly ovate, triangular. Outer petals 

 elongate, at length |-1 in. ; inner rather shorter or nearly equalling the 

 outer, linear-subulate, triquetrous above. Inner stamens inserted upon a 

 raised, hollow, deciduous disk, surrounding the ovaries; connective truncate, 

 slightly dilated. Carpels about 10. Ovaries pilose; styles subulate, pro- 

 jecting considerably beyond the andrcecium ; ovules 4-6. Fruit-carpels 

 oblique, shortly stipitate, 1-few-seeded, marked with prominent, longitudinal, 

 forking nerves, glabrous ; stipes 2-3 lines. 



