l/NO/ia.] III. ANONACE.^ (OLIVER). 35 



1 U. hirsuta, Benlk. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 469. A shriil) of 20 ft., tlie 

 CKn-emities and under- surface of the leaves, especially on the prominent raid- 

 rib and lateral nerves, rusty hirsute-pilose. Leaves ellii)tical- or obovate-ob- 

 loiig, obtuse or retuse, cordate at the base, glabrescent above, paler, glaucous 

 and more or less hairy beneath, with transverse, subparallel veins, 4-G in. 

 long, 2-3 in. broad. Petiole 2-6 lines. Peduncles lateral or subterminal, 

 firm, 1- or few-Howered, 1-2 in. long or much shorter, with 1 or more silky- 

 pilose linear-lanceolate bracts. Sepals broadly ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-6 

 lines long. Outer petals erect, obtusely pointed, shortly tomentose, 9-10 

 lines long, 6 lines broad, probably larger in fully-develo'ped flowers ; inner 

 petals much shorter, similar in form, erect, connivent at the base. Torus 

 plane. Carpels about 30, free, the ovary with appressed hairs ; stigma linear, 

 recurved, about equal in length to the ovary ; ovules 2, superposed. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



2. U. lucidula, Oliv, A shrub, sometimes tree-like, 6-10 ft., with 

 loose spreading branches or subscandent. Extremities obsoletely pubescent 

 or glabrate. Leaves obovate-elliptical or oblanceolate-oval, sharply acumi- 

 nate, rounded or obtuse (except in the narrow-leaved forms) at the base, 

 glabrous and more or less shining above, intensely glaucous with rather pro- 

 minent midrib and lateral veins beneath. Flowers in leaf-opposed or terminal 

 fascicles of 2-5, on slender bracteate pedicels of -^-1 in. Bracts small, lan- 

 ceolate or ovate. Sepals free, ovate-elliptical, scarcely acute, persistent, at 

 length oblong-ovate. Stamens scarcely exceeding 20-30. Carpels about 

 10-20, with pilose ovaries ; ovules 3 or 4. Fruit-carpels scarlet, cylindrical- 

 torulose, 1-4-seeded, on stipes of 1-2 lines. 



LiOiver Guinea. Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Angola. Br. TTelwitsch ! 



3. U. obovata, Benih. in Linn. Trans, xxiii. 469. A small tree, with 

 slender, divaricate, minutely-pubescent twigs. Leaves membranous, obovate 

 or obovate-oblong, obtuse rounded or broadly and obtusely pointed, base 

 cordate or subcordate ; with minute, scattered hairs above, sparsely and 

 shortly pilose-pubescent beneath, 2-|-5 in. long, 1^-3 in. broad. Petiole 2-4 

 lines. Peduncles slender, 1-flowered, usually leaf-opposed, 1-2 in. in length, 

 with a sessile orbicular or ovate-cordate amplexicaul bract near the base. 

 Sepals rotundate, obtuse, about 2 lines long and broad, spreading, pilose-to- 

 mentose externally. Outer petals greenish, spreading, ovate-rotundate, ob- 

 tuse, about 3 times as long as sepals, shortly tomentose externally ; inner 

 petals shorter. Torus slightly convex. Ovaries densely pilose ; stigma ver\' 

 short, glabrous, obtuse or truncate. Fruit-carpels several, 1-3-seeded in the 

 specimen seen, constricted or continuous, glabrous, rugulose when dry, with 

 stipes of about \ inch. 



Mozaxnb. Distr. Foot of Moraraballa, Zambesia, Dr. Kirk ! 



4. U. ferruginea, Oliv. A shrub usually more or less scandent, with 

 elongate lateral branches. Annual shoots rusty pilose-pubescent with short 

 spreading hairs. Leaves membranous, ovate-oblong or -elliptical, elliptical 

 or elongate-oblanceolate, apex rounded or slightly narrowed obtuse, base ob- 



