Triclisia.'] iv. meni3Peiimace;E (oliveu). 49 



valvate sepals erect, recurved at the apex. Female flowers and fruit un- 

 known. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



2. T, subcordata, OUv. Extremities and younjr leafy shoots rusty- 

 pilose. Leaves rather coriaceous, 3-4| in. long, 2\-Z\ in. broad, on petiofes 

 of i-l-g- in., pilose at first, glabrescent ; nerves pilose beneath. Male fl. : im- 

 bricating sepals about 12, outer minute ; inner valvate sepals ovate-rotun- 

 date (in bud), very thick, concave. Fruit nearly sessile. Drupes closely 

 clustered, tomentose, the back convex, obscurely longitudinally ridged. 



"Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, and Nupc on the Niger, Barter ! 



3. T, coriacea, OUv. Branches pilose-pubescent with oppressed hairs, 

 at length glabrous. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above except some- 

 times the midrib ; nerves very prominent beneath, pilose-pubescent ; 2-3 in. 

 long, \^-2\ in. broad. Petioles \-\ in. Outer imbricate sepals 12. 

 Female flower and fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Matin ! 



4. T. ? patens, OUv. Extremities hoary with minute oppressed pu- 

 bescence. Leaves rather coriaceous, shortly acuminate or apiculate, usually 

 broadly cuneate at the base, glabrate ; nerves puberulous beneath ; 4-5 in. 

 long, 2-3 in. broad. Petioles 1-3 in. Male panicles from shoots of the 

 previous season, H-2 in. long, spreading, many-flowered, minutely pubes- 

 cent. Outer imbricate sepals about 6, three inner valvate sepals spreading 

 or recurved above. Filaments erect, slightly thickened at the apex ; anthers 

 apiculate with divergent cells. Female flower and fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann ! 



10. SYNCLISIA, Benth. in Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 36. 



Sepals 6, in 2 series, the 3 outer lanceolate or linear, 3 inner 2 or 3 times 

 as long, closely valvate or connate (according to Mr. Bentham), resembling 

 an urceolate corolla, the apices free. Petals 6 ? minute, orbicular. Male fl. : 

 Stamens 6 or 9 ; filaments rather thick or clavate, more or less coniiafe at 

 the base ; anthers ovoid, 2-locular, dehiscing widely, laterally and longitudi- 

 nally. Female flowers and fruit unknown.— A slender climber, with rather 

 rigid, scabrous, ovate-cordate, acuminate leaves, and axillary, pedicellate, 

 male flowers. 



The male flowers only being known, the position of this genua in the Order remains un- 

 certain. It is assigned, with doubt, to CocculecB by Mr. Bcnthara. 



1. S. scabrida, Miers hi Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3. xx. 171. A climber, 

 with slender flagelliform branches, at first pilose or sparsely pubescent. Leaves 

 rather rigid, cordate-ovate or cordate, acuminate, entire, with the nerves de- 

 pressed above prominent beneath, scabrous or sparsely hispid, at length 

 somewhat shining above, more or less shortly hispid below, 2-4 in. long, 

 U-2 in. broad, on pilose petioles of i-1 in. to which the blade is attached 

 at a sharp angle. Male flowers about 3 lines long, axillary, solitary nr in 



