Euadenia.'] IX. capparidace^ (oliver). 91 



indefinite, imbedded in pulp.) — Glabrous, unarmed shrubs. Leaves trifolio- 

 late. Flowers in terminal corymbs or racemes. 



Allied in habit and ia the calyx to Cratcera, from which the appendix of the torus and 

 the number of stamens distinguish it. These characters ally it, on the other hand, to 

 Cadaba, but the calyx is very different. The genus is based upon the West African species, 

 of which I have unfortunately not seen ripe fruit. The bracketed characters apply to E. ? 

 Kirkii. 



Larger petals oval- or linear-spathulate. Stamens inserted upon the 

 torus or very shortly adherent to the base of the gynophore. Ovary 

 2-celled 1. ^. trifolioJaia. 



Larger petals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, crisped. Stamens adnate 



about two-thirds the length of the gynophore. Ovary l-celled . . 2. £". ? Kirkii. 



1. E. trifoliolata, Oliv. A leafy, glabrous shrub of 6-8 ft. or some- 

 times attaining 30 ft. Leaves 3-foliolate, on petioles often 6 in. long or 

 longer; leaflets membranous elliptical, the central one narrowed below, the 

 lateral more or less ovate-elliptical and oblique at the base, 3-6 in. long, 1-2^ 

 in. broad, petiolulate. Flowers in terminal racemes. Bracts subulate, early 

 deciduous. Sepals lanceolate, rather unequal. Larger petals oval- or linear- 

 spathulate, l-|--3 in. long, green at first. Fertile stamens .5 ; sterile or 2. 

 Ovary linear-oval, glabrous. The most advanced fruit which I have seen is 

 about ly in. long, on stipes of 1 in. — Strcentia trifoUata, Schum. et Thonn. 

 Guin. PI. 114. 



Upper Guinea. Forests, Abbeokuta, 5ar^<?r / Guinea, T^wwiw^. Camaroons moun- 

 tain (3000 ft) and Old Calabar river, Mann ! 



There is a leafless specimen in Herb. Kew from the Bagroo river (Mann), which may 

 belong to another species allied to the above. The flowers are in a short subumbellate ra- 

 ceme, on long, spreadiug or ascending pedicels, the larger petals about 3 in. 



2. E. ? Kirkii, Oliv. A bush or small tree, sometimes attaining 18 

 ft. Leaves 3-foliolate, glabrous; leaflets oval, attenuated to each end. 

 Flowers pale yellowish yellow-green or nearly white, in loose corymbs. Two 

 larger petals ovate-lanceolate or oval, undulate and crisped on the margin, 

 tapering above and below, with a distinct midrib. Appendix diverging from 

 the base of the gynophore, equalling or exceeding the sepals, apparently 

 divided above into 5 filiform segments, each bearing an oblong appendage. 

 Gynophore nearly twice as long as the larger petals, with the 7 filaments ad- 

 herent about two-thirds of its length. Ovary ovoid, l-celled, with indefinite 

 ovules in 2 multiovulate placentas. Fruit with a coriaceous pericarp ; the 

 upper part somewhat globose, too abruptly narrowed below to be pyriform, 

 many-seeded ; seeds i-y in. diam., globose-reniform, variously compressed. 

 Cotyledons large, fleshy, curved, radicle very short. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lupata, Br. Kirk. 



No specimens appear to have reached home, excepting.of the fruit. The general descrip- 

 tion is from a drawing and the notes of Dr. Kirk. It differs from the western species in the 

 adhesion of the filaments to about two-thirds of the length of the ijyriophore, in the 1 -celled 

 ovary, and ])robably in the fruit, judging from the indication afforded by a very vounK fruit 

 of E. trifoliolata in the Kew herbarium. It may prove the type of a nesv genus, though 

 1 think it would be premature to separate it at present. 



8. BOSCIA, Lam.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 108. 

 Sepals 4, free to the base or very nearly so, valvate ia aestivation, deci- 



