Ahodeia.'] xii. vioLARlEiE (ohveTr). 107 



Flowers in termiDal panicles, racemose corymbose or pyramidal. 



Leaves strongly spinulose-serrate, 6-9 in 5. J. ilici/o/ia. 



Leaves not spinulose, serrate, crenulate, denticulate or nearly or 

 quite entire. Dorsal connective as broad or broader than 

 the cells of the anther. 

 Leaves H-2^ in., slightly cordate at base. Flowers in very 



small cymulose terminal clusters 6. J. cymulosa. 



Leaves 2^-8 in. 



Staminal tube not produced above the insertion of the anthers. 



Leaves rarely exceeding 3^-4 in., shortly and obtusely 



acuminate. Petioles ^-\ in. Anterior anther-cells 



obtuse or emarginate T. A. Jucupana. 



Leaves 5-8 in., cuspidate or acuminate. Petioles i-3 in. 



Anterior anther-cells obtuse or emarginate . . . . S. A. brackypetala. 

 Leaves 2^-5 in. Anterior anther-cells with 2-partite ap- 

 pendix 9. A.subintegrlfulia. 



Staminal tube more or less produced above the insertion of 

 the anthers. 

 Leaves rounded or subcordate at the base. Petioles ^-i 



in. Panicles corymbose. Sepals obtuse 10. -<^. castaneoides. 



Leaves acute or rather obtuse at the base. Petioles \ in. 

 or less. Panicles racemose or pyramidal. Sepals rather 



acute 11. .4. dentata. 



Leaves not cordate at the base. Petioles ^-2 in. Panicles 



usually corymbose or pyramidal. Sepals obtuse . . 12. A. Welwitschii. 

 Flowers fasciculate, from nodes on the old wood. Leaves very large 



(20-30 in. long) 13. A.l cauJijfora. 



1. A. caudata, Oliv. A glabrous shrub or the extremities obsoletely 

 pubescent. Leaves obovate-elliptical or oval, rather abruptly narrowed above 

 into a narrow acumen of about f in. ; base cuneate or more or less obtuse or 

 rounded; 4-5 in. long, acumen included, 1-lf in. broad; petiole l|-3 lines. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, or 2 or 3 together, on bracteate pedicels of 1-3 

 lines. Petals oblong, about three times as long as the sepals. Stamens 

 free ; anthers produced at the apex into a lanceolate, incurved, obtuse, deci- 

 duous appendix which, when it falls, exposes the produced acute inflexed tip 

 of the anterior cells. Ovary pubescent, 3-lobed, shorter than the subulate 

 filiform style into which it is narrowed. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, apiculate, 

 coriaceous, reticulated, glabrous, with 1 seed to each placenta. 



Upper Guinea. River Kongui, Mann ! 



I have had only imperfect flowers to examine. The stamens appear to be early deciduous, 

 the filaments falling away from a minute persistent 2-lobed pulvinus. 



2. A. latifolia? Tkouars ; DC. Prod. i. 313. A small tree, extre- 

 mities minutely pubescent. Leaves rather coriaceous, elliptical or oval, nar- 

 rowed to each end, shortly and obtusely or acutely acuminate, serrulate from 

 a little above the base or the middle, glabrous, about 3 in. long, 1} in. 

 broad ; petiole pubescent at first, 1-2 lines. Flowers in very short axillary 

 bracteate racemes or fascicles, on pedicels of 2-3 lines ; bracts much shorter 

 than the pedicels. Sepals oblong. Petals linear, rather narrowed below, re- 

 curved at the apex. Connective ovate, obtuse, exceeding the 2 -fid appendix 

 of the anterior cells. Ovary glabrous, pauciovulate. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Barter ! 



Very nearly allied to, if not identical with, a plant in the Kew Herbarium, collected iu the 

 island of Nissobe (near Madagascar) by Boivin. 



