108 XII. viOLABiE^ (olivek). [Alsodeia. 



I have not seen type-specimens of A. latifolia. The Sierra Leone plant resembles 

 Thonars' figure, though it would scarcely rank under his section of Alsodeia, " urceolus 

 cingulatus" 



3. A. ellipticay Oliv. A glabrous shrub. Leaves elliptical, rather 

 obtuse or emarginate ; base obtuse or subcordate, minutely or obsoletely ser- 

 rulate, glabrous, 1\-Z\ in. long, 1^-2 in. broad ; petioles 3-4 lines. Flowers 

 in very short pubescent racemes or axillary fascicles often clustered towards 

 the extremities, about \ in. long ; pedicels \ in. Sepals rotundate, ciliolate. 

 Petals olDlong-lanceolate, rather obtuse, 3-4 times as long as the sepals, not 

 at all or but slightly recurved above ; connective elongate-lanceolate, acute, 

 much produced beyond the cells. Young capsules globose or ovoid, 1- 

 seeded. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma river, 20 miles from the mouth, Dr, Kirk ! 



4. A. ardisiseflora, JFelw. mss. A small slender tree of 8 ft. Ex- 

 tremities pubescent, at length glabrate. Leaves submembranous, rather 

 small, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, often shortly narrowed to the obtu"se apex, 

 obtusely serrulate or denticulate-seiTate, glabrous above, at first thinly pubes- 

 cent beneath, l|-2-|- in. long, f-1^ in. broad ; petiole pubescent, 1-2 lines. 

 Flowers yellowish -white, in terminal and axillary spreading racemes 1-2 in. 

 long. Eedicels patent or ascending, |— ^ in. long, articulated near the base. 

 Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals oval-oblong, obtuse, recurved over the sepals. 

 Anthers exserted, with an ovate -lanceolate rather obtuse apiculate or mucro- 

 nate connective about twice the length of the anther-cells, sessile and inserted 

 slightly within the pilose-margined staminal tube; anterior-cells unappen- 

 daged. Placentas 1-ovulate. Young fruit globose. 



ItOT^er Guinea. Angola, prov. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



5. A« ilicifolia, Welw. in Linn. Trans, xxvii. t. 2.' (ined.). A glabrous 

 shrub or smaU tree, varying from 1 or 2 ft. to 12 ft. in height. Leaves 

 elongate, oval-oblong or narrowly elliptical, coriaceous, acute, base more or 

 less cuneate or rounded in the broader leaves, coarsely spinose-serrate, midrib 

 prominent beneath, shining above, 6-9 in. long, lT-2y (-3^) in. broad ; petiole 

 \-\\ in. Flowers yellow, in narrow, terminal, racemose, glabrous or nearly 

 glabrous panicles, 1-6 in. long; lateral branches ascending, mostly very 

 short or the recurved flowers in nearly sessile fascicles of 2 or 3-8. Sepals 

 ovate-elliptical obtuse glabrate. Petals obtuse. Staminal tube (in bud) not 

 produced beyond the insertion of the anthers. Anterior anther-cells with a 

 narrow oval entire or emarginate appendix, shorter than the obtuse dorsal 

 connective. Capsule coriaceous, about f in. long ; valves rugulose ; seeds 

 3-5 lines broad. 



liower Guinea. Angola, prov. Pungo Andongo and Ambaca, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 Specimens in bud, apparently of the same species, are in the herbarium of the Bntish 

 Museum, from Sierra Leone, Afzelius, and Cape Coast, Brass. 



6. A. cymulosa, Welw. mss. A shru^j of 2-3 ft., at the time of 

 flowering almost leafless according to Dr, Welwitsch. Extremities puberu- 

 lous or glabrate. Leaves membranous, oblanceolate or obovate acuminate, 

 base narrowed usually slightly cordate, crenulate-serrate, minutely puberulous 



