Alsodeia.'] xii. violarie.^; (oliver). 109 



beneath and on the midrib above, ghibrescent, 1-^-2^ in. lon^, j— H in. broad ; 

 petiole ^2 lines. Flowers whitish, more or less recurved, clustered or cymu- 

 lose in few-flowered panicles shorter than the terminal leaves, usually |-1 

 in. long and broad or terminating short lateral branches. Sepals obtuse. 

 Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse, apparently not recurved. Staminal tube very 

 shortly produced above the insertion of the anthers. Connective ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, as broad as the cells ; appendix of anterior anther-cells 

 linear or oval, entire or 2-partite. Fruit not seen. 



Ijo^er Guinea. Angola, prov. Zenza do Golungo, Dr. We/iciisch I (? Coneo 

 Smith !). 



7. A. Aucuparia, JVelw. mss. A shrub of 4-5 ft. or small tree 

 with an erect slender trunk, attaining 8-10 ft. Extremities glabrous. Leaves 

 firmly membranous, rather broadly oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate or obtuse, glabrous, narrowed to the acute or more or less obtuse but 

 not cordate base, serrulate or nearly entire, 2j-3j in. long, 1-lf in. broad 

 above the middle ; petioles 2-^6 lines. Flowers greenish-yellow, in small 

 cymulose clusters collected in terminal and lateral racemose panicles |-2 in. 

 long ; lateral branches of the panicles usually not exceeding 3 or 4 lines. 

 Pedicels shorter than or equalling the calyx. Sepals broadly ovate ciliolate. 

 Petals very obtuse, slightly recurved at the apex. Staminal tube very short 

 and not produced above the insertion of the anthers. Anterior anther- 

 cells pilose or glabrous, shortly produced, obtuse or emarginate. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola, prov. Pungo Aadongo, Dr. Weluntsch I 



8. A. brachypetala, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. xxxvi. 558. A shrub of 

 2-4 ft. ; the extremities pubescent or glabrate. Leaves obovate obovate- 

 clliptical or broadly oblanceolate, shortly acuminate or cuspidate, cuneate or 

 rather obtuse at the base, broadly crenate crenulate or subentire, gbibrous, 

 5-8 in. long, 2-3(-4) in. broad; petiole very various, i-H(-2^) in. 

 Flowers in short terminal racemes, or racemose usually pilose panicles of 1-3 

 in. Pedicels very short or flowers subsessile, often 3-5 together, on short 

 lateral branches (1-2 lines) of the panicle, usually more or less recurved. 

 Sepals ovate obtuse, pilose or glabrate. Staminal tube apparently not pro- 

 duced above the insertion of the anthers. Connective broad ovate obtuse ; 

 anterior cells scarcely or but shortly produced, minutely 2-fid or entire. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon, Mann ! 



Ifower Guinea. Congo, C. Smith! Burton! Angola, prov. Golungo Alto, Dr. 



Welwitsch ! 



9. A. subintegrifolia ? F. de Btauv. Fl. d'Otcar. ii. 11. t. GO (O- 



ranthera). A glabrous shrub or the extremities minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 broadly oval, ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, remotely dentate or nearly entire, cuneate or rounded at the base, 2 j-5 

 in. long, 1-2 in. broad ; petioles varying up to \-\ in., often much shorter. 

 Flowei-s yellow, in small terminal pyramidal panicles about 1 in. long more or 

 less, on siiort more or less recurved pedicels. Sepals ovate obtuse. Filaments 

 inserted upon the inner edge of the thickened margin of the crenulate sta- 



