Alsodeia.'] xii. viOLARiEyE (oliver). HI 



broad -leaved forms sometimes rounded, serrulate above or subeutire, ^la])rou3 

 or minutely pubeseent on the midrib beneatli, witli or without minute black 

 dots on the under surface, 4-8 in. long, l|-3 in. broad ; petiole various, 

 usually from f- 2 in., occasionally only \ in. Flowers yellow or orange- 

 yellow, in terminal many-flowered panicles usually corymbose or pyramidal. 

 Sepals pilose or glabrous, obtuse. Staminal tube more or less produced 

 above the insertion of the anthers. Anterior anther-cells with a 2-partite 

 or emarginate tip. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Ouinea. Camaroons river, Mann I Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson ! Seue- 



gambia ! 



Lower Qxiinea. Angola, prov. Golungo Alto, Br. Welwitsch ! 



Perhaps to this species belong specimens brought by Mr. Mann from the Gaboon, which 

 have the tips of the anterior anther-cells less distinctly produced and obtuse or emarginate. 



13. A. ? cauliflora, Oliv. A small tree. Leaves very large, rather 

 coriaceous, broadly oblanceolate or obovate, much and gradually narrowed to 

 the base, shortly acuminate, remotely serrulate above, glabrous, the strong 

 midrib and lateral nerves prominent beneath ; 20-30 in. long, 6-9 in. broad 

 above the middle, 2-3 in. broad at 6 in. from the base, nearly sessile or upon 

 very short thick petioles. Stipules 2-3 lines, tnangular-subulate, at length 

 removed a short distance from the petioles. Flowers fasciculate from nodes 

 on the old wood, on glabrous pedicels of about 2 lines. Sepals ovate obtuse. 

 Petals spreading above, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly connate at the 

 base. Anthers closely connivent around the ovary, subsessile ; connective 

 lanceolate acute or rather obtuse, exceeding the long subulate tips of the an- 

 terior cells. Style elongate. Ovules about 3. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Gninea. Gaboon river, Mann ! 



A remarkably fine plant, and in habit very unlike an Alsodeia. Excepting in the slight 

 connation of the petals, it agrees with that genus as to the flowers. The fruit, however, 

 may prove it generically distinct. 



4. SAUVAGESIA. Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 120. 



Sepals not produced at the base. Petals equal, contorted in aestivation. 

 Fertile stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers linear, unappendaged. 

 Staminodia in 2 series ; the 5 inner petaloid, oblong, nearly equalling the 

 stamens; the outer of oo, capitate hairs, much shorter than the stamens. 

 Placentas 3 ; style filiform ; stigma simple, obtuse. Capsule 3-valved, 

 opening septicidally. Seeds numerous, pitted. — Herbs or wiry uiidershrubs. 

 Leaves alternate, rather rigid, entire or seiTulate, glabrous. Stipules pecti- 

 nate-fimbriate. Flowers rather small, axillary, solitary, geminate or fascicled, 

 pedicellate in the African species, white rose or violet. 



A small American genus, of v.hich the following species is the only one common to both 

 hemispheres. It appears to b'e common in W. tropical Africa. 



1. S. erecta, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 315. A low, ascending decumbent 

 or erect herb. Leaves lanceolate oi- narrowly elliptical, serrulate, with pro- 

 minent veins, usually \-\ in. long. Pedicels slender, spreading-decurved, 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves. 



Upper Guinea. In" wet places, Senegambia ! Niger, T. Vogel and Barter ! Bagroo, 

 Mann i 



