Allanblackia.'] xxii. guttifeejb (oliver). 163 



sessile, peltate, smooth, entire ; placentas slightly projecting, free throughout, 

 each with about IS^-ZO biseriate, heraianatropous, ascending ovules witli an 

 inferior micropyle. Ripe fruit not seen. (Young fruit elongate-conical, 

 crowned with the persistent stigma.) — A glabrous tree with opposite, rather 

 coriaceous, peuniveined leaves. Flowers in terminal or subterminal umbel- 

 late racemes or panicles, l|-2 in. diam. 

 A raonotypic genus known only from Biafra. 



1. A. floribunday Oliv. in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. x. 43. A tree of 40 fl. 

 with terete branches. Leaves oblong-elliptical or slightly ovate-oblong, more 

 or less contracted to the acuminate or apiculate apex, rounded Or sometimes 

 subcordate at the base, with a prominent midrib beneath and numerous pa- 

 rallel scarcely prominent lateral veins, 4-6 in. long, li-2| in. broad; petiole 

 ^-^ in. Flowers rather numerous, about \\ in. diam., in terminal rather 

 umbellate racemes or subpaniculate, the leafy axis sometimes produced 

 beyond the inflorescence ; peduncles stout, 1^-2 in. long, 1-3 together, from 

 the axils of the uppermost reduced leaves. Sepals coriaceous, orbicular, 

 concave, the outermost much smaller than the inner and sometimes slightly 

 lower than the rest. Petals obovate-cuneate, twice as long as the inner 

 sepals and exceeding the phalanges in the male flower. Anthers closely 

 crowded on the upper face of the cuneate-spathulate phalanges towards the 

 apex. Stigma about \ in. broad. — Hook. Ic. Plant. 1004. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons river, Mann ! 



2. SYMPHONIA, Linn. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 173. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, broadly rotundate, imbricate. Petals 

 5, exceeding the sepals, closely convolute. Stamens 15, in 5 phalanges, 

 connate nearly or quite to the extrorse linear anthers ; anthers of each piia- 

 lange connate, produced into a lanceolate or triangular connective. i)islc 

 cupuliform, thick, surrounding the base of the staminal column. Ovary 5- 

 celled. Style thick short or elongate, deeply 5-lobed above ; lobes radiate 

 with a minute apical stigma ; ovules usually 3-5 in each cell (in the African 

 species). Fruit an ellipsoidal 1-seeded berry (or globose, few-seeded). Em- 

 bryo an undivided thick radicle {tigella) ; cotyledons 0. — Trees or shrubs 

 with parallel-penniveined leaves. Flowers umbellate, crimson. 



A small genus of which all the species, excepting the following, appear to be confined to 

 Madagascar. 



1. S. globulifera, Linn. f. Suppl 302. A tree of 20 80 ft., per- 

 fectly glabrous, with oval-oblong rather coriaceous leaves narrowed to each 

 end, usually shortly and obtusely acuminate, sometimes rather broader above 

 the middle, gradually tapering to the petiole, 3-4 in. long, J-U i"- ^road ; 

 petiole \-\ in. Flowers in many-flowered umbels, solitary or 2 or 3 to- 

 gether, terminating lateral shoots shorter than the surrounding leaves or upon 

 very short stout peduncles; pedicels ^-1 in. long. Buds \ \ in. Ovules 3- 

 5 in each cell of the ovary. Fruit 1-seeded, ellipsoidal, about f i,,. in length, 

 crowned by the remains of the style (? or globose, several-seeded). Seeds 

 glabrous or, from the fibrous dissolution of the testa, apparently tomentose 



