166 XXII. GUTTiFER^ (oLivEii). [Garcitiia. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Drs. Kirk and Meller ! The " Motsauri " or " Mo- 

 koDODga," of the native tribes {Dr. Kirk) ; (? Angola, I)r. WeJwitsch ! Niger, Barter !). 



Dr. Welwitsch's specimens consist of examples in young fruit, the petals fallen, but 

 with numerous free stamens remaining, inserted in the hypogynous disk, from the district 

 of Bumbo, and of male flowers from the Libongo district ; the latter with 9-10 segments in 

 the perianth (calyx and corolla), and the stamens singly inserted in a corrugate disk, the 

 anthers rotundate, dehiscing longitudinally. The leaves of the Bumbo plant are oblanceo- 

 late and considerably narrowed to the base, but in other respects it agrees with the Libongo 

 form, and I think it very probable that they may both be specifically identical with 

 G. Livingstonei. 



2. G. ovalifolia, OUv. A small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elon- 

 gate-oval: or oval-oblong, narrowed to each end, obtuse or obtusely acumi- 

 nate, with numerous lateral veins curving forward, 4-7 in. long, l-'2,\ in. 

 broad ; petiole ^-\ in. Flowers small in axillary fascicles ; peduncles not 

 exceeding the petioles ; 2 outer sepals minute (f line) ; 2 inner ovate-rotun- 

 date, concave, 3 times larger, about half as long as the (erect?) petals. 

 Stamens in 4-trifid tri-(olig-)androus phalanges ; filaments free above ; an- 

 thers minute, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Kudiment of ovary 0. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



3. G. Barter!, OUv. A small tree. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 

 subacute or very shortly apiculate, nan-owed to the base, with prominent 

 midrib and scarcely prominent, curving, oblique, lateral veins beneath, 4-6 

 in. long, about 2 in. broad ; petiole \-^ in. Flowers axillary or from nodes 

 of fallen leaves; pedicels slender, \ in. long. Two outer sepals much 

 smaller than the inner. Stameifs indefinite, the short filaments variously 

 united or free, inserted in a corrugate fleshy disk ; anthers erect, 2-celled, 

 dehiacing longitudinally. 



Upper Guinea. Brass, Barter ! 

 In fruit only or without flowers. 



4. G. polyantha, OUv. A tree of 70 ft, or sometimes shrub-like, 

 falling short of 20 ft. Leaves large, coriaceous, broadly oblong-elliptical or 

 slightly obovate, shortly apiculate, cuneate-rounded at the base, with .oblique 

 curving lateral veins, the principal ones usually i— ^ in. apart in the larger 

 leaves, 4-9 in. long, 1^-4 in. broad; petioles ^-1 in. Male flowers nume- 

 rous, in rather crowded, axillary fascicles equalling the petioles ; female 

 fewer, axillary, on peduncles of f-1 in. Two outer sepals orbicular, 1 line 

 diam., coriaceous, 2 inner about equal to the petals. Male fl. : Stamens in 4 

 phalanges, inserted between the lobes of a corrugated fleshy disk opposite 

 to the petals, each phalange of 7-10 stamens free above ; anthers minute, 

 2-locular, dehiscing longitudinally. Female fl. : Phalanges of rudimentary 

 stamens shorter than the ovary, which is depressed-ovoid, 2-celied, with a 

 sessile, slightly 2-lobed stigma and solitary ovules. Young berries (^ in. 

 diam.) globose coriaceous. 



Upper Guinea. Nun river, Mann, <? ! Fernando Po, Mann, ? ! " Lagos or Prince's 

 Island," Barter! 



(? Golungo Alto, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! without flower or fruit.) 



