Cola.'] XXVI. STERCULIACE^E (masters). 223 



. . . Fruitinn^-podiods solitary or 3-4 from the axils of the fiillni leaves, \-^ 

 in. lon^. Carpels 2 by abortion, 1-1^ in. long, oblong, tapering at the base 

 and sligiitly curved, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed oblong ; testa 

 yellow, shining, membranous ; teginen fibrous ; albumen 0. Cotyledons 2, 

 flat, thick ; radicle directed towards the hilum. 



Mozamb. Distr. Shanio, Drs. Meller ! and Kirk ! 



Fruiting specimens only exist in the herbarium, but these are so distinrt as to warrant 

 the formation of a new species. The club-shaped 1 -seeded fruits seem very characteristic. 



6. C. ficifolia, Mast. A small tree, 20 ft. high. Branches covered with 

 rufous stellate tomentum. Stipules nearly an inch in length, linear-hincro- 

 late, longitudinally striate, persistent. Leafstalks 12-18 in. long, cylindrical. 

 Leaves 18-24 in. long, somewhat less in breadth, rigid, leathery, cordate, 

 roundish, palmately .3-5-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, 

 nndulate, smooth on both surfaces, with prominent reticulate venation below. 

 Flowers numerous, subsessile, in dense axillary tufts ; bractlets spoon-shaped, 

 downy. Flower-buds subglobose. Calyx campanulate, downy, 5-ch'ft ; seg- 

 ments deltoid, crimson and longitudinally striated on the inner surface. Male 

 fl. . . . Female fl. : Anthers nearly sessile, 2-lobed ; lobes parallel, surround- 

 ing a 3-lobed, 3-celled, downy ovary, surmounted by 3 fleshy reflexed stig- 

 mas. Fruit. . . . 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



The leaves are strikingly like those of Ficus Carica, hence the name, 



7. C. heterophylla, Mast. A tree with greyish rugose bark. Leaves 

 on long stalks ; petioles thickened at the apex ; blades membranous, covered 

 when young with rufous down, ultimately glabrous, polymorphous, usually 

 wedge-shaped at the base and more or less palmately 3-lobed ; lobes oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate; central one largest, rarely quite entire, oblong, roundish 

 at the base. Flowers numerous, in axillary or terminal cymose panicles. 

 Pe<luncles shorter than the petioles. Calyx ^ in. in length, leathery, funnel- 

 shaped, downy outside ; limb 5-parted ; lobes ovate acute, reddish within. 

 Male fl. : Anthers 10, 2-celled ; lobes parallel, in a ring on the end of a 

 slender column, shorter than the calyx. Female fl. . . . — Stercnlia httrro- 

 phylla, Beauv. Fl. Owar. t. 40. Courtenia heterophylla, R. Br. PI. Jav. liar. 

 230. C. triloba, R. Br. 1. c. 



XTpper Guinea. Stwt^sivohm, Heudeloi ! J^\^er, Barter ! 



There is little or no doubt that R. Brown's Courtenia triloba belongs to this sppcic!*, the 

 main difference being in the shorter peduncles of the latter plant, a character of little im- 

 portance. 



8. C. Afzelii, Mast. A small tree, 30 feet high ; the younger branches, 

 petioles, and nerves of the leaves covered with bristly hairs. Ix'afstalks 2-4 

 in. long. Leaves 4-5 in. long, cordate, roundish, palmately 5-7-lobed ; 

 lobes narrowed at the base, obovate, acuminate, sinuous or entire. Flowers 

 crowded, in short terminal clusters ; pedicels | in. long, covered with reddish 

 down-. Calyx funnel-shaped, leathery, downy outside, purplish within ; limb 

 4- or 5-cleft ; lobes ovate, acute, spreading. Male fl. : Slaminal column 

 cylindrical, smooth, shorter than the calyx, surmounted by a ring of t^n 2- 



