224 XXVI. STERCULIACEiE (MASTERS). [Cola. 



lobed anthers ; lobes parallel, often surrounding an imperfect ovary. Fe- 

 male fl. : Ovary oblong, downy, 10-celled (?), surmounted by 10 reflexed 

 styles. Follicles thick, 2 in. long, numerous. Seeds with a fibrous testa. 

 Cotyledons 2.— Conrtema Jfzelii, E. Br. PI. Jav. Ear. 236. StercuUa ca- 

 ricafolia, Don, Gen. Syst. i. 517. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Niger, Barter ! 



Iiower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



The only female flower (from a living plant at Kew) I have been able to examine was not 

 in a state to enable me to ascertain with certainty the number of cells in the ovary, though 

 the number of styles was evidently 10. 



9. C. quinqueloba. Garde in Pet. Mossamb. Bot. i. 130. A tree, 70 ft. 

 in height, with a yellow bark {Kirk). Petioles 8-10 in. long, canaliculate. 

 Leaves roundish, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 8-9 in. long, cordate, palmately 

 3-7-lobed ; lobes rounded or acuminate, entire or undulate. Inflorescence 

 terminal, much branched, paniculate. Flowers small, villose. Calyx 5-fid. 

 Carpels 3-5, on a short stalk, oblong, acute, curved, coriaceous or woody, 

 more or less coherent, covered with dense rust-coloured tomentum, 1-celled, 

 downy in the interior. Ovules or young seeds numerous, attached to the 

 inner angle of each carpel. 



I Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Br. Kirk ! Mozambique, Macanga, Peters. 



Dr. Kirk's specimens have only leaves and immature fruit ; there is, however, little 

 doubt as to their identity with Garcke's plant. 



10. C. argentea, Mad. A sm.all tree, 15 ft. high {Mann). Leafstalks 

 12-18 in. long, terete, more or less covered with rust-coloured stellate to- 

 mentum. Stipules linear-lanceolate, persistent. Leaves digitate, of 5-9 

 sessile, oblong, acuminate leaflets, as long as or longer than the common peti- 

 ole, 5-6 in. across, entire or irregularly pinnately lobed ; outermost lateral 

 leaflets inequilateral, all smooth above, silvery-white beneath, with prominent 

 reticulated nerves, covered with reddish-brown villi. Flowers numerous, 

 produced from the old wood. Pedicels very short, 2-3-bracteolate. Calyx ^ 

 in. long, campanulate, leathery, downy on the outside, crimson within and 

 marked with small tubercles and striae ; limb 5-cleft ; segments ovate, acute. 

 Male fl. : Staminal column slender, cylindrical, scarcely so long as the calyx, 

 terminated by a ring of 10 anthers, each with 2 parallel lobes, and conceal- 

 ing the rudiments of a 3-carpellai'y pistil. Female fl. : Anthers subsessile 

 round the base of a 3-lobed, 3-celled, downy ovary, surmounted by 3 large, 

 reflexed, red, fleshy stigmas. Ovules numerous. Fruit. . . . 



Upper Guinea. Lat. 1° N., Mann I 



This is remarkable for the beauty of its foliage as well as for its 3-carpellary ovary. It 

 would be desirable to introduce this as an ornamental stove-plant. 



11. C. digitata, Mast. A small tree, 12-15 ft. high {Mann), with 

 stout cylindrical branches. Leafstalks spreading more or less horizontally, 

 12-18 in. long, cylindrical; blades digitate with 7-9 leaflets each, as long as 

 or longer than the' common stnlk, subcoriaceous, glabrous, elliptical, acuminate, 

 tapering at the base and slightly decurrent along the sides of a secondary 

 stalk, 2-3 in. in length, entire or irregularly pinnately cleft, especially the 



