XXVII. TILIACE.T. (maSTKRS). 241 



Tribe IV. ApeiheBe.—Srpa/s distinct. Petals glaudlcss. Toms short. Authors 

 linear, crested. Ovary ij-oo-cel/ed. Fruit indehiscent^ rxj-steded. 



11. Glvph-Ea. 



1. CHRISTIANA, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Tl. i. 232. 



Calyx bell-sbaped, irregularly 3-5-fi(l. Petals 5, naked at tlie base. Sta- 

 mens indefinite, free, all fertile, not inserted on a niised torus. Antbers 

 subglobose. Ovary. . . . Carpels 2-5, ultimately seceding, subglobo-e, 1- 

 locular, 2-valved. Seed 1 in eacb cell, ascending ; testa crustficeouy, black, 

 spotted with grey. Albumen fleshy. Cotyledons leafy. — A tree of lofty stature 

 and with ample foliage. 



This genus is mentioned by Robert Brown (Botany of Conpo, Tuckcy's Expedition, p. 

 428), who reiuarks on the want of symmetry between the calyx and the corolla, and con- 

 siders the genus to be nearly allied to Ventetiatia. Brown saw only fruiting specinocus, 

 and indeed no younger specimens exist in herbaria. 



1. C. africana^ BC. Prod. i. 516. A tree whose younger branche?, 

 leafstalks, leaves, outer surface of calyx and of carpels, are all more or less 

 densely clotbed with yellowish stelliform tomentum. Leafstalks 3-4 in. 

 long. Stipules linear, persistent. Leaves cordate-ovate acute or oblong, 

 palmately 5-costate, 6-13 in. long, 4-8 in. broad, smootii above, densely 

 tomentose below. Flowers numerous, in terminal, much-branched, cor\m- 

 bose cymes ; pedicels flattened. Calyx 3-lobed, persistent. Carpels 2-5, 

 shortly stalked, each one subglobose, the size of a small pea, 1-celled, i- 

 seeded, splittinti: into 2 boat-shaped valves, about -^ in. long. — C. cordifoiia. 

 Hook. f. Fi. Nigrit. 238. 



Upper Guinea. Quorra, T. Vogel ! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



I fail to find any sufficient marks of distinction between the original C africana and that 

 described by Dr. Hooker, and have therefore couibiucd the two. 



2. CARPODIPTERA, Grisebach ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 232. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-fid. Petals 5, glaudlcss at the base. Stamens in- 

 definite, free or slightly coherent at the base ; torus not prolonged. St;uni- 

 nodia 0. Anthers roundish. Ovary 2-celled (4-celled ?) ; ovules solitary 

 and pendulous from the upper and inner angle of each cell of the ovary; 

 stigmas distinct, sessile, large, subpetaloid (Gristb.). Capsule subglobose, 

 2-valved, each valve extended into 2 long, une(iual, obtuse, foliaceous wings. 

 Seeds solitary in each cell, pendulous. Albumen fleshy.— Trees with entire 

 or cordate leaves. Flowers small, in axillary cymes. 



Grisebach described a Cuban plant upon which he founded the ycviis. A second species 

 is native of S.E. troj)ical Africa. 



1. C. africana, JI/asY. A tree with greyish ash-coloured bark. Leaf. 

 stf;lks 2-3 in. long, thinly covered with stelliform pubescence. Stipules 

 caducous. Leaves 4-6 in. 'long, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, some- 

 times obscurely lubed, unicostate ; venation arcuate. Peduncle extra-axdiary, 

 as long as or longer than the leafstalks, dividing into 5 or 6 cymose ptdiccU, 



