Corchorus^ xxvii. TiLiACEiB (masters). 2G5 



stelliform pubescence, 2-4-celled, 2-4-valve(l ; valves trnnsversely septate on 

 the inner surface and terminated by a short straight beak. Seeds numerous. 

 C. sidoides, F. Muell. Frag. iii. 9 •/ Benth. Fl. Aust. i. 27 S. 



Mozamb. Distr. Tctte, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



A very distinct species, found in the West Indies, near the coast, also in Australia. 



8. ANCISTROCAKPUS, Oliver; Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. l?.*^ ; Benth. 

 et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 986. 



Sepals 4, distinct. Petals 4, shorter than the sepals, ^landless at the base. 

 Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, all fertile, united into 4 phalanges opposite 

 to the petals. Anthers linear. Ovary more or less 6-celled ; ovules nu- 

 merous in each cell, more or less parietal in their attachment owing to the 

 imperfection of the dissepiments. Style elongated, simple, slender ; stigma 

 obtuse. Fruit globose, coriaceous, loculicidally 3-valved (?) ; valves covered 

 with prickles. Seeds numerous. — Shrubs or small trees. Leaves smooth, 

 oblong, entire. Flowers white, in lateral or terminal umbellate cymes. 



The only species of this genns at present known are from "Western tropical Africa. 

 Fruit an inch or more in diameter, covered with long hooked spines . 1. A. deruispinotuj. 

 Fruit less than an inch in diameter. Spines short straight or scarcely 



hooked 2. J. brevispinosut. 



1. A. densispinosuS) Oliv. ; Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 174. A small 

 tree, 15 ft. in height. Leaves on short stalks, oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, denticulate, unicostate, arcuate-venose, smooth or slightly stellate- 

 tomentose, especially along the nerves, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. wide. Cymes 

 terminal, many-flowered ; pedicels 4-6 lines long. Flowers white or yellow, 

 1-1:^ in. diam. Sepals linear, longer than the petals. Filaments monadel- 

 phous bejow, dividing above into 4 bundles, filaments all antheriferous, 

 equalling the petals. Style filiform, longer than the stamens ; stigmas ob- 

 tuse. Ovary hirsute, 6-celled ; cells many-ovuled. Fruit globose, the size 

 of a walnut, densely covered with long, stout, hooked, ciliated prickles. 



Upper Guinea. Camaroons mountain, Mann ! Niger, Barter ! 



2. A. brevispinosus, Oliv. I.e. Shrub or small tree. Leafstalks \-\ 

 in. long. Leaves subcordate, oblong-acuminate, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. wide, 

 denticulate, 3-costate, arcuate-venose, glabrous or slightly stellate-pilose 

 along the nerves. Stipules subulate, covered with rusty tomentum. deci- 

 duous. Sepals 4, linear. Petals 4, ovate, undulate. Styles consolidated. 

 Fruit globose, the size of a small chestnut, coriaceous, covered with short 

 straight spines. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



9. DUBOSCIA, Bocquillon in Adansonia, vii. 50 ; Brnth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. PI. i. 085. 



Flowers within an involucre of 3 valvate bracts. Flowers regular, her- 

 maphrodite. Calyx of 5 valvate, oblong sepals. Petals 5, thick, subulate. 

 Stamens indefinite, all fertile, springing from a thick, fleshy, villosc disk ; 



