266 XXVII. TiLiACEiE (masters). [Duboscia. 



inner filaments longest. Anthers adnate, subglobose, bilocular, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Ovary villose, 8-celled. Style as long as or longer than the 

 stamens ; stigma fimbriate. Ovules numerous, anatropal, attached in two 

 rows to the inner angle of each cell of the ovary. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds 

 numerous, imbedded in fibrous tissue. — Tree with alternate entire leaves. 

 Stipules entire. Inflorescence in axillary cymes. Flowers involucrate. 



1. D. macrocarpa, Bocquillon in Adansonia, vii. 50. A tree, 30 ft. in 

 height. Branches smooth, purplish; younger ones stellately pilose. Leaf- 

 stalks \-^ in. Stipules subulate. Leaves obliquely subcordate, oblong, 

 acuminate, denticulate, 3-costate, arcuate-venose," smooth above, whitisli- 

 tomentose beneath, with stelliform hairs along the nerves. Cymes niany- 

 fiowered, on stout peduncles opposite the leaves ; pedicels short. Involucral 

 bracts 3, broadly ovate, acute, foliaceous, imbricate, enclosing 3 flowers. 

 Flower-buds oblong. Sepals oblong, downy, scarcely hooded. Petals very 

 small, subulate, thick. Stamens indefinite, all fertile, free, inserted within a 

 lobed, villose, fleshy disk. Anthers subglobose. Ovary oblong, villose, 7-8- 

 celled. Style cylindrical, as long as the stamens ; stigma notched. Ovules 

 numerous, attached in two rows to the inner angle of each cell of the ovary. 

 Fruit 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. wide, oblong, obtuse, 8-angular, deeply furrowed, 

 downy externally ; mesocarp fibrous. Seeds. ... 



Upper Guinea.- Muni river, lat. 1° N., Mann ! 



10. DESPLATZIA, Bocquillon in Adansonia, vii. 51 ; Benth. et Hook. f. 



Gen. PL i. 985. 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, pentamerous. Sepals valvate or indu pli- 

 cate. Petals 5, unguiculate ; unguis glandular. Stamens. indefinite, mona- 

 delphous at tbe base. Anthers didymous, subglobose, dehiscing longitudi- 

 nally. Ovary villose, 5-lobed. Style cylindrical. Stigma fringed. Ovules 

 numerous, anatropal, attached in two rows to the inner angle of each cell of 

 the ovary. Fruit large, oblong, indehiscent, externally coriaceous, fibrous 

 within. Seeds winged, imbedded in fibrous tissue. — A tree with entire 

 leaves and palmatifid stipules ; the flowers are exinvolucrate in axillary cymes, 



1. D. subericarpa, Bocquillon, I.e. A small tree, with puberulous, 

 spreading branches. Leafstalks 1 in. long. Leaves obliquely subcordate, 

 oblong-acuminate, spinulose-dentate, 3-nerved, arcuate-veined or nearly 

 parallel- veined, smooth or puberulous along the nerves, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 

 in. wide. Stipules deeply divided into 5-6 linear, ciliated lobes, half the 

 length of the petiole. Flowers numerous in axillary and terminal cymes ; 

 pedicels puberulous; bractlets stipuliform. Flower-buds oblong obtuse. 

 Sepals obloug, hooded, downy externally ; margins induplicate, petaloid, 

 undulated. Petals one-fourth the length of the sepals, oblong-obovate, 

 slightly glandular beneath, ciliated at the base externally. Stamens inde- 

 finite, united below into a membranous tube surrounding the ovary. Ovary 

 oblong, villose, 4-5-celled, surmounted by a cylindrical style as long as the 

 stamens. Stigma fimbriate. Ovules numerous, attached in two vertical 



