274 XXVIII. LINE^ (OLIVER). \Erythroxylon . 



extremities, leaving conspicuous scars. Flowers sraall, pedicellate, in axil- 

 lary fascicles. 



A large S. American genus with but few outliers in the Old World, excepting in Mada- 

 gascar and the neighbouring islands. 



Styles connate halfway. Leaves firmly membranous, obovate-ellip- 



tical or elliptical ; venation obscure beneath \. E. Mannii. 



Styles free throughout. Leaves oval to oblanceolate-elHptical, more 



or less distinctly reticulated %. E. emarginatum. 



1. E. Mannii, Ol'w. Wholly glabrous. Leaves firmly membranous, 

 obovate-elliptical or elliptical, ^ery obtuse, entire or minutely emarginate, 

 base cuneate, paler beneath, with obscure venation, 1^-2 in. long, |—1 in. 

 broad. Petiole \ in. Stipules persistent. Flowers numerous, in axillary 

 fascicles ; pedicels slender, spreading, \-\ in. Calyx 5 -fid ; lobes ovate- 

 deltoid, acute. Petals spreading or decurved ; lamina adnate to the back of 

 the orbicular claw, which is surmounted by an erect, 2-fid, membranous crest 

 in front and a thickened process in the centre immediately behind. Styles 

 connate half their length. Ovary 1-celled at flowering. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo river, Mann ! 



2. E. emarginatum, Schum. et Thonn. Guin. PL 224. A. glabrous 

 twiggy shrub or small tree. Leaves firmly membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 oblanceolate-elliptical to oval, rounded above or slightly narrowed to a broari 

 emarginate or entire apex, base cuneate or but slightly rounded, shining 

 above, paler, usually with more or less prominent venation, beneath, 1-3^ in. 

 long, ^-1^ in. broad ; petiole 1-3 lines. Pedicels fascicled, \ in. long or 

 less. Calyx deeply 5 -fid, with ovate acute segments. Petal-crest of 2 

 rounded membranous lobes. Styles 3, free. Drupe oblong-ovoid or ellip- 

 soidal, \-^ in. long. Seed exalbuminous.— ^. Caff rum, Sond. in Lmnsea, 

 xxiii. 22. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! W. tropical Africa, without special locality, T. 

 Vogel ! 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma Bay, Z>r. ZiV^ / ZdLmht&i, Dr. Kirk ! 



6. ANEULOPHUS, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 244. 



Calyx 5 -partite. Petals 5, narrow-oval, spreading or recurved, undulate, 

 thickened along the midrib and at the base, deciduous, unappendaged. 

 Stamens 10, shortly connate at the base. Ovary 3-4-celled ; cells 2-ovu- 

 late. Styles 3-4, connate below ; stigmas linear-clavate, recurved. Drupe 

 with a thick bony putamen, apparently 3-(or 4-)celled. Seeds unknown. — 

 A glabrous shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptical, entire, thinly coria- 

 ceous, connected by a thickened (stipular ?) ring. Flowers small, in axil- 

 lary fascicles. 



A monotypic genus peculiar to W. tropical Africa. 



1. A. africana, Benth. I. c. Branches slender, terete, glabrous. Leaves 

 opposite, oval-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate, cuneate or 



