Mannia.'] xxxiv. simauuh?:.k (Oliver), 



313 



5 distinct, cariiiate, g-labrous lobes; styles coiiiKite; stifrma tcrrniiiai, 5- 

 lobed. Ovules solitary. Fmit not seen.— Glabrous tree of 20 40 ft. Leaves 

 large, pinnate, multifoliolate. Flowers pedicellate, fasciculate in interrupted 

 elongate racemes apparently collected near the extremity of the branches, 

 purple. 



Based upon the following endemic species. 



1. M. africana. Hook. f. in Gen. PI. i. 309. Leaves 2-3 ft. long; 

 leaflets coriaceous, broadly oblong, rounded at each end, apex rctuse or verv' 

 obtuse, with a short abrupt apiculus, glabrous, midrib ])romin(Mit beneath, 

 reticulation impressed when dry, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. l)road ; petioiules 1-2 

 lines. Racemes \-\\ ft. long. Pedicels | in. or shorter, clustered at inter- 

 vals. Flowers about \ in., gla!)rous. 



Upper Guinea. Nun river and Old Calabar, Mnnn ! 



7. SURIANA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 313. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-partite ; segments lanceolate, acute, im- 

 bricate, persistent. Petals 5, imbricate, equalling or shorter than the calyx. 

 Stamens 10(-8) ; filaments pilose below; anthers elliptical or rotundate, iin- 

 appendaged (5 sometimes anantherous). Carpels 5, free ; ovaries pilose; 

 styles distinct, lateral, filiform ; stigmas obtuse. Ovules geminate, collateral, 

 ascending. Fruit-carpels l-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo hooked. 

 — A maritime shrub. Leaves alternate, often crowded, liuear-spathulate, 

 obtuse or rather acute, entire, rather fleshy, veinless. Flowers in few- 

 flowered fascicles or corymbs at or near the extremity of the branches equal- 

 ling or shorter than the leaves, yellow\ 



Based upon a solitary species, frequent on the seacoasts of tropical countries. It wants 

 the bitterness generally characteristic of the family. 



1. S. maritima, Zzww. ; DC. Profii'. ii. 91. A much-branched shrub, 

 with terete velvety or shortly pubescent branches. Leaves about 1 in. (' 1| 

 in.), usually rather closely tufted towards the ends of short, ascending, lateral 

 shoots, more or less pubescent. Fruit-carpels shorter than the persistent 

 sepals. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Br. Peters! Europa Island, Speke ! 



8. IRVINGIA, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 314. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 5-(3-4-)partite ; lobes ronndetl. 

 Petals as many, broadly imbricate, exceeding the calyx. Stamens 10 (or 

 fewer), inserted under a thick fleshy, sidcate or plicate, hypogynous disk ; 

 filaments filiform, unappendaged ; anthers small, rotundatc. Ovar)' ovoid, 

 compressed, glabrous, inserted upon a broad disk ; style simple, terminal, 

 filiform or subulate ; stigma simple, obtuse. Ovules solitary. Fruit rather 

 large, drupaceous, l-seeded ; pericarp woody or with a fleshy epicarp. Seed 

 exalbuminous (or albuipinous in /. Smilhii?). Cotyledons large, plano- 

 convex; radicle very small, included in the sinus, " superior "•(/. /Jar/m). 

 — Glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, usually more or less coriaceous, simple, 

 entire, petiolate, with narrow, early deciduous, convolute stipules, ieaviuj^ 



