XXXVin. CHAILLETIACE^ (OLlVEIj). 339 



1. CHAILLETIA, DC; Benth. ct Hook. f. (im. I'l. i. :U 1 . 



Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual. Calyx 5-parlite ; lolx-s iwarly 

 or quite equal, more or less imbricate. Petals 5, 'free, usually more or less 

 clawed. 2-fid or 2-partite, rarely very shortly united with the stnmena into 

 a tube at the base. Stamens 5 ; anthers elliptical to linear, the connective 

 frequently thickened behind. Hypoci^ynous glauds 5, distinct or connate, 

 opposite to the petals. Ovary free or in a few African species i)artially or 

 wholly immersed, 3-2-celled ; style simple (in tropical African sp«-cies| ; njx-x 

 shortly 3-2-fid. Fruit drupaceous, dry or rarely ^e!^hy, 1 -3-celled, 1 3- 

 seeded.— Small trees or shrubs, erect or scandent, ^hihrous or pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, entire, petiolate or subsessile. Stipules subul.ite or seta- 

 ceous, deciduous. Flowers small, usually white, in axillary pedunculate or 

 nearly sessile cymes or glomerules. 



A considerable tropical genus both of the Old and New "World. The tropical Africau 

 species appear to be distinct from any Asiatic or American species which I have stcn. Th« 

 species characterized by an ovary more or less immersed may perhaps prove entitled to gc 

 nenc distinction, but their fruits are unknown.- 



A very distinct species occurs south of the tropics, within the limits of the Cape Flora. 

 Ovary superior. 



Leaves glabrous or glabrescent beneath. 



Branches shortly tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblauceolate- 

 oblong, obtuse or broadly acute. Cymes shortly peduncu- 

 late. Petals with long claw \. C.Jtexuosa. 



Branches glabrous, puberulous or thinly strigillose. 



Extremities slender, thinly strigillose. Leaves oval- or ob- 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminate. Cymes under 1 in., pe- 

 dunculate. Petals scarcely clawed. (Fruit tleshy.) . . 2. C. ct/mulosa. 

 Puberulous. Leaves broadly- or obovate-cUiptical, acute or 

 obtuse; base entire. Cymes many-llowered, 1-3 in., 



dichotomous. Petals with long claw 3. C. floribunda. 



Puberulous or glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptical, obtuse 

 or broadly acute, shining ; base subcordate. Cymes 

 under 1 in., 3-5-fid, subscorpioid. Petals with long 



claw 4. C. snbcordata. 



Glabrous or puberulous. Leaves oblong-oval or -elliptic, 

 obtusely acuminate ; base acute. Glomerules few-Howered, 

 ou short peduncles, often racemose on axillary tlowering 



shoots. Petals shortly clawed ' . . . 5. (?. toricaria. 



Glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic, acuminate, base acute ; 

 2^-5 in. Cymes 1-1^ iu., lax, branched. Petals with 



long claw C C ublonga. 



Glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute ; base rounded or 

 cnneate; 6-8 in. Cymes sessile. Claw about equalling 



the sinus 1- C. Thomsom. 



Leaves tomentose or pubescent beneath. 



Base of the leaf distinctly cordate. Leaves obovate elliptical, 

 broadly acute or obtuse, pilose or pubescent beneath. 



Cymes pedunculate. Calyx-lobes recurved 8. C imttxambtefittit. 



(Compare C. ruftpilis, var.) 

 Base of the leaf slightly or not at all cordate. 



Brandies rusty-hirsute, lA-aves obovate-elliplic Cyuus 

 subsessile. Caly-^-lobes erect. Pet"l3 slightly nar- 

 rowed -'• t'- rufiptlu. 



