344 xxxviii. CHAiLLETiACE.i: (OLIVER). [Chaillelin. 



shortly 2-fi(l, obovate or elliptical, shortly clawed, very shortly united with 

 the stamens in a tube at the base. Glands minute, rather fleshy, 2-lobulate. 

 Ovary -inferior. 



Upper Guinea. Kongui river, Mann ! 



14. C. Heudelotii^ Planch, in Herb. Kew. Extremities pubescent or 

 hirsute-tomentose. Leaves rather coriaceous, oval-oblonj?, acute or acuminate, 

 slightly curved to the base, which, at the insertion of the petiole, is slightly 

 oblique and tending to subcordate, glabrescent above and below or midrib at 

 tirst strigillose, 3-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers in 

 sessile axillary glomerules ; pedicels or very short, 3-bracteolate at the 

 base. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Petals narrowed below, 2-fid 

 Ovary partially immersed. Style glabrous ; apex very shortly 3-fid. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Bagroo river, Mann ! 



15. C. subauricTilata, Oliv. A shrub of 6-8 ft. Extremities 

 slender, puberulous at first, early glabrescent. Leaves firmly membranous, 

 shortly pctiolate, obovate-elliptical, acuminate or cuspidate, base very nar- 

 rowly cordate with the short lateral lobes sometimes partially overlapping the 

 petiole, glabrons, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; petiole 1-3 lines. Flowers 

 in subsessile axillary glomerules often scarcely exceeding the petiole. Pe- 

 dicels very short or 0, usually 3-bracteolate. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse. Petals much narrowed below ; lamina deeply 2-tid. Ovary half- 

 inferior, nan'owed above into a slender glabrous style, 3-fid at the apex. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann ! 



2. TAPURA, Aublet ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 341. 



Calyx 5-partite, 2 outer lobes smaller. Petals 5, cohering with the sta- . 

 mens into an unequally 5-lobed tube, 2 of the lobes 2-fid, 3 entire. Sta- 

 mens alternating with the lobes of the corolla, 3 two-celled perfect, 2 effete. 

 Ovary sessile, 3-2-celled. Style filiform, with a shortly 3-2-fid apex. Fruit 

 unknown. — Shrubs or small, trees. Leaves entire. Stipules minute, deci- 

 duous. Flowers in small, axillary, shortly pedunculate glomeruli, the pe- 

 duncle adnate to the subtending petiole. 



A small genus, with the following exception copfined to tropical America. 



1. T, africana, Oliv. A tree of 20 ft. Slender extremities sparsely 

 puberulous at first, soon glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate- 

 or obovate- to oblong-elliptical, more or less, often rather abruptly, acuminate, 

 narrowed to a cuneate base, entire, glabrous or sparsely pubescent at first on 

 the nerves beneath, principal lateral nerves few (2-4) on each side of the 

 midrib, '5-6 in. long, lf-2| in. broad ; petiole i-\ in. Peduncle rather 

 shorter than or equalling the petiole and wholly adnate to it. Flowers small, 

 sessile or shortly pedicellate, in a rather dense small glotnerule. 



Upper Guinea. Feruando Po, Mann ! 



