Leptatdus.] Xxxix. OLACiNE.r. ((JLivr.u). 355 



Upper Guinea. Bngroo and Koiigui rivers, Munn ! 



The Kongiii specimens have leaves three times as hirge as those of the Ha;;r<K) pinitt and 

 the flowers subsessile, but 1 cannot distinguish them speeitieally. 



12. APODYTES, E. Meyer; Benth. ct Hook. f. (in.. I'l. i. 331. 



Calyx small, S-tootlied or -partite. Petals 5, free, vnlvate, glabrous or 

 nearly so. Stamens 5, alternate, free or very shortly adherent to li»e b;ise of 

 tlie petals ; filaments usually compressed below, sui)ulale or filiform above. 

 Anthers linear to lanceohite-obloiifi;. Ovary 1 -celled ; styh; more or less 

 oblique; ovules 2, pendulous. Fruit crnstaceons, oblicpicly ellipsoidal or 

 rounded. " Seed pendulous, with a small embryo near the apex of a (lev hy 

 albumen." — Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire, pt'iiniveimMJ. Viowi-rs 

 in terminal panicles or axillary fascicles {Rhnphiostylin, Planch.). 



A small genus, confined to the tropics of the Old World. 



Flowers in terminal panicles. Leaves broadly- or ovate elliptical, ob- 

 tuse or acute \. A. dimidiala. 



riowers in axillary fascicles. Leaves oblong or oval-oblong, acuminate 2. J. benmentu. 



1. A. dimidiata, E. Mey.; Benth. in Linn. Trans, xviii. GSl. t. U. 

 A tree of 15-30 ft. or more; extremities usually appressed-puberulo\is at 

 first. Leaves petiolate, rather coriaceous, shinijii^ above, ovate-elliptical or 

 broadly elliptical, obtuse acute or shortly and broadly cuspidate, rounded or 

 broadly cuneate at base, entire, venation obscure, glabrous. 1^-3 in. long. } 

 to nearly 2 in. broad ; petiole from ^-1| in. Flowers 1.1 2 lines lorn: in 

 bud, in termitud, loose or subthyrsiform, many-fiowered panicles, exceeding 

 or overtopped by the leaves, sessile or shortly pedicellate, from very minute 

 or obsolete bract-scales. Calyx very small, r>-fid ; lobes deltoid. Anthers 

 linear- or lanceolate-oblong. Ovary pubescent. Young fruit 1-sidcd, com- 

 pressed, oblong-rotundate or obliquely rounded. — A. acntifuiiu, Hochst. in 

 PI. Schimp. Abyss. 



Iiower Guinea. Iluilla, Angola, Br. Welwiiach ! 

 Nile Land. kh)%s,n\\^, Schimp er ! 



Also at the Cape. Nearly allied to A. mauritiana, Planch, niss. {Icacina mauittiiina, 

 Miers, Contr. Hot. i. 56). 



2. A. beninensis. Honk. f. Ic. Plant. 778. A glabrous shrub with 

 terete extremities. Leaves firmly membranous or coriaceous, elliptic-obloug, 

 rather obtusely acuminate, narroAved to the cuneate or but slightly rounded 

 base, entire, glabrous, midrib prominent beneath, subdistant latend veuis 

 moderately so^, reticidation faint, 3-6 in. long, 1-2] in. broad; petiole I 2 

 lines. Flowers }-\ in. long, pedicellate, in 3-10-tlowered axillary fa'^cicifS 

 or exceptionally subsolitary ; pedicels glabrous, shorter than or equalling the 

 flowers. Calyx glabrous; lobes ovate-rotundate. Filaments compressed 

 beloAV, subulate or filiform above. Ovary glabrous.— 7?//r7/7;/o.<r/y//« beninetult. 

 Planch, in Fl. Nigrit. 259. R. Hendelolii, Planch.; Micrs' Contrd). Hot. 

 i. 60. t. 6. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Cape Palmas, T. Vogel! 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



