Hippocratea!] XM. CELASTRACEiE (Oliver). 369 



lose or -pubescent extremities. Leaves fimily membranous or coriaceous, 

 elliptical varying to obovate- or oblong-elliptical, very obtuse or shortly and 

 obtusely pointed, base obtuse often broadly rounded more rarely cuneate, 

 entire obscurely serrulate above or undulate, early glabrous or thinly pubes- 

 cent beneath, sometimes on the midrib only, margin often narrowly rusty- 

 pubescent, 2-4(-6) in. long, 1-2| in. broad ; petiole tomentose or glabrate, 

 ^-\ in. Floy^ers in rnsty-tomentose, usually many-flowered, axillary cymes 

 shorter than or equalling the leaves, very shortly pedicelhite, extenially rusty- 

 hairy ; bracteoles subulate. Sepals ovate or lanceolate. Petals ovate-lan- 

 ceolate or -subulate, rather fleshy, valvate. Disk annular, inconspicuous. 

 Filaments very short, broad and dilated around the ovary ; apex recurved. 

 Fruit-carpels 1^-2 in., elliptic-oblong, rctuse or obtuse, entire. 



Upper Guinea. Mouth of the Niger, Mann ! (few-flowered form) Camaroons river, 

 Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Prov, Golungo Alto and Cazengo, Angola, Br. Wehmlsch ! 



7. H. apiculata, IFe^w. mss. Climber with glabrous extremities. 



Leaves coriaceous (thinly on flowering shoots), more or less broadly elliptical 

 or obovate-elliptical with an abrupt, very short, and scarcely acute acumen 

 or apiculus, occasionally i-ontided above, broadly cuneate or rounded at the 

 baSe, entire, glabrous, reticulation subprominent beneath, 3-4^ (-6) in. long, 

 l^-2|(-4) in. broad ; petiole \-\ in. Flowers greenish, rather large, \ 

 in. long at expansion, in many-flowered, axillary, pedunculate, divaricate 

 cymes equalling the leaves or, at the extremities, forming leafless panicles of 

 4-6 in. Peduncles often unbranched to ly-2 in., ultimate branches and 

 flowers puberulous ; bracts minute, ovate, acute. Calyx-lobes triangular. 

 Petals linenr-lanceolate, puberulous on both sides, \ in. long, valvate. Ovary 

 raised upon a short thick gynophore and closely invested by the broadly 

 dilated bases of the filaments. A minute annular disk surrounds the base 

 of the gynophore. Ripe fruit not seen. 



liower Guinea. Prov. Golungo Alto, Angola, Br. We!tcitsch ! 



8. H. myriantha, Oliv. A glabrous climber. Leaves coriaceous, from 

 obovate-cuneate broadly rounded or sid)truiicate above with or without a 

 short broad obtuse apiculus to elliptical broadly and obtusely pointed, cu- 

 neate at base, obscurely undulate-crenate or entire, glabrous, 2^-4^ in. long, 

 l\-2^ in. broad ; petiole | in. more or less. Flowers minute, extremely 

 numerous, in broad, terminal, cymose panicles or axillary pedunculate cymes 

 collected towards the extremities or exceeding the leaves. Flowers and pe- 

 dicels hoary-puberulous. Calyx-lobes minute, triangular. Petals oblong, 

 valvate. Anthers puberulous.' Ovary 3-lobed, with 5-6 ovules in each cell. 

 Stigma subsessile. Fniit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Nun river and Brass, Barter ! Bagroo river, Old Calabar, and Kongui 

 river, Mann ! 



The flowers and pedicels apparently abound in spiral vessels \\itli a tfnacious unrollable 

 fibre. 



9. H. obtusifolia, Ruxb. ; DC. Prod. i. 569. A glabrous climber. 

 Leaves coriaceous, elliptical to oval-oblong, broadly rounded at the apex or 



