370 XLF. CELASTRACE^ (OLIVER). [Hippocvatea . 



narrowed to an obtuse point, usually obtuse and rounded or broadly cuneate 

 at the base, more rarely subcordate, minutely or obsoletely sen-ulate, reticu- 

 lation subprominent, ly-4 in. long, f-2 in. broad ; petiole \-^ in. Flowers 

 5-6 lines in diam., in loose, many- or few-flowered, axillary, puberulous 

 cymes shorter than or rarely equalling the leaves, or sometimes on pendent 

 subcirrhose branches forming a loose panicle interrupted by long intemodes 

 and reduced leaves. Sepals ovate or ovate-rotundate. Petals much exceed- 

 ing the sepals, ovate-lanceolate or Innceolate, rather obtuse, glabrous within, 

 slightly imbricate. Ovary slightly raised upon a short thick disk, narrowed 

 into a subulate style, obovate-or oblanceolate-oblong, much compressed, 2-2 1- 

 in. long. Fruit-carpels much compressed, oblong-oblanceolate or obovate, 

 retuse or eraarginate. — H. Richardiana, Camb. ; ^Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 

 112. t. 26. ii. ScJiimperiana, Hochst. and Steud. in Kich. FL Abyss, i. 99. 

 t. 22. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 



Nile laand. Abyssiuia, Schimper ! Capt.Pullen! Senega}, Perrotiet ! 

 IiOT^er Guinea. Bumbo and Loanda, Angola, Lr. Welwitsch ! 

 Also in India. 



10. H. Kirkii, Oliv. Extremities terete, rusty tomentose-pubescent, 

 spreading nearly at right angles. Leaves small, rather coriaceous and shining 

 above, rather coarsely and strongly reticulate beneath when dry, elliptical 

 (often narrowly), obtuse cuneate or scarcely rounded at the base, obscurely 

 serrulate, more or less pubescent on the midrib above and beneath, at least 

 at first, f-1^ in. long, -|-f in. broad ; petiole pubescent, 1-1-|- lines. Axil- 

 lary cymes shorter than the leaves, pubescent ; patent peduncles |— | in. 

 Flowers \ in. in diam. Calyx-lobes ovate, pubescent, equal. Petals spread- 

 ing, ovate-lanceolate, acute, imbricate. Filaments distinct, recurved. Disk 

 cupuliform with a prominent margin. Ovary hairy. Fruit-carpels obovate- 

 oblong, compressed, very obtuse. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



11. H. velutina, ^/2<?Zm ; DC. Prod. i. 568. A climber, attaining 

 50 ft. Branches shortly rusty-tomentose. . Leaves elliptical or from oblong- 

 to rotundate-elliptical, broadly and shortly pointed obtuse or even broadly 

 rounded at the apex, base rounded or in the broad-leaved form sometimes 

 subcordate, entire, margin very narrowly revolute when dry, glabrous above 

 excepting on the rusty-hispid midrib, with scattered often substellate scabrid 

 hairs beneath especially on the principal veins, the rest at length giabrate, 

 2-4 in. long, l|-lf in. broad ; hairy petiole i in. Inflorescence rusty- 

 pubescent with divaricate peduncles, from the axils of and exceeding the 

 upper leaves or collected in a lax terminal panicle ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 near \ in. Flowers rather large, about | in. in diam., pedicellate. Calyx 

 deeply 5-fid with ovate or oblong lobes. Petals rotundate, fimbriate at least 

 below, unguiculate. Outer disk dentate, adnate to the base of the petals. 

 Ovary densely hirsute. Fruit-carpels l|-2 in. long, thick or subterete, ob- 

 tuse, closely hispid-tomentose with a short rusty felt. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Kongui, Mami ! Gaboon, Mann ! 



