372 XLi. cELASTiiACEiE (oliver). \_mppocratea . 



slightly rounded at base, serrulate, 1 J-2 in. long, f-1 in. broad ; petiole 

 ly-2 lines. Flowers yellowish, in axillary, shortly pedunculate, few-flowered 

 cymes of ^ in. or less ; pedicels equalling or shorter than the flower. Sepals 

 rotundate. Petals spreading, broadly elliptical or obovate, very obtuse. 

 Stamens inserted within a rather loose cup-shaped disk. Filaments linear, 

 recurved. Fruit not seen. 



Iio-vrer Guinea. Prov. Puiigo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Wehvitsch I 



Ifi. H. longipetiolata, Ollv. Wholly glabrous. Leaves rather coria- 

 ceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, usually obtusely pointed or shortly 

 acuminate, narrowed below into the long petiole, serrulate or serrate, nearly 

 entire towards the base, with 3-S principal laternl veins directed forward 

 on each side the midrib ; lamina 1-3 in. long, i-1 j in. broad ; petiole -|-f 

 in. ; the lowest pair of the lateral shoots occasionally linear, ^ in. broad. 

 Flowers in axillary divaricately dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves ; 

 bracts minute, ovate, acute. Petals broadly- or obovate-elliptical, broadly 

 imbricate. Filnments short, much dilated below almost from the recurved 

 anther, extending but little above the glabrous ovary around which they are 

 closely counivent. Fruit-carpels coriaceous, obovate to obovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, 2-2^ in. long, f-li in. broad. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



6. SALACIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pi. i. 370. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 3. Anthers 

 variously 2-celled or -lobed ; cells distinct or confluent, or 1 -celled (4-locel- 

 late). Filaments usually inserted within or upon a disk. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 style very short or subulate ; stigma terminal ; ovules 2 or more in each cell. 

 Fruit baccate, undivided, 1-3-celled, 1- or several-seeded. — Shrubs or small 

 trees, sometimes scandent, glabrous. Leaves opposite or subopposite, coria- 

 ceous, subentire or serrulate. Flowei-s small, usually in axillary sessile or 

 very shortly pedunculate fascicles. 



Another large tropical genus, common to both hemispheres. I have not identified any of 

 the African species with either Indian or American forms, unless it be 5. pritioides. The 

 species are difficult to discnminatn, and the following key is but a very imperfect aid to their 

 identification. Several are known from very imperfect material. 



Anthers 2-lobed ; lobes distinct or convergent and sometimes confluent 

 above. 



Leaves elliptical, subentire. Flowers in cymes of 4-f in« Petals 



narrow-oblong. Filaments subulate, on thick disk . . . . . \. S. lucida. 



Extremities with raised lines. Leaves elliptical, serrulate. Flowers 



numerous, 1 line or less in bud, in pedunculate cymes .... 2. 5. ehyans. 



Leaves elliptical, pointed. Pedicels 25-50. Buds oblong, 2 lines. 



Petals oblong. Filaments subulate, on thick columnar disk . . 3. »S. macrocarpa. 



Leaves oUong-elliptical, pointed. Pedicels often crowded. Anther- 

 cells distinct, divergent below 4. S. Senegal ensis. 



].eaves strictly oblong, abruptly obtusely linear-acuminate. Pedicels 



3-8. Petals ovate-elliptical 5. -S'. oblongifoUa. 



Leaves large, very coriaceous, oblong-elliptical. Pedicels oo. Calyx- 

 lobes coriaceous with scarious margins. Anther-cells confluent 

 above G. S. ppiformis. 



