374 xLi. CELASTRACE^ (oliver). [Salacitt. 



reflexed. Stamens and ovary raised upon a sliort thick columnar disk, Fila- 

 ments subulate, 1 line long; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Fruit many-seeded, " the size of a goose's egg." 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson ! 



Ijower Guinea. Puugo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Wehoitsch! 



4. S. senegalensis, DC. Prod. i. 570. A glabrous shrub; the extre- 

 mities usually verruculose,. Avith minute simple or lobed warts. Leaves (dry- 

 ing reddish-brown, paler beneath) rather coriaceous, oblong-elliptical, shortly 

 and obtusely pointed or acuminate, rounded or cuneate at base, obtusely and 

 often obscurely serrulate or subentire, shining above, 2 1-4^ in. long, 1-lf in. 

 broad ; petiole channelled above, -^-| in. Flowers in axillary sessile fascicles, 

 often rather crowded ; pedicels 3-5 lines, rather slender and not thickened 

 upwards. Calyx-lobes ovate to rotundate ; the'outer smaller. Petals ovate- 

 elliptical, imbricate. Filaments from the short thick disk surrounding the 

 base of the sessile ovary, subulate, at length recurved, nearly as long as the 

 style; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally; the lobes slightly diver- 

 gent below. Fruit in our specimen (probably immature) broadly ellipsoidal, 

 1-li in. long.— Fl. Senegamb. i. 113. t. 27/ S. affinis. Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 

 281. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perroitet I Sierra. Jjeone, Jfzelius ! T. Vogel! Whitfield! 

 and others ; Bagroo river, Mann ! 

 Iiower Guinea. Congo, Smith ? 



5. S. oblongifolia, OZ/;;. Wholly glabrous. Leaves rather coriaceous, 

 strictly oblong or occasionally slightly broader above the middle, rather 

 abruptly naiTOwed into a linear obtuse acumen, base cuneate, finely serrulate, 

 rather paler beneath and midrib rather prominent, reticulation scarcely pio- 

 minent, 2-2^ in. long (including the acumen of \-\ in.), -|-1 in. broad. 

 Flowers in axillary fascicles of 3 or 4-8, from a very short (1-2 lines) or ob- 

 solete common peduncle; pedicels rather stout, usually diverging, ,-|-|- in. 

 long. Buds oblong, obtuse, 2 lines long. Calyx minute, with ovate-rotun- 

 date subequal lobes. Petals ovate-elliptical, broadly imbricate. Stamens 

 and ovary raised upon a thick distinct columnar disk; anthers 2-celled, 

 elliptic-cordate and as long as the filament before expansion. Ovary taper- 

 ing into the style, which equals the stamens. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann ! 



6. S. pyriformis, PTalp, Rep. i. 402. A shrub or small tree, wholly 

 glabrous. Leaves large, very coriaceous, oblong-elliptical (often broadly), 

 usually shortly and obtusely, often abruptly, cuspidate, more or less rounded 

 or broadly cuneate at base, usually entire or undulate, 3-8 in. long, lf-4^ 

 in. broad ; petiole |^—|- in.; midrib prominent beneath, lateral nerves and 

 reticulation subpro^m incut. Flowers in axillary, several- or many-flowered, 

 sessile fascicles, equalling the petioles. Calyx-lobes rotundate, coriaceous, 

 with scarious margins ; the inner larger. Petals orbicular, coriaceous. Fila- 

 ments short, revolute, broadly dilated below, inserted upon a very short thick 

 disk surrounding the base of the ovary; anthers 2-celled; the cells nearly 

 confluent above, broadly divergent below. The fruit is described as pyri- 

 form and obtusely 3-gonus. — Calypso pyri/or mis, Don, Gard. Diet. i. 629. 



