Salacia.] XLI. celastkack.k (olivkk). 375 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, l)u/i ! Seuegambia ! river Caraaroous and Old Cala- 

 bar, Mann ! 



Var. obtusa. Leaves very obtuse or retuse. 

 Mozaxnb. Distr. Shupaiiga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 



S. elovgata. Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 282, from the very fragmentary specimen in the Hwba- 

 rium of the British Museum (St. Thomas, Don /), I take to be a form of S. jnjriformts, 

 with the leaves narrowed to the petiole. 



7. S. cornifolia, Hook.f. FL Nip-it. 281. Wholly glabrous. Loaves 

 coriaceous, elliptical or oblono:-elliptical, usually shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, broadly cuneate or rounded at base, entire obsolctcly sc^rrulate or un- 

 dulate, shining above, reticulation scarcely prominent beneath, 3-4(-C) in. 

 long, l|-2(-3) in. broad; petiole |-| in. Flowers small, globose or ovoid 

 in bud, in few-flowered axillary fascicles or very shortly pedunculate subum- 

 bellate cymes; pedicels |-^ in. Calyx-lobes rotundate or ovate; outer 

 smaller. Petals rotundate. Anthers horseshoe-shaped, dehiscing longitudi- 

 nally, the lobes nearly or quite confluent at the apex ; filaments from within 

 a thickened disk. Young fruit pyriform. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! Gaboon river, Mann ! 



Var. crassisepala. Sepals much thickened. Disk cupuliform. Pedicels borne on a 

 short, stout, common peduncle. Perhaps a distinct species. 

 Old Calabar river, Mann ! 



8. S. chlorantha^ Oliv. A glabrous "twining shrub." Leaves coria- 

 ceous, shining and reticulate above, elliptical, shortly and obtusely cuspidate, 

 broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, obtusely serrulate, 3-3y in. long, 

 li-lf- in. broad; petiole channelled above, \ in. Flowers in few-flowered 

 axillary fascicles, from an obsolete common peduncle, rather large, "green, 

 fragrant," about 2 lines long and broad before expansion. Pedicels slightly 

 thickened upwards, \-\ in. Outer calyx-lobes distinctly smaller, ovate ; 

 inner rotundate. Petals broadly imbricate, elliptical. Stamens and ovary 

 raised upon a very short columnar disk ; anthers 2-celled, the lobes nearly 

 parallel or but slightly divergent below. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter! 

 Described from a single small specimen. 



9. S. prinoides, DC. Prod. i. 571 ? Wholly glabrous. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, elliptical or oval-elliptical, obtuse, with or without a short broad cusp 

 or somewhat narrowed to the obtuse apex, base from broadly rounded to 

 cuneate, entire or obscurely serrulate, paler beneath, with but slightly promi- 

 nent venation, 2-3|- in. long, -|-2^ in. broad ; petiole |-^ in. Axillnr)' 

 sessile fascicles 1-6-flowered; pedicels equalling or shorter than the petiole. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate-rotundate. Petals ovate or elliptical, obtuse. Stamens 

 inserted upon a short, thick, raised, fleshy disk; filaments dilated below, 

 at length recurved ; anthers 2-ceUed, lobes divergent below, nearly confluent 

 above. I have not seen ripe fruit. 



Upper Guinea. Grand Bassa, T. Vogel ! 



S. prinoides is widely spread in India. The only African specimcng which I have %ctn 

 are too imperfect to warrant positive identification with the Indian plant, but there \i not nt 

 present any ground of specific distinction. 



