Lecan'wdiscus.'] xLiv. sapindace.*: (bakf.u). \yj 



1. L. cupanioides, Planch, in Fl. Nif/rit. 251. A tie- 30 ft. lii^'h, 

 with stronc?, woody, tiuely ^rev-downy, silicate braiirhcs. . Petiole woody, 

 1^-2 in. long. Leaflets oblonir or with a slip;ht obovate tendency, in 4-5 

 nearly sessile opposite pairs, tiie upper ones 4-G in*, lonj^, 2-2\ in. broad, 

 blunt or bluntly cuspidate, the base broadly cuneatc, the ed-^^e entin* but 

 slightly crisped ; texture membranous, upper surface glal)rous, the lower 



so with the main veins a little raised. Flowers in fascicles in nearly - 

 axillary racemes, 4-6 in. long, 1 in. broad. Petioles .slender, 3-4 lines luti-4, 

 like the axis slightly downy, with a linear-subulate, deciduous, very downy 

 bract at the base. Buds 1^-2 lines long, the sepals oblong, bluiit, finally 

 reflexed and purplish with 2 prominent, grey, verticrd ribs on the in?i«le. 

 Petals 0. Stamens 10, unequal, much exserted, naked. Capsule bony, ol)- 

 long, rather pointed,^ in. deep, clothed with dense, short, v. llduiJi.'rr, v to. 

 mentum. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! Niger country, T. Vu^c! '. Hurler ! 

 Flowers purplish-green, fragrant. 



2. L. fraxinifolia. Baker. A shrub with woody, sulcata, finely grey- 

 downy branches. Petiole about 1 in. long. Leaflcfs in 5-7 sessile, subop- 

 posite pairs, \-\ in. distant from one another, the full-grown ones oldon-j- 

 lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. broad, the point bluntish or subacute, the 

 base rather rounded, the margin entire ; texture membranous, colour pale 

 green, both sides glabrous, the main veins slender and but slightly raised be- 

 neath. Flowers fascicled, in nearly sessile axillary racemes, 1^-2 in. long, 

 |- in. broad; pedicels equalling the calyx, which is i- in. deep. Sepals 4-5, 

 oblong, blunt, coriaceous, more or less matted with grey down, usually ap- 

 pressed to the young ovary. Petals 0. Stamens 8-10, much exserted in 

 the male flowers. Ovary flask-shaped, densely grey-downy, crowned by the 

 subsessile, 3-lobed stigma. Capsule broad-oblong, pointed, | in. deep, the 

 outer shell hard, nearly black, with a thin grey-downy bloom. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land; Tette, Sonaa, and banks of the .Shire, Dr. Kirk ' 



9. CHYTRANTHUS, Hook, f . ; Benth. et Hook. f. (Jen. PI. i. 403. 



Plowers polygamous, irregular. Calyx urceolate, coriaceous, oblique, 5- 

 lobed above the" middle, the lobes valvate, unequal. Petals 5, unequal. 

 liuear-spathulate, slightly exceeding the calyx, with a short scale and subu- 

 late process above the claw. Disk annular, pubescent. Stamens S, within 

 the disk, approximated in 2 bundles ; the filaments filiform and pilose ; 

 anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 3-lobed, short, tomentose, 3-celled ; style 3- 

 fid. Ovules solitary in the cells, erect. Capsule large, orbicular, 3-lobed 

 almost down to the axis, the lobes comi)resscd and coriaceous, the cells hairy. 

 Seed not arillate, orbicular, compressed, with an elongate hilum, the testa 

 coriaceous. Cotyledons conferruminate, adhering to the testa ; radicle in- 

 conspicuous. — A small tree. 



xY single species, restricted to ^V. tropical Africa. 



