460 xLvr. coNNAEACE^ (baker). [Mamies. 



Pod i in. long, half as thick, turbinate, long-stalked, not compressed.— 

 Cnestis corniculata, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 290. non Lam. 



Upper Ouinea. Guinea, Grand Bassa, T. Vogel I banks of the Bagroo river, Mann ! 

 Sierra Leone, JfzeJius ! Smeathmann I Bon. 



2. M. Griffoniana, Baillon in Adans. vii. 244. A woody climber 12- 

 15 ft. high, the old branches glabrous, mottled as in the preceding, the young 

 ones densely ferruginous. Petioles 1 in. long; leaflets 9-11, oblong, 1-|~2 

 in. long by half as broad, acuminate, the base rounded, the lateral ones op- 

 posite, nearly sessile ; texture subcoriaceous, the under surface slightly ferru- 

 ginous. Plowers in broad, ample, terminal panicles, the branches thyrsoid, 

 erecto-patent, both these and the main rachis robust and densely ferruginous ; 

 pedicels shorter than the calyx, which is campanulate, under 1 line deep, the 

 divisions ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent. Corolla and longer stamens three 

 times as long as the calyx, the petals ligulate. Pod (not seen mature) ob- 

 liquely turbinate, turgid, curved, long-stalked, densely brown-velvety. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon country, Mann ! Buparquet and Griffon du Bellay^ fide 

 Baillon. 



Iiower Goinea. Congo, C. Smith ! 



For the M. PalisoU of Planchon, see Rourea, p. 455. 



3. M. longiflora. Baker. A woody climber, 10-15 ft. high, the older 

 branches glabrous, terete, not mottled, the young ones finely grey-pubescent. 

 Petioles 1 in. long; leaflets 9-11, oblong or the upper ones obovate, 2-3 

 in. long by half as broad, acuminate, the base rounded, the lateral ones ses- 

 sile, opposite or alternate ; texture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower 

 thinly clothed with spreading greyish pubescence, the veins slender, slightly 

 ferruginous, not much raised. Flowers in broad ample panicles, the branches 

 thyrsoid, erecto-patent, moderately robust and grey-pubescent ; ultimate pe- 

 dicels slender, pubesceut, exceeding the calyx, with a linear bract at the base. 

 Calyx campanulate, 2 lines deep, the sepals lanceolate, nearly glabrous. Petals 

 twice as long as the calyx, ligulate. Carpels 5, hairy, seated on a gynophore 

 ^ line high, which is surrounded by a ring composed of the united bases of 

 the stamens, the longer ones equalling the petals, the filaments slightly di- 

 lated downwards. Pod not seen. 



Upper Gtiinea. Niger country, Eppah, Barter! banks of the river, Old Calabar, 

 Mann I 



6. CNESTIS, Juss.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 433. 



Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Calyx quinquepartite, the divisions valvate, 

 subequal, finally patent. Petals 5, longer or shorter than the calyx, ligulate 

 or subrotundate-cuneate. Stamens 10, subequal, the filaments free or sub- 

 connate at the base, the anthers finally recurved and appearing extrorse. 

 Carpels 5, sessile. Styles short ; stigmas subcapitate. Capsules 1-2, ob- 

 long reniform or cylindrical, curved or undulated, velvety on the outside, 

 with rigid hairs on the inside and sometimes on the outside also. Seed 

 erect, exarillate, or the testa subcarnose downwards ; embryo shorter than 

 the fleshy albumen. — Woody shrubs. 



