Parinarium.] xlviii. rosacea (oliver). 367 



B. Calyx-tube hollow, distinctly gibbous, teeth obtuse. Stamens 10-20, exserted 



(§ Neocarya). 

 Flowers in terminal raceme. Leaves ovate-elliptical, 3-8 in. 6. P. macrophyllum. 



C. Calyx-tube pyriform or clavate, not gibbous, solid below, teeth obtuse. Stamens 



indefinite, exserted (§ Sarcostegia). 



Leaves broadly elliptical, apiculate, tomentose beneath . . 7. P. chrysophyllum. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, with scattered 



hairs beneath. Inflorescence dense, tomentose .... 8. P. polyandrum. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, minutely appressed-to- 



mentose beneath. Inflorescence tomentose. Calyx-tube 



and pedicel ^ in. . . 9. P. robustum. 



Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, glabrous. Inflorescence 



glabrous. Calvx-tube and pedicel 4 in 10. P. glabrum. 



1. P. excelsum, Sabine; DC. Prod. ii. 527. Large tree; leafy ex- 

 tremities appressed tawny-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 

 oblong- or elliptical, shortly and usually rather abruptly acuminate, 

 rounded or broadly cuneate and entire at base, glabrescent, dark green 

 or the midrib puberulous, dull and occasionally obscurely reticulate 

 when dry above, closely hoary-tomentose beneath, nervures 18-25 on 

 each side, rather prominent ; 2-4 in. long-, 1^-2 in. broad, petiole \- \ 

 in., channelled, with a pair of glands near the middle. Flowers in axil- 

 lary tawny-tomentose divaricately branched panicles, shorter than the 

 leaves, or panicles confluent towards the extremities forming- an ample 

 pyramidal or corymbose inflorescence. Bracts ovate, acuminate, sheath- 

 ing- the buds to near expansion, caducous. Pedicels equalling- or much 

 shorter than the hollow campanulate calyx-tube. Calyx-teeth valvate, 

 lanceolate, acute, equalling or exceeding the tube. Petals caducous, 

 linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, apparently dissimilar in the same 

 flower. Antheriferous stamens about 8, not exceeding the calyx. — 

 Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 274, t. 62; P. brachystachyum, Benth. in 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. 1840, 213. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Morson ! Senegambia ! St. Thomas, Don I 

 Bagroo river, Mann I 



The "Gray" or " Bough-skinned Plum " of Sierra Leone. " The pulp is dry, farina- 

 ceous, and, owing to the size of the stone, small in quantity, with an insipid taste.'' 



Also in Guinea and Northern Brazil, if I be correct in identifying P. brachystackyum 

 with it. 



2. P. subcordatum, Oliv. Tree attaining 40-50 ft. ; extremities 

 tawny pubescent-tomentose, at length glabrate, frequently lenticellate. 

 Leaves coriaceous, ovate- elliptic- or broadly lanceolate-oblong, broadly 

 pointed or obtuse, base rounded and narrowly but distinctly cordate, 

 upper surface at first thinly tomentose, at length glabrate, rather ob- 

 scurely reticulate, tomentose beneath or in older leaves with the thick 

 raised veinlets glabrescent, lateral nerves 15-20 ; usually from 2-3 \ in. 

 long, f — If in. broad ; petiole \ in. with a pair of glabrous glands near 

 the middle. Flowers cymose in axillary silky-tomentose panicles shorter 

 than or equalling the leaves, towards the extremities confluent forming- 

 a leafy inflorescence. Bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous 

 within, caducous. Calyx-tube hollow, funnel-shaped ; lobes ovate- 



