372 xlviii. rosacea (oliver). [Griffonia. 



g-labrous, reticulate above, minutely softly hairy beneath, 4-6 in. long, 

 lf-&| in. broad; petiole |-Jin. Stipules linear or ovate-lanceolate, 

 equalling the petiole. Flowers in axillary and subterminal .roundish or 

 pyramidal dense glabrous or thinly hairy simple racemes, 1 J-2 in. long. 

 Bracts lanceolate, 2-3 lines long, silky or glabrous. Pedicels slender, 

 glabrous, \ in. long; bracteoles glandular-palmatifid, 1 line long more 

 or less. Calyx-tube slender, glabrous, 1 in. or less, faintly thickened 

 above the base; lobes elliptical. Petals caducous, elliptical obtuse. 

 .Staminal sheath 1-1J in., the base continued as a raised margin round 

 the faux. Fruit not seen ; very young ovoid-oblong, clothed with 

 dense short ferruginous tomentum and long thin hairs. — Acioa {Lo- 

 randra) Bellayana, Baill. in Adansonia, vii. 224 (note). 



Upper Guinea. .Gaboon river, Griffon du Bellay. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Wellcitsch ! 



The name is odd, but I have no alternative, and I cannot doubt that M. Griffon du 

 Bellay is worthy of his double honour. 



Dr. Welwitsch's specimens differ in some slight particulars from M. Baillon's full 

 description, but I find no excuse for maintaining two species. This plant is the Dactyl- 

 adenia floribunda of Dr. Welwitsch's Apont. 572. 



3. G. pallescens. Scandent shrub 12-15 ft in height or small 

 tree of 20 ft., extremities thick as a crow-quill, minutely tomentose- 

 pubescent, thinly clothed with longitudinally appressed subarachnoid 

 hairs or glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptical or ovate-oblong, apiculate 

 or s-hortly rather abruptly acuminate, base cordate, more or less coria- 

 ceous, glabrous excepting the midrib beneath, reticulate above when 

 dry, with 5-7 principal distant lateral s nervures on each side; 3-6 in. 

 long, l|-2f in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. Stipules subulate, equalling or 

 exceeding the petiole. Flowers in terminal and axillary nutant simple 

 pale softly silky tomentose pyramidal racemes 2-3 in. long. Bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate acute \-\ in. Pedicels ^-\ in. ; bracteoles suboppo- 

 site, lanceolate acute entire, 1 line. Calyx-tube narrow cylindrical, 

 f-lj in., lobes ovate, inner ovate-rotundate. Petals oblong-elliptical, 

 veined. Base of staminal sheath continued as a toothed riug round the 

 faux. Ovary with traces of dissepiment. Fruit not seen. — Acioa 

 (Lorandrd) pallescens, Baill. in Adansonia, vii. 224 (note). 



Upper Guinea. Var. scandens. Climbing shrub, extremities with appressed 

 thinly arachnoid hairs, or glabrate ; leaves tending to ovate-elliptical. River Muni, 

 Mann ! Gaboon, Griffon du Bellay. Var. arborescens. Small tree, extremities finely 

 pubescent; leaves oblong. Old Calabar, Mann! W. C. Thomson! 



I have not ha 1 the opportunity of examining an authentic specimen of M: Baillon's 

 plant, but his description is a very good one, and notwithstanding slight differences, I 

 prefer for the present to keep the above forms together. 



4. G. Mannii, Oliv. Climbing shrub, attaining 15-20 ft. ; extre- 

 mities terete, smooth, early glabrous. Leaves elliptical, shortly acu- 

 minate or apiculate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, minutely scabrid under a lens on the venation, 

 principal lateral nerves 6-10 on each side; 5-6J in. long, 2-3| in. 

 broad, petiole |-J in., eglandular. Stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 



