484 lviii. LYTHRACEiE (Hiern). [Sonneratia. 



about 3 in. long, petiole J— \ in. long* ; lateral veins numerous but 

 inconspicuous. Flowers bracteate (Jide Dr. Kirk), solitary at the ends 

 of the stem and branches. Lobes of calyx lanceolate. Petals strap- 

 shaped, | length of the lobes of the calyx. Stamens "in 3 rows." 

 " Style and stigma tubular ending in a cavity lined by the prominent 

 ridges of the style corresponding to each carpel." Fruit bursting 

 irregularly from the base, leaving the central axis attached to the calyx. 

 Seeds 6 or 7 in each cell, radiating from the centre of the fruit. Co- 

 tyledons oily. — S. mosambicensis, Kl. in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 66, 1. 12. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Kirk! Peters. 



Occurs also in Tropical Asia. 



10. STREPHONEMA, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 782. 



Calyx coriaceous with openly campanulate tube and 4 or 5 equal 

 short lobes. Petals as many as the lobes of the calyx and alternating 

 with them, inserted at top of its tube, not corrugated, obovate, white (?), 

 clawed. Stamens twice as many as the lobes of calyx, in 2 rows, half 

 opposite petals and inserted just below them, the rest shorter, alternat- 

 ing with them and inserted at a lower level ; filaments slender, long, 

 tortuous ; anthers short. Ovary partly adherent to tube of calyx, 1- 

 celled, 1-2-ovuled ; ovules pendulous irom opposite sides of the top of 

 interior of ovary ; style slender, long ; stigma punctiform or bifid at the 

 apex. Fruit succulent, drupaceous (?), 1-celled, 1-seeded. — Shrubs or 

 small trees, with alternate or subopposite coriaceous leaves, subterete 

 branches, panicled subumbellate inflorescence, caducous bracts and 

 verticillate bracteoles at base of umbellules. 



This genus, endemic in Upper Guinea, is anomalous among the rest of this Family 

 on account of its 1-celled 1-2-ovuled ovary. 



Plant glabrous. Leaves not cuneate at base 1. S. Mannii. 



Young parts silky. Leaves cuneate at base • 2. S. seriwa. 



1. S. Mannii, Hook. f. I.e. Glabrous shrub, 15 ft. high, with 

 flowers fascicled axillary or crowded on short branches. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong, shining, suddenly shortly and narrowly acumi- 

 nate, with recurved margins, midrib and lateral veins depressed on 

 upper surface, rounded at base or nearly so, 4J-9 in. long by 1J-3J in. 

 wide. Petiole ^-J in. long, stout, suddenly narrowed on under side 

 into midrib of leaf, thus making a false articulation with it. Buds 

 globose. Pedicels slender, £-£ in. long. Bracteoles oblongs small. 

 Calyx with 4 or 5 roundly deltoid lobes, ^-§ depth of the calyx, 

 minutely ciliate on margin. Petals spreading or reflexed, imbricated 

 in bud, longer than the lobes of the calyx. Fruit glabrous, ovate-coni- 

 cal, curved near apex and tapering into the style, 2 or 3 times as long 

 as the calyx, to the tube of which it is adherent. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar and Gaboon rivers, Mann I 



2. S. sericea, Hook. f. I.e. Small tree, 20 ft. high with young 

 branches silky. Inflorescence silky, axillary, panicled, spreading. 



