494 lx. samydacej3 (masters). [Casearta. 



oblong-acute, apiculate ; staminodes short, sub-orbicular, downy. 

 Ovary oblong, slightly villose ; style short ; stigma capitate. 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk I 



3. C. prismatocarpa, Mast. A tree with smooth, cylindrical, 

 purplish branches. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, not dotted, oblong; 

 acute, rounded and oblique at the base, entire or obsoletely toothed at 

 the margin ; sometimes revolute, 5-6 in. long, 2J in. wide. Petiole 

 less than \ in. long. Flowers numerous, pedicellate, pedicels slightly 

 villose, arranged in dense, sessile, axillary clusters. Sepals coriaceous, 

 thin at the edges, oblong-obtuse, hooded. Staminal tube shorter than 

 the calyx, dividing above the middle into 10 fertile and as many 

 sterile stamens, the latter ribbon-like, pilose, as long as the fertile fila- 

 ments. Ovary oblong ; style short ; stigma capitate. Fruit coriaceous, 

 indehiscent, 1 -celled, oblong, acute, somewhat five-lobed, 5 or 6 times 

 longer than the persistent deflexed calyx. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon river and Muni river, lat. 1° N., Mann ! 



4. C. Mannii, Mast. A shrub or small tree (20 ft.), with smooth- 

 or wrinkled ash-coloured bark, and obliquely ascending slender 

 branches. Leaves membranous, glabrous, dotted with circular trans- 

 lucent spots, oblong, entire, acuminate, 4-5 in. long, 1^-2 in. wide, 

 tapering at the base into a very short petiole. Flowers stalked ; pedi- 

 cels short, in few-flowered sessile axillary clusters ; flower-buds ovoid. 

 Sepals coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, distinct to the base or nearly so, ulti- 

 mately reflexed. Staminal tube very shallow, speedily dividing into 

 10 fertile glabrous filaments and 10 ribbon-like pilose staminodes as 

 long as the filaments ; anthers ovoid, pointed. Ovary oblong, obscurely 

 5-lobed, glabrous unless at the apex, exceeding the stamens in length ; 

 style short; stigma capitate. Fruit oblong, acute, sometimes pyri- 

 form, coriaceous, lJ-2^-in. long, less than 1 in. wide, tapering at the 

 base into a pseudo-stipes which is girt by the persistent reflexed 

 perianth ; seeds ovoid with a scarlet arillus. 



Upper Guinea. Princes Island, Mann! Barter! 



5. C. Barteri, Mast. A shrub or tree with terete or subangular, 

 smooth, purplish branches. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, taper- 

 ing at the base into a short petiole, acute or acuminate, impunctate, 

 5-6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Pedicels glabrous, arranged in sessile clusters 

 in the axils of the fallen leaves, and invested by small bracts. Sepals 

 coriaceous, oblong, hooded, \ in. long. Staminal tube dividing above 

 into 10 fertile stamens and 10 hairy oblong obtuse staminodes half the 

 length of the fertile filaments. Ovary sessile, oblong, smooth ; styles 

 very short ; stigma capitate. 



Upper Guinea. Onitsche, Niger, Barter ! Ambas Bay, Mann ! 



C. guineensis, Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 53. " Flowers. 5-cleft, 10- 

 anthered; leaves ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, 3-nerved at the 



