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1. PABOPSIA, Noronh.j Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 812. 



Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite. Flower-tube very short, 

 lobes oblong-, obtuse, downy. Petals oblong- or linear-spathulate, uni- 

 costate. Corona laciniate, seg-ments linear, ciliated, arranged in 5 

 bundles opposite to the petals. Stamens 5, monadelphous, adherent at 

 the base to the gynophore * anthers cordate. Ovary ovoid on a short 

 stalk • styles 3 ; stigmas capitate * ovules numerous, attached to parietal 

 placentas. Capsule subglobose, 3-valved, valves membranous, downy. 

 Seeds ovoid, compressed, with a long- funicle which expands into a 

 cup-shaped membranous arillus * testa crustaceous, pitted. Embryo in 

 the centre of fleshy albumen ; cotyledons leafy. — Shrubs more or less 

 covered with rusty down. Leaves coriaceous, oblong. Stipules none. 

 Flowers small, numerous, in dense terminal panicles or solitary. 



A genus of four or five species, some natives of Madagascar and the Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, others of West Tropical Africa. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles 1. P. guineensis. 



Flowers solitary 2. P. grewioides. 



1. P. guineensis, Oliv. inJourn. Linn. Soc. viii. 161. A shrub whose 

 cylindrical branches are densely clothed with rusty tomentum. Leaves 

 on short cylindrical stalks, subcoriaceous, 5-7 in. long*, 2-3 in. wide, 

 elliptic, acuminate, repando-dentate, unicostate, arcuate-veined *. veins 

 downy on the under surface. Stipules none (or minute and caducous ?) 

 Flowers numerous, small, appearing- before the leaves, shortly pedicel- 

 late, pedicels fasciculate, in the axils of small ovate caducous bracts j 

 tufts arranged in long terminal much-branched panicles. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, downy * tube very short, limb divided into 5 coriaceous 3- 

 nerved seg-ments. Petals 5, springing- from the throat of the calyx, 

 membranous, whitish, pilose externally, twice the length of the sepals. 

 Corona attached ,to the base of the calyx-tube and consisting of a 

 shallow membranous tube or ring*, divided at its upper margin into 

 numerous linear ciliated segments half the length of the petals. Column 

 short, smooth, bearing at its upper portion 5 flat filaments* anthers 

 oblong, 2-celled. Ovary globose, as long as the filaments, glabrous, 

 1-celled, with 3 parietal placentas / opposite to the filiform style * stigmas 

 large, capitate, reniform. Fruit . . . . ? 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! 



Differs considerably in habit from the Malayan and Madagascan species, but is nearly 

 identical with them in the conformation of the flowers. 



2. P. grewioides, Welwitsch in Herb. A shrub or small tree, 8-20 

 ft. in height, with the aspect of a Grewia. Branches erect, slender, 

 terete, purplish with reddish down. Leaves 4 in. long, 1 J in. wide, 

 subcoriaceous, dark shining green above, paler beneath, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent along the nerves, oblong, abruptly acuminate, serru- 

 late, unicostate, arch- veined, tapering at the base into a short glandless 

 stalk. Stipules fugacious, very minute. Peduncles axillary, erect, one- 



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