Sarcocephalus.] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (iiiern). 39 



^-;i in. ; stipules short, obtuse, keeled, minutely ciliate. Flowering 

 heads about 2 in. diam., terminal. Calyx-teeth furnished with alter- 

 nating filiform-clavate appendages of ^.; in. long, which are soon torn 

 up from their attachment by the growth of the white pale pink or 

 yellowish fragrant corolla, the latter ^ in. long. Style brownish pink ; 

 stigma snow-white. Fruiting head 2^-3^ in. diam,, of a deep red 

 colour, with brown granulated surface and solid firm edible core, 

 which occupies about a quarter of the diameter. — Cfphah'na esculenta^ 

 Schum. and Thonn. PI. Guin., p. 105, quoted by DC. in Prodr. iv. p. 

 368, and others as G. scandeyis. Nauclea laHfulia, Smith ! in Rees 

 Cycl. xxiii. n. 5. N. samhucina, T. Winterbottom, account of 

 Sierra Leone ii. p. 45 (1803). 



The peach or country fig of the natives at Sierra Leone. A specimen of gum from 

 this phmt is in the Kew Museum. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don!, Th. Vogel.', Afzeliusf, Smcathman! ; 

 Senegambia, Park!; Monrovia, Th. Vogel (Niger FI. 32): Cape Coast, Th. Vogel; 

 Guinea, Thonnwg {^o-wqvh m May and June); Bagroo Kiver, Maun! (fiowtrs in 

 April); Niger, Nupe, Barter! (common, fruit ripe in October). 



Common on the coast of the Niger. Native name in the neighbourhood of Bassa 

 *doy,' and amelliky at Sierra Leone (Winterbottom I. c). 



2. S. Russegrgreri, Kotschij ex Schiveinf. Bel. Kotsch. p. 40, t. 

 33 (excl. fig. 6-7, 9-12). A shrub of 6-20 ft. or a tree ranging up to 

 70 ft., very nearly glabrous, shining. Leaves broadly elliptical or 

 occasionally somewhat oblong, shortly and suddenly acuminate, in most 

 cases abruptly narrowed into the petiole, with 6-7 lateral veins on 

 each side, 3-12 by 2-10 in. ; petiole J-IJ in. ; stipules short, obtuse, 

 keeled, minutely ciliate. Flowering heads 1-1^ in. diam., axillary and 

 terminah Calyx-teeth irregularly jagged, without alternating ap- 

 pendages. Corolla white, ^-| in. long, sweet-scented. Fruiting head 

 1^2^ in. diam., brown, apple-tasted, edible ; pulp reddish pink ; seeds 

 red. — Sarcocephalus, sp., T. Thoms. in Speke, Joum., App. p. 636 

 (1863). 



Xarortli Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



jrUe ^arid. 8€:nn?{.a.v , Kotschy ! Woods at Madi, Speke and Grant!; Djur- 

 land, Schweinfurth! Niamuiam-land, Schwewfurth ! 



2. ADINA, Salisb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 30. 



Flowers crowded, compact, on globose common bracteolate re- 

 ceptacles. Calyx-tubes contiguous, prismatic ; limb half o-cleft. 

 Corolla-tube usually elongated ; throat funnel-shaped, glabrous ; lobes 

 5, short, ovate or rounded, valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on 

 the throat of the corolla ; filaments short ; anthers basifixed, shortly 

 oblong, exserted. Disk cup-shaped. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 

 much exserted ; stigma capitate ; ovules numerous, pendulous, inibri- 

 cated. Capsule septicidally dicoccous ; cocci dehiscing inside. Seeds 

 oblong, winged at both ends. — Trees or shrubs with terete branches, 

 opposite or whorled petiolate leaves, interpetiolar ample oblong obtuse 

 stipules, solitary o paniclcd pedunculate heads, and small flowers. 



A tropical or sub-tropical genus of about 7 ypccies, chiefly Asiatic and Anu-rican. 



