42 Lxx. RUBiACE.E (hiecn). [Uncavia. 



J in, ; capsules J in. Tails of the seeds linear-setaceous, undivided at 

 one end, bipartite at the other. — Hook. Tc. t. 781. Benth. in Hook. 

 Niger Fl. p. 381, t. 42. Nauclea africana, Walp. Repert. ii. p. 512, n. 

 21, non Willd. nee Cham, et Schlecht. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius!, G. Don!, Th, Vogel!, Barter!, 

 Sformont! : River Muni, 1° N. lat., Mann! 



Xf ortb Central. MonLuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



A .specimen from the Comoro Islands, collected by Bojer !, appears to belong to 

 this .species. 



5. HYMENODICTYON, Wall. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 35. 



Calyx-tube subglobose ; lobes 5, linear or lanceolate, entire, 

 deciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube much narrowed at the base ; 

 limb 5-cleft, valvate in aestivation. Anthers 5, subsessile, inserted 

 rather below the throat of the corolla, included. Disk annular. 

 Ovary 2- celled ; style filiform exserted ; stigma oblong-capitate ; 

 ovules numerous, ascending. Capsule oblong or fusiform, 2-celled, 

 lociilicidal. Seeds numerous ; testa produced into membranous dentate 

 elongated wings, undivided at one end bipartite at the other end. — 

 Trees or shrubs with opposite petiolate leaves, deciduous stipules, 

 foliaceous reticulated marcescent long-petiolate bracts, and terminal 

 spicate fascicles. 



A small genus occurring also in Tropical Asia. 

 Leaves pul:»erulous on the veins beneath. Calyx-lobes linear- 

 lanceolate, — in. long I. H. Kurria. 



Leaves glabrous. Calyx-lubes narrowly linear, ^ in long . 2. H. hiqfranum. 

 Hymcnodictyon (sp.). Thorns, in Speke Journ., App., p. 636 ; Oliv. in Trans, Linn. 

 Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 82 ; is too imperfect for description ; it diiFers from the type of 

 the genus by its lateral inflorescence without persistent bracts, and by the bifid valves 

 of the fruit. It was gathered at Madi. 



1. K. XLurria, Hochst. in Flora 1843, p. 71. A low tree or shrub 

 of 8-10 ft. Leaves obovate or nearly oval, acuminate, wedge-shaped 

 at base into the petiole, glabrate above, puberulous on the midrib veins 

 and veinlets beneath or obsoletely so, with 7-9 veins on each side of 

 the midrib; 3-8 by l|-4^ in.; petiole ^1§ in.; upper internodes 

 short ; stipules ovate-oblong, ^ in. long. Bracts opposite, elliptical, 

 narrowed at both ends, 2^ by | in., on stalks of 1 in. Inflorescence 

 3^7 in long, dense (in the type). Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, 

 ,\ in. long. Corolla ^ in. long. Capsule ^-\ by \-\ in., on stalks of 

 ^-1 in. — Kurria floribunda^ Hochst. et Steud. in Flora 1842, p. 234. 



Xrile Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Var. elongatum Schweinf. mss. (sp.). Spikes longer (7 in.), less dense than the 

 type. Niamuiam-land, Schweinfurth, !, alt. nearly 4000 ft. 

 JtOvre.T Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch ! 



2. K. biafranuxn, litem. A shrub or small tree of 30 ft. Leaves 

 glabrous, obovatc-ovul, shortly acuminate, narrowed towards the base, 



