lIijmGnodidijon.'] Lxx. iiuiuACKyV, (hikhn). 43 



with 6-7 slender lateral veins on each side of the midrib ; 2-0 by 

 1-3 in. ; petiole ^-§ in. ; upper internode rather short ; stipules short, 

 rounded. Bracts opposite elliptical 2-3 by |-1, pure white, on stalks 

 of about 1 in. Inflorescence 3-6 in., dense; pale purple. Calyx-lobes 

 narrowly linear, -^^ in. long. Corolla \ in. long. Capsule ^--^ by 

 ^^ in;, on stalks of \-^ in. Wings of the seeds much elongated. 



Upper Guinea. Princes Island, Barter ! (rocky islets) ; Cameroons Mountains, 

 alt. 4500 ft., Mann ! 

 Fruits in February. 



6. COKYlSrANTHE, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PL ii. p. 36. 



Calyx-tube ovoid or sub-globose ; lobes 5, lanceolate-subulate, per- 

 sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped ; lobes 5, flat, -widely ovate, subacute, 

 furnished at the back near the apex with an elongated club-shaped 

 appendix, induplicate-valvate in asstivation. Stamens 5, inserted at the 

 tliroat of the corolla ; anthers sessile, glabrous, exserted, linear-oblong ; 

 cells elongated at the base. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ; stigma 

 just exserted, clavate ; ovules numerous, ascending. Capsule oblong, 

 coriaceous, loculicidally bivalved. Seeds numerous, compressed; testa 

 produced into elongated repand-dentate membranous wings, undivided 

 at the apex, bipartite at the base. — Monotypic. A tree or large shrub, 

 glabrous in most parts, with opposite petiolate, coriaceous, evergreen 

 leaves, elongated caducous stipules, and small whitish flowers arranged 

 in a terminal trichotomous panicle, the lowest branches of which 

 however are verticillate. 



I.e. paniculata, Welw, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Land, xxvii. p. 37, t. 

 14 (1869). A tree of 25-40 ft. or a shrub of 12-15 ft. Leaves 

 oblong somewhat obovate or ovate-lanceloate, obtusely acuminate, 

 narrowed *at the base, with 7-8 lateral veins on each side of the 

 clearly marked midrib, 2-5 by f-2|- in. ; petiole ^-\ in. ; stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse. Inflorescence ovoid, about 3—1 in. long 

 and wide. Capsule ^| by to~6 ^^- Seeds \- in. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Cazengo and Demhos, Welvntsch .' (a mafrnificent 

 tree, with the habit of Olea latifolia; Congo. Chr. Smith! (a shrub (jf 12-15 feof). 



See Welwitsch, Apontamentos, p. 568 (1859). Cfr. Bubiacea, Welw. 1. c. p. 590, 

 post n. 95. 



The timber is good for building. 



7. CROSSOPTERYX, Fenzl; Benth. etHook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 41. 



Calyx short, broadly oblong, with 4-6 short obtuse erect deciduous 

 lobes. Corolla salver- shaped^ hairy outside, glabrous inside; tube 

 slender, straight ; limb spreading 4-6 lobed, dextrorsely contorted in 

 {estivation (as seen from inside). Stamens 4-6, subsessile, glabrous, 

 inserted at the throat of the corolla; anthers lanceolate, oblong, 

 apiculate; cells apicu late at base. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled; 

 style filiform, exserted; stigma clavate, bilobed ; cells with several 

 ovules pcltately attached. Capsule crustaceous, globose, 2.ceiled, 



