Belonophora.] Lxx. RUBucEiE (uiern). 129 



44. BELONOPHORA, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 109. 



Calyx small ; tnbe campanulate, 4-bracteolate at base ; limb cam- 

 panulate, deeply 4-5-lobed ; lobes rounded, ciliolate. Corolla salver- 

 shaped ; tube rather slender, gradually and slightly dilated upwards, 

 appressedly pubescent ; throat glabrous ; limb spreading, 5- partite ; 

 segments oblong, nearly as long as the tube, dextrorsely contorted in 

 aestivation (as seen from the inside). Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 corolla-tube, included ; anthers sessile, linear, apiculatc, glabrous, fixed 

 by the back near the middle. Disk fleshy, cushion-shaped. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style included, glabrous, deeply branched ; branches 2, 

 papillose, somewhat diverging, subulate; ovules solitary, pendulous, 

 anatropous. Fruit globose, coriaceous, 2-celled, dissepiment thin. 

 Seeds solitary, pendulous ; hilnm minute, ventral, towards tlie apex ; 

 testa firm ; albumen horny ; embryo minute, curved, inverted towards 

 the apex of the seed ; cotyledons small, cordate ; radicle terete, next 

 the hiluni. — A glabrous tree with opposite leaves, long subulate taper- 

 pointed deciduous stipules, and fasciculate sessile flowers. 

 A monotypic genus. 



1. B. coffeoides, Hook. f. Ic. PL 1127 (1873). A tree, 40 feet 

 high, with subterete pale branches, somewhat enlarged at the nodes. 

 Leaves elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 

 rather pale, 4-8 by 1^3 in. ; lateral veins about 10 pairs ; petiole 

 ^-| in. ; stipules lanceolate, j in. long. Flowers about \ in. long. 

 Bracteoles small rounded. Fruit globose, ^-| in. diam. 

 Upper Guinea. Island 8t. Thomas, alt. 3000 ft., Mann .' 



45. AULACOCALYX, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl.ii.p 109. 



Calyx oblong, silky on both sides ; tube short, 5-sulcate ; limb 

 5-cleft ; teeth subulate, erect. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped ; tube 

 silky outside ; throat glabrous ; limb spreading, 5-partite ; segments 

 oblong, dextrorsely contorted (as seen from the inside) in aestivation. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla, exserted ; anthers 

 sessile, linear, subapiculate, glabrous, fixed by the back near the 

 middle. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled ; style exserted, filiform, 

 sparingly hispid below, glabrous and bifid at apex ; branches short, 

 spreading, obtuse; ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit unknown. — A 

 shrub with glabrescent opposite leaves, lanceolate caducous stipules, 

 and sessile fasciculate bracteolate flowers, lateral and terminating shoi t 

 branches. 



A monotypic genus. 



1. A. jasminlflora, Hook. f. Ic. PL 1126 (1873). Height 15 

 feet. Branches rather pale, terete, glabrescent. Leaves elliptical, 

 caudate-acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, ranging up 

 to 4^ by 1| in. ; lateral veins 3-4 pairs, slender, depressed above ; 

 petiole about ^ in. ; stipules ^ in. long, puberulous. Flowers about 1 in. 



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