160 Lxx. RUCIACE5: (hiern). [Ancylanthos. 



5. A. Salnesii, Hiern. Stems and brauclie3 terete, glabrate 

 below, rufous hispid- velutinous above. Leaves opposite, oval, some- 

 what narrowed at both ends, at first tawny- velvety on both sides, at 

 length asperous and deep green above, subcoriaceous, o-4 by 1^-2 in. ; 

 lateral veins about 5-6 pairs ; petiole l—^ in., hairy ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, l-^ in. Flowers pentamerous, tomentose outside, 

 ^ in. long, precocious, 3-5 together, on tomentose pedicels of ^-§ in., 

 raised on a short lateral common peduncle. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 acute, ^-| in. long, persistent, erect. Corolla rnfous-tomentose out- 

 side, not bearded; tube § in. long; lobes lanceolate, ^ in., reflexed, 

 acute. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit fleshy, globose, §-j in. diameter, 

 l-2.seeded. Seed ^ in. long ; albumen uniform ; embryo somewhat 

 curved, J in. long, cotyledons linear, radicle very short. 

 Soutb Central r T. Baiaes : 23° S. Lat., Chapman and Baoics.' 



54. CRATERISPERMUM, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 112. 



Calyx-tube turbinate ; limb coriaceous, hemispherical, subentire or 

 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped or shortly salver-shaped ; tube 

 rather short ; throat hairy ; limb 5 -partite, lobes ovate, more or less 

 pubescent towards the base inside, spreading, valvate (narrowly indu- 

 plicate) in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla, 

 glabrous, more or less exserted ; filaments half the length of or exceed- 

 ing the linear anthers, inserted at the back rather above the base. Disk 

 fleshy, annular, glabrous. Ovary 2-celled, fleshy ; style filiform, gla- 

 brous, subclavate or fusiform, rather dilated and bifid at the tip or 

 divided into 2 recurved slender branches ; ovules solitary, pendulous. 

 Beriy pisiform, obliquely globular, smooth, 2 -seeded ; endocarp 

 papery. Seed pendulous, hemispherical ; albumen fleshy, uniform ; 

 embryo small, radicle superior. — Quite glabrous shrubs, of a yellowish 

 green colour, with subterete branches compressed towards the extremi- 

 ties, opposite net-veined leaves, connate persistent stipules, and rather 

 small white flowers in subcapitate pedunculate bracteolate clusters. 

 A small genus comprising one species from the Seychelles and the following. 

 Leaves obovate or OA-al. Flowers several or many 

 together. 

 Filaments exceeding the anthers. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped. 

 Leaves closely net- veino.l. Style included .... 1. C. lauriiuim. 

 Leaves less closely net-veined. Style exserted . . 2. C. cerinanthum. 

 Filaments half the length of the anthers or shorter. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical. 

 Leaves obovate. Calyx-limb not longer than the 



ovary 3. C. hrachyncmatum. 



Leaves oval. Calyx-limb longer than the ovary . . 4:.- C. Sckwcinfurtkii. 

 Leaves elliptical-oblong. Flowers few together . . o. C. /nontanum. 



1. C. laurinuxn, Be)ith. in HooJc. Niger Fl. 411. Leaves obovate- 

 oval, cuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, of the 



