500 Lxxx. SAPOTACE^ (baker). [ChrijsopJnjllum. 



leaves and below them, on slender ferraginons pedicels about ^V in. 

 long. Calyx globose, yV i^- ^^^o' nearly naked, with a very short 

 tabe and nearly round much imbricated obtuse coriaceous segments. 

 Corolla carapanulate, scarcely longer than the calyx, with 5 broad 

 oblong obtuse ciliated segments longer than the tube. Stamens in- 

 serted low down in the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments ; 

 anthers small, ovate, acute, extrorse, about as long as the glabrous 

 filament. Ovary ovoid, densely pilose ; style short. 

 ITpper Guinea. Banks of the River Muni, 1° N. lat. Mann ! 



5. C. albidum, G. Don; A. DG. Prodr. viii. 162. A tree, 

 30-60 ft. high, with branchlets thinly coated with pale ferruginous 

 or whitish tomentum. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblanceolate-ob- 

 long, reaching a length of 6-10 in., and a breadth of 2-3 in. above 

 the middle, acute, regularly deltoid in the lowest quarter, rigidly 

 coriaceous, bright green above, thinly coated with persistent pale 

 ferruginous or whitish tomentum beneath, with 9-14 pairs of pro- 

 minent parallel arcuate-ascending main veins. Flowers in copious 

 clusters from the axils of the leaves and below them on ferruginous 

 pedicels yV-s ^^- ^^°o- C)alyx under ^ in. long, with a very short 

 tube and broadly oblong much imbricated ferruginous coriaceous 

 segments. Corolla half as long again as the calyx; segments ob- 

 long, as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla- seg- 

 ments, oblong, obtuse, extrorse ; anthers half as long as the flat 

 glabrous filaments. Ovary silky ; style glabrous, as long as the 

 ovary. Drupe coriaceous, glabrous, 5-celled, 1^ in. diam. Seed 

 very like a bean, oblong, compressed, an inch long, with a pale 

 brown glossy testa and hilum ^ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don ! Princes Island, Mann! 



6. C. africanum, A. DO. Prodr. viii. 163 ?. A tree, 60 ft. high, 

 with branchlets thinly coated with bright ferruginous tomentum. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, obovate-oblong, reaching 6-10 in. long, 

 3-4 in. broad above the middle, obtuse or cuspidate, deltoid or 

 slightly rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, bright green above, 

 persistently bright ferruginous beneath, with 16-20 pairs of parallel 

 erecto-patent much raised veins. Flowers in crowded umbels from 

 the axils of the leaves and below tbem on the branchlets on pedicels 

 longer than themselves. Calyx ^ in. long, cleft nearly to the base ; 

 segments oblong, densely coated like the pedicels with their ferruginous 

 tomentum. Corolla campanulate, half as long again as the calyx ; seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse, about as long as the tube. Stamens shorter than 

 the corolla-segments; anthers minute, oblong, obtuse, shorter than the 

 flattened filament. Ovary silky; style short, entire ; stigma capitate. 

 — G. macrophjllum, G. Don. in Trans. Hort. Soc. v. 458 ? 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! Mann! 



This is the C. africanum of Benthara in the Niger Flora, p. 441. Whether it he 

 identical "vvith the ph\nt of G. Don and A. De CandoUe, from Sierra Leone, there is no 

 mpans of positively ascertaining. Don's description is very vague, and no authenti- 

 cated specimens seem to he extant. The impression of Mr. J. Smith, A. L. S., who 



