Ilyphcene.'] cxlvii, palm.e (wright). 123 



9. H. benguellensis, Welv). Syn. Explic. 40. A very elegant 

 palm. Stem 20-25 ft. high, about G in. thick, straight, " cylindrical, 

 moderately ventricose above the middle," always simple. Berries exactly 

 spherical, shining dull brown. — Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92 ; Durand 

 <fe Schinz, Oonspect. Fl. Afr. v. 460 ; Drude in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 1 10, \2o\ 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 84. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Mossaraetles ; plentiful in rather damp sandy places 

 near the banks of tlie River Caroca, near Porto-Pinda and Cabo Negro, forming very 

 elegant woods round the native village Caroca, Wehcifsch, 6656 ! Wplwitsch, fruit, 

 1053 ! 



10. H. compressa, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 9:5. Fruit laterally 

 compressed, about 3 in. long, 2J-2| in. in diam. Seeds laterally com- 

 pressed, lenticular, IJ in. long, 1-1^ in. in diam. — Drude in Engl. 

 Jahrb, xxi. 110. 



"Central Africa :" without exact locality or collector's name. 



11. H. macro sperxna, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92. Fruit ovate, 

 rather obtuse, very smooth at the top, slightly swollen on the ventiul 

 side, 2| in. long, 2J in. in diam., resembling that of //. ihebaica, but 

 rounder, more obtuse, and of a duller colour. Seed roundish ovoid. 

 If in. long, H-lf in. in diam. — Drude in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 110. 



"Central Africa:" without exact locality (probably from the Niger Region), 

 Baikie (ex Wendland). 



I find no specimen corresjwnding to this at Kew. 



12. H. turbinata, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1881, 92. Fruit orbicular 

 from an obtuse base, very smooth at the top, much constricted half-way 

 up, much swollen on the ventral side, faintly keeled on the dorsal, dull 

 brown, 2J in. long, ^-'2^ in. in diam. Seed truncate, inverted conic, 

 rounded and swollen on the ventral side, \\ in. long, 1-1 J in. in 

 diam. 



" Central Africa : " without exact locality, Livingstone (ex Wen(Ua)id). 



I find no specimen corresponding to this at Kew, 



12. MEDEMIA, P. G. von Wiirttemberg ; Benth. et Hook, 

 f. Gen. PI. iii. 882. 



Fruit ellipsoid, separating from the perianth, 1-seeded, with 2 irmall 

 smooth (sometimes confluent) areoles at the base ; scar of stigmas oppo- 

 site the areoles ; pericarp thick, corky, light coloured, shiny, rugulose 

 when dry ; endocai p smooth, white. Seed oblong, attached to the side 

 of the endocarp by a wide base; testa thick, slightly coriaceous and 

 whitish outside, brown within ; albumen horny, slightly ruminate, 

 hollow in the centre ; embryo basal. — Stem simple. Leaves fiabellate, 

 with a few filaments between the segments; petiole unarmed; ligule 

 none. Male catkins slender, with reddish tomentose sciiles. Mature 

 carpels 1-3. 



A genus of 2 imperfectly known species, confined to Tropical Afric.i. 



