526 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. RAPHIDIOCYSTIS. 
Caulis satis robustus, angulatus, glaber, 5-7 metr. longus. Petiolus 
robustus, angulosus, breviter villosus, 1-2 cent. longus. Folia supra 
intense viridia, subtus pallide viridia, utrinque tenuiter punctulata, 
15-20 cent. longa, 12-15 cent. lata, superiora integra, inferiora pro- 
funde lobata, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, 
ad basim sæpius constrictis, intermedio longiore; sinus inter lobos 
angusti, acuti, basilaris triangularis, 2-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi ro- 
busti, sæpius bifidi. Pedunculus communis masculus robustus, stria- 
tus, puberulus, bracteolatus, 3-4 cent. longus, usque ad basim dense 
floriferus; bracteolæ breves, carnosæ, persistentes, glandulosæ. Ca- 
lycis tubus brevissime puberulus, 6 mill. longus, 8 mill. latus; dentes 
lineari-subulati, 2 mill. longi. Corolla 1 Y, cent. lata. Staminum fila- 
menta libera, crassa, ad basim villosa, 1-1 '/, mill. longa; antheræ 
juniores in capitulum globosum connatæ, 5-6 mill. longc. Staminodia 
crassa, globosa, sessilia. Fructus earnosus, 9-12 cent. crassus. Semina 
‘cinerea, basi leviter attenuata, 5 mill. longa, 2 '/,-3 mill. lata, 1 mill. 
crassa. | 
In Nigritia ad Nupe (Barter n. 1595 in herb. Kew.); ad Fernando 
Po (Barter n. 199 et 1166 in herb. Kew.); in Monbuttu (Sehweinfurth 
n. 3581 in herb. Kew.). 
XXXII. RAPHIDIOCYSTIS, Hook. f. n Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 
1, p. 828, et in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. 2, p. 558. 
Flores monoici, solitarii vel fasciculati et axillares. Masculi : Caly- 
cis tubus campanulatus ; lobi 5, pectinato-pinnatifidi. Corolla campa" 
nulata, usque ad medium 5-lobata, lobis brevibus, integris, acutis. 
Stamina 3, ad basim tubi calycis inserta, filamentis liberis, elongatis: 
antheræ oblongæ, connatæ, una unilocularis ceteræ biloculares, lo- 
culis longitudinaliter triplicatis, connectivo angusto, ultra loculos non 
producto. Pistillodium nullum. — Flores feminei: Calyx et corolla 
maris. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium oblongum vel globosum, hispidum, 
triplacentiferum; stylus columnaris, elongatus, basi disco depresso 
circumcinctus, stigmatibus 3, 3-5-lobatis, lobis erectis, subulatis; 
ovula numerosissima, horizontalia. Fructus oblongus, siccus, indehis- 
cens, periantho marcescenti coronatus, densissime setosus ; set: p^" 
tulæ, aculeatæ, fragiles. Semina numerosa, ovoidea, compressa, obtuse 
marginata, testa coriacea. 
Herbs vel fructices scandentes, graciles, glabrz vel hispidulæ. 
Africæ tropicæ incolæ. Folia ovata, integra vel leviter lobata, acuta 
