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figured Acridocarpus corymbosus Hook. fil. MS., from specimens 
cted by Vogel at Cap e Coast Castle ; ie distinguished bi from 
Cavaniliesi wis ms very oe calyx | ae 
1849. Hoo 
49. fil. (in Niger Flora, 244, t. 24) enumerated five 
species of iene wis synonymy an citation of specimens— 
1, plagiopterus; 2, Smeathmanni; 8, | olius; 4, guineensis ; “s 
yn rere sus. — ansferred ancealopests longifolius G. Don 
y it ae name erty carpus longifolius, = re 
remarked : 
genus are, A. Cavanillesii, Adr. Fiteds ‘ ree Bieens Leone ; A. ango- 
: : ; 
species in the Hookerian Herbarium collected by Heudelot.” 
Heudelot’s specimen has since been identified as A. playiopterus. 
1850. Sonder (in Linnea, xxiii. 22) os Banisteria Kraus- 
siana Hochst. to Acridocarpus natalitius Jus 
1859. oe (Thes. cap. i. 12, t. 19) epebaneribed and figured 
dA, Teate ae 
860. Bondar (Flora Capensis, i. 231) gave descriptious of the 
awn South African species recognized at that date 
1862, Hooker fil. (in Gen . Plant. i. 249, 256) redefined Acrido- 
carpus, and estimated the niimber of species at twelve. He sepa- 
rated Jussieu’s second section of Acridocar Lore nee included A. 
angolensis, galphimiefolius, and pruriens] as a new genus, Sphedamno- 
carpus Planch. MS8., distinguished from seasar pis: properzby the 
possession of opposite leaves, core flowers, and three styles, 
characters alr — given by Jussieu. 
868. Oliver (Fl. Trop. Afr, i pata described five ae. as 
natives of Tropic al Africa, viz., A. S eathmanni, # pl 
A, corymbosus, A. zanzibaricus, and a nie species, A. chloropterus 
Oliv., collected by Kirk and Meller i in the valley of the Shire River. 
He reduced . longifolius to A. Smeathmanni, and rpg stirs two 
varieties of the latter species, which he characterized as follow 
Var. a. Wing of the fruit narrowed to the nut. Var. 2. Base of the 
wing half clasping the nut. He also reduced to A. Smeathmanni, 
A. guineensis Juss., and, doubtfully, A. Cavanillesii Juss. 
at the end of the genus he mentioned, as a possible new species, 
a specimen from the “Red Sea,” collected by Dr. Nimmo and 
labelled A. orientalis by Grisebach. 
1874. Baillon (Adanecin: xi. ~~ described a new species from 
New y Caledonia~ at austro-caledon 
ws, 
ria— 4 
. Balfour fil. (in ta son Soc. Edinb. xxxi. 41) enume- 
rated, under the name A. Orisihalés Juss., Dr. Nimmo’s ‘‘ Red Sea 
