Dichapetalum] xxxv. dichapetalaoe^e. 139- 



with a thin appressed whitish tomentum ; leaves elliptical, acu- 

 minate, apiculate, rounded or obtusely narrowed at the base, 

 papery-coriaceous, glabrous shining and deep green above, clothed 

 with a whitish very short tomentum beneath, subrepand, 3 to 5| 

 by 1| to 2^ in.; midrib nerves and net-veins clearly marked 

 beneath ; petiole thickened, |- to £ in. long ; stipules subulate, 

 nearly equalling the petiole, deciduous; infructescence axillary 

 and subterminal, shortly pedunculate, bracteate ; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened, £ to \ in. long, subsolitary, amidst numerous crowded 

 densely cymose slender barren pedicels, thinly hairy ; fruit sub- 

 globose, nearly | in. diam., densely hispid. 

 Without locality noted in Herb. Welw. No. 4667. 



7. D. retroversum Hiern, sp. n. 



A slender widely climbing evergreen shrub ; stems often twisted 

 even from the base, as well as the branches white- verrucose, rigid ; 

 branches patent or curving backwards; branchlets pubescent- 

 tomentose with brown hairs, more or less bent backwards ; leaves 

 ovate elliptical or lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse or subapiculate 

 at the apex, rounded or emarginate at the base, thinly coriaceous 

 or rigidly membranous, glabrescent and rather glossy above, paler 

 and with raised pubescent or puberulous midrib and nervation 

 beneath, 1^ to 5 by f to 1| in. ; margin narrowly revolute, 

 puberulous or glabrate ; petiole patent, pubescent, JL to i in. 

 long; stipules 2, one on each side of the petiole, lanceolate- 

 subulate, taper-pointed, erect, g to ^ in. long, deciduous; flower-buds 

 white ; umbels axillary, simple ; common peduncle solitary, erect- 

 patent spreading or at length pendulous, pubescent, § to J in. 

 long ; pedicels -^ to g in. long, few or several together, pubescent ; 

 flowers white, hermaphrodite ; calyx-segments oval-oblong, pubes- 

 cent outside, subequal, about —^ in. long, 5 or rarely 6 ; petals 

 cuneate-obovate, sub-unguiculate, bifid, about ^ in- long ; lobes 

 linear-spathulate ; hypogynous glands opposite to the petals, 

 truncate, obsoletely 3-dentate at the apex; filaments filiform, 

 longer than the petals ; anthers reniform, small ; ovary superior, 

 narrowly conical, hispid with brown hairs, gradually terminating 

 in the glabrate filiform style which about equals the filaments ; 

 stigma small, obsoletely 2-3-lobed; fruit ellipsoidal, attenuate at 

 both ends or at least at the apex, ventricose in the middle, longi- 

 tudinally subangular, of a fine scarlet colour, of the form and 

 colour as well as the size of the hip of Rosa canina L., fleshy-pulpy,, 

 rather sweet to the taste, edible, 1-celled, 1-seeded, sub-pendulous, 

 with the calyx and the remains of the stamens persisting at the 



GoLUNOrO Alto. — In the dense woods of Sobato de Cabanga 

 Cacalunga, but sparingly ; in flower-bud and fruit, March 1858. 

 No. 4655. In very dense primitive woods, intermixed with other 

 shrubs ; fl. Jan. 1856. No. 4656- In the woods of Serra de Alto 

 Queta, Mata de Mangue ; with few flowers and fruits, August 1855. 

 No. 4657- In the dense primitive woods of the Eastern Queta ; 

 frequent but very rarely fruiting, April 1856. No. 4658. In shady 



