105 



very shortly connate at the base ; anthers dorsifixed, oblong, 

 curved, 2-celled, dehiscing by the rolling back from the centre of 

 the cell-wail ; staminodes 5, broadly oval, concave, chaffy, quite 

 glabrous, 1^ lin. long. Carpels 5, concealed by the staminodes, 

 free, 1 lin. long, brownish-pubescent, style subulate ; ovules 4-6 

 on the ventral suture. 



III.— Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2758. 



Vernac. names. — Owawa (Gold Coast, Johnson) ; Arere (Yoruba, 

 Foster) ; Obeche (Benin, Foster). 



Benin. 



The wood, though soft, can be used for canoes, which, however, 

 are not very lasting (For. Dept. S. Nigeria, Mus. Kew). 



Triplochiton nigericum, Sprague, in Kew Bull. 1909, p. 212. 



A deciduous tree. Leaves 7-lobed, 5-9 in. long, 6-10 in. wide ; 

 lobes oblong ; petiole 2-3^ in. long. Stipules arcuate, \-\ in. long, 

 with a terminal tuft of hairs. Stamens 10 or more. Otherwise 

 like T. Johnsonii. 



Vernac. name. — Arere (Ibadan, Punch). 



Ibadan Forest Reserve ; Oloke-Meji ; Jebu-Ode. 



Wood white, used to make large canoes, but which are not very 

 durable. Flowers December to January, and stated to be the 

 commonest tree in the Lagos Forest (Punch, Herb. Kew). 



Triplochiton sp. 



Tree up to 25 feet in girth. 



Vernac. name. — Obeche (Cent. Province, Univiri). 



Satin-wood. 



A common tree in many localities. 



A valuation of 2|d to Is. per foot was given for a sample of 

 this wood in the Liverpool market where it was classified as 

 Satin-wood. 



The tree grows on high land with a good soil (Kew Bull. 1908, 

 p. 195). 



TILIACEAE. 



GREWIA, Linn. 



Grewia tricolor, Juss., Ann. Mus. iv. (1804), p. 90. 



[G. salvifolia, Mast, in Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 247, not of Linn. f. 

 nor of Heyne ex Roth.] 



Ill— Juss. I.e. t. 50, f. 2. 



Nupe ; Senegambia and confined so far as is known to Western 

 Tropical Africa. Drummond states that the Indian and Abyssinian 

 plants that have been identified with it are distinct. 



Fruits edible, though very small. 



