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differ much in appearance : the leaves here are larger, being 4| 
inches long, or with the petiole 4^ in length, and 2;^ inches 
broad ; the panicle is If inch long, the flowers grow black in 
drying, and the buds scarcely exceed a hue in length*. 
4. Apodytes acutifolia, Hochst. ; — arbor grandis, ramulis sub- 
striatis, glandiiloso-verrucosis, foliis ovatis, utrinque acutis, 
apice repente et breviter attenuatis, glaberrimis, supra sub- 
lucidis, subtus pallidioribus, petiolo valde elongato, tenui, 
canaliculato, glabro, glauco ; panicula laxe ramosa, terminah, 
foho breviore, pauciflora, sparse pubescente. — Abyssinia, in 
Monte Aber, prope Adesselam altit. 8000 ped. — v. s, in herb. 
Hook, et Mus. Brit. (Schimper, 1315). 
This is said by Schimper to be a tall handsome tree : its 
branchlets are marked with long whitish spots having a fmTOw 
down the middle ; the leaves are 3i inches long. If inch broad, 
upon a petiole If inch in length : the panicle measures If inch. 
Rhaphiostylis. 
This genus, suggested by Dr. Planchon, was first announced 
by Mr. Bentham, who gave an outline of its characters in the 
‘ Niger Flora,^ p. 259. It differs little from Apodytes, its di- 
stinguishing features consisting in its inflorescence, with small 
axillary fasciculate flowers, and the peeuliar somewhat lateral 
glandular appendage, seen on the summit of the ovary, and near 
the base of the style : it bears somewhat the appearance as if it 
had originally possessed three styles, one of which had acquhed 
much growth, and the other two, being abortive, exhibited only 
rudimentary traces of then’ existence : on the other hand, this 
process is evidently veiy analogous to the fleshy scutelliform 
appendage seen in Apodytes, as well as to the large epigynous 
gland observed in the fniit of Stemonurus. In its elongated 
slender style (whence its generic name is derived) it has much 
resemblance to Icacina : in its inflorescence and habit, it bears 
greatly the appearance of the Phlebocalymna of Griffiths. The 
following outhne of its generic character is somewhat modifled 
from that given by Mr. Bentham, in order to distinguish it more 
readily from other genera of the same family. 
Rhaphiostylis, Planch. ; Bth. (Flor. Nigrit.) — Flores perfect!. 
Calyx bre\iter campanidatus, 5-dentatus, dentibus obtusius- 
cuhs, persistens. Petala 5, sequalia, hnearia, glabei’rima, 
hypogyna, sestivatione valvata, sub anthesi reflexa. Stamina 5, 
cum petalis inserta, iisdem alterna ; filamenta carnosula, imo 
* A representation of this species with generic details is given in plate 5 
of this volume. 
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