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subliberis v. ima basi connatis, apice reflexis. Staminodia 4 cum foliolisperianthii alternantia linearia minima. Germen liberum sessile 1-locu-lare; ovulis 2 sub apice angulo interno insertis, collateraliter descen-dentibus; micropyle introrsum supera; stylo brevi crasso tubuloso,mox in lacinias oo lineares stigmatosas erectas fisso. Drupa inaequali-compressa receptaculo accreto cupuliformi ad medium adnata, cseterumlibera et perianthio perigyno persistente accreto in calyptram sacci-formem gamophyllam conicam vel longe ultra pericarpium in tubumapice 4-dentatum producto coronata inclusaque, stylo apiculata, extusrugoso-setacea; mesocarpio tenui; putamine extus foveolato, intus inaculeos lignosos semen penetrantes producto; seminis (putamini con-formis) integumento tenui; albumine parco carnoso, extus foveolato;embryonis axilis recti albumini aequalis radicula supera breviter conica;cotyledonibus plano-foliaceis, basi digitinerviis. Caetera ignota.... —Frutices in Africa tropica crescentes, scandentes hirsuti; foliis remotealternis simplicibus petiolatis penninerviis; capitulis lateralibus. pedun-culatis solitariis vel racemosis ; biractes flore longioribus reflexis.
1. C. Thomsoniana (H. Bn. in Adansonia. X. 276), scandens, caule longecylindrico glabro striatello, foliis remote alternis ovato-v. elliptico-acumi-natis, petiolo, nervis, pedunculis calyceque pilis crebris pallide fuscatis densehirsutis, limbo basi attenuato v. nunc obtusiusculo, supra demum glabrato,subtus dense hirsuto penninervio reticulato, nervis subtus valde prominulis,inflorescentia foeminea axillari brevi pauciflora, bracteis dense pallide ferrugineo-hirsutis, petalis ovato-acutis, intus glabris, ovario subgloboso, stylocrasso breviter tubuloso,ostiostigmatoso profunde ciliato, perianthio fructiferobasi usque ad medium cum fructu connato valde cupulato, ultra fructum intubum longum, basi obclavata dilatatum, apice attenuatum irregulariterquedentatum producto, extus setis rigidis hispidulo v. post occasum setarumscabrido. Fructus suborbiculato-compressus, ad medium inferus, apice instylum gracilem persistentem setosumque desinens, extus itidem setosus,mesocarpio tenui, putamine lignoso, intus breviter aculeato; embryone albu-mine subasquilongo, radicula brevissime conica, cotyledonibus foliaceis bre-viter ellipticis basi 3-nerviis. Ccetera ignota. () In Africae trop. occ., ad OldCalabar (W. C. Thomson, in hb. K.ew.J. Phytocrene spec. altera dubia Oliv.,FI. trop. Afr. I. 359.— Caulis visus pennae corvinae crassit. Foliorum limbus ad12 cent. long., 5j cent. lat. Petiolus 1 cent. long. Spica foeminea vix 1 cent.longa. Calyx fructifer ad 6 cent. long. basique dilatata 1 j cent. latus, tubo insicco ferrugineo ad apicem 3 mill. lato (v. s.)
2. C. capitata (H. Bn. in Adansonia. X. 277), scandens, caule ramulisque pilisferrugineis undique hirsutis, foliis (fere Tragiae) remote alternis petiolatisovato-acutis, basi cordatis, apice plus minus acuminatis, limbo penninerviosubtus, cum petiolis nervisque, pilis iisdem rufescentibus dense obsito,inflorescentia axillari, ramo lignoso griseo lenticellisque consperso inserta,constante e capitulo solitario pedunculato v. e capitulis paucis in racemumdispositis; pedunculo fuscato-villoso; fructu oblique ovato compresso, stylopersistente arcuato apiculato; perianthio circa fructum inclusum sacciformiultraque in collum brevem incurvum producto, extus parce, intus ditiuspilis iisdem ac pedunculis hirsuto; mesocarpio tenui, basi infera in cupulamcum calyce connato, extus hirsuto; putamine lignoso extus valde rugosoreticulato, intus, ut in genere, crasse aculeato; embryone ut in spec. pratce-dente; cotyledonibus subellipticis, basi 3-5-nerviis. Phytocrene spec. alteradubia Oliv. FI. trop. Afr. I. 359. In Africa tropica occidentali, circa SierraLeone (Kirk, n. 35, in hb. Kew.). —Foliorum limbus 10 cent. long., ad 5 cent.lat. Petiolus 1, 2 cent. long. Fructus ad 1 j cent. long. latusque. Pedunculusinflorescentiae solitaria; 4 cent., racemosae 8, 9 cent. longus. Caetera in specim.valde manco desiderabantur (v. s.)