478 Beitrage zur Flora von Afrika. XLVf. 



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unten noch cin Stuck weii frei sind. _ Ferner slnd die Stengel sowie die Laubblatl- 

 spreiten bei S. hemisymphyes unterseils vollig kahl , 



24. S. togoense Damm. in Schlechler, AVest-Afr. Kautschuk-Exp. 

 (1900) 312 nomeri nudum; Damm. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1906) 

 59, 183; C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, II. (1906) 246, 570. 

 Fruticosuni, scandens; rami adulti glabrescentes, lenueSj cr. 1 — 2 mm 

 diam.j teretes, volubiles; internodia cr. 4,5 — 6 cm longa; rami juniores 

 laterales pilis densis parvis patenlibus pluricellularibus aculis 



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simplicibus vel subfurcatim ramosis obtecti; petioli mediocreSj cr, 



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0^20 mm longi, pilis patenlibus simplicibus vel semel ramosis sicut rami 

 obsiti; lamina tenuis, herbacea^ late elliptical cr. 6^7:3,5—4,5 

 10:5,2 cm, utrinque angustata, basi in petiolum primo rotundale, tunc 

 sensim cuneatim subundulate abiens, apice obtuso vel subacuminato, supra 

 solum in vena media et in raargine pilis pluricellularibus simplicibus cre- 

 brioribus obsila, sublus fere omnino glabra; mesopbyllum in slalu sicco 

 crystallis spliaericis satis crebris jam lenle simplici in modum punciorum 

 minutorum visibilibus instructum; vena media et venae laterales primanac 

 in utroque latere 5 curvatim ascendentes subtus paulum prominentes; m- 

 florescenlia in ramis brevioribus lateralibus lerminalis, cr. 14-flora, vix 

 raraum brcvem inferiorem edens, pedunculus (saepe supra folia suprema 

 valde diminuta] cr. 3 cm longus, rbacbis cr. 1 cm longa, sicut pedunculu 



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pilis patenlibus pluricellularibus acutis pluries divaricatim ramosis (rarius 

 partim simplicibus) obsita; flores in ramis valde abbreviatis vel subsessili- 

 bus fere subumbellati, pedicelli graciles, cr. 8 — 13 ram longi, pulvinulis e. 

 pilis densis pluricellularibus plerisque ramosis formatis basi circumdati, 

 ipsi praecipue prope basim pilis patenlibus pluricellularibus simplicibus 

 vel semel ramosis crebris inslructi, apicem versus glabrescentes et paulum 

 incrassati; calyx breviter campanulalus, cr. 1,5 mm longus, 3 mm diarn-, 

 in lobos 5 breves apiculatos vix \ ram longos fere 1,2 mm latos partitus, 

 lobi exlus parce pilosi, solum. in apicibus acuminatis pilis brevibus densis 

 praedili; corolla stellata, diam. cr. 12 — 15 mm, profunde in lobos angusle 

 lanceolatos cr. 6—7 ram longos 1 — 1,5 mm latos acutos tandem recurvatos 

 exlus pilis densis brevibus obtectos partita; stamina 5, cr. 1 mm supra 

 corollae basim inserta; filamenla cr. 1 mm longa, libera; antherae ellip- 

 soideae, cr. 4 mm longae, Oj^S — 1 mm latae, in tola longiludine lale- 

 raliler connatae, pilis brevibus densis intus in lateribus praeditae, 

 ovarium rotundati-conicum, cr. 0,75 mm longum, glabrum; stylus stanoioa 

 superans, fere rectus, cr. 6— 7 mm longus, glaber; stigma slyli apice 

 paulum crassius, subcapitatum. obtusum ; fructus non vidi. 



Togo: Badja (R. Schleciiter, Reise nach Westafrika n. 12 974!). 



25. S. Welwilscbii C. H. Wrigbt in Kew Bulletin (1894) 126; 

 C.H.Wrigbt in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. IV, II. (1906) 213. — 8. PreusStt 

 Damm. in Englers Bot.. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1906) \m. — S. pmdulum 



