428 Beitrage zur Flora von Afrika. XLI. 



circ. 7— 12 cm longa, foliolis 9—13, alternis vel suboppositis vel rarius 

 oppositis, petiolulatis (petiolulis puberulis vel glabris 2—4 mm longis), ovata 



vel oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata (sat variabilia), ± obliqua, basi obliqua 

 rotundata vel obtusa vel acuta, apice breviter vel longiuscule acuminata 

 vel acuminulata (acumine saepius obtuso), glabra vel subglabra, 2,5—6 cm 

 longa, I — 2,5 cm lata; paniculae ramulosae multiilorae, breviter puberulae, 

 floribus minimis breviter pedicellatis, alabastris ovoideis acutis vel acumi- 

 nulatis, sericeis; sepala 5 inaequalia, ovata usque oblonga, obtusa vel acuta, 

 extus sericea, cum receptaculo brevissimo lato circ. 3 mm longa; stamina 

 2, iilamentis glabris; ovarium in medio disci sessile, parvum, sericeo-velu- 

 tinum, stylo praeter basin glabro, stigmate minuto. 



Deutsch-Ostafrika: Uferwald des Livule bei Mhondo (Holtz n. 1182. 

 — Bluhend April 1904; hiernach die Beschreibung); Dar-es-Salam, Chall- 

 enge, geschlossenes hoheres Geholz (Holtz n. 1117. — Mit Knospen, Marz 

 1904). 



Pachyelasma Harms n. gen. *) 



Keceptaculum late cupuliforme breve, glabrum. Sepala 5, lata, recep- 

 taculo subaequilonga vel paullo breviora, subsemiorbicularia vel latissime 

 ovato-deltoidea, obtusa, margine brevissime ciliolata. Petala 5, imbricata, 

 obovato-oblonga vel obovata, basi latiuscula, obtusa vel rotundata, sepalis 

 circ. triplo longiora, margine brevissime ciliolata. Stamina 1 0, libera, fila- 

 mentis filiformibus glabris aequalibus, antheris parvis, dorso prope basin 

 affixis, connectivo latiusculo apice ultra antheras breviter producto obtuso 

 insidentibus. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, lanceolatum, glabrum, in stylum 

 brevem latum productum, ovula numerosa (15 — 20) biseriata (ovarium in 

 floribus multis masculis parvum, rudimentarium, subulatum). Legumen 

 magnum (20 — 27 cm longum, 3,5 — 4,5 cm latum) crassissimum, durum, 

 lanceolatum vel oblongo-lanceolatum, compressum, rectum vel leviter cur- 

 vatum, suturis rectis vel irregulariter undulatis, basi angustiore obtusa sessile 

 (?), apice obtuso vel subacuto, probabiliter indehiscens, vel tardius dehis- 

 cens suturis ad locula leviter secedentibus, intus in locula 10 — 15 trans- 

 versa semina includentia divisum, valva utroque latere versus suturam costa 

 longitudinali erecta vel depressa instructa (itaque legumen costis 4 instruc- 

 tum), pericarpium durum 4 — 5 mm crassum, exocarpio angusto cartilagineo, 

 subatro vel atro-brunneo, mesocarpio pluries latiore, gelatinoso-resinoso, 

 endocarpio angusto osseo livido, intus parietibus transversis in locula 10 

 15 diviso; semina transversa, a latere compressa, funiculo tenui flexuoso, 

 oblonga, basi obtusa, apice rotundata, 2— 2,2 cm longa, 1 — 1,2 cm lata, 

 5—6 mm crassa, testa statu sicco nitidula (aqua fervida extus pulverulenta), 

 albumine lato corneo, embryone in medio albuminis angusto, semen totum 

 longitudinaliter percurrente, radicula recta crassiuscula brevi versus basin 





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