428 xliv. sapindacea; (baker). [JErioccehim. 



branches, clothed with spreading ferruginous pubescence. Full grown leaves 

 with 3 or 4 pairs of leaflets, if in. from one another, the lowest sometimes 

 from the base, all oblong-cuneate, with petiolules 2-3 lines long, the upper 

 ones 4-5 in. long, l|-2 in. broad, the point acute, the edge entire, base cu- 

 neate or a little rounded, texture subcoriaceous, upper surface glabrous, lower 

 slightly ferruginous on the midrib, the main veins raised. Flowers in lax, 

 nearly or quite sessile, axillary racemes, 5-6 in. long, the slender axis densely 

 clothed with bright reddish-brown pubescence, the flowers solitary or 2-3 

 together. Bracts linear, densely ferruginous, about equalling the pedicels 

 which are sometimes as long as the flower, which is about 1 line long. Calyx 

 i in. broad when fully expanded, densely ferruginous, the five linear-oblong 

 lobes not reaching down to the base. Petals 5, lanceolate, nearly white, ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, the scales densely villose. Disk saucer-shaped, crenulate, 

 membranous, with eight radiating ribs. Stamens 8, much exserted, the fila- 

 ments nearly naked ; anthers subglobose. Fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Bagroo river, Mann ! 



2. E. paniculatum, Baker. A tree with strong, woody, terete, sul- 

 cate branches densely clothed with spreading, bright reddish-brown, strong, 

 silky hairs. Leaves with 3-4 pairs of nearly sessile oblong-cuneate leaflets, 

 1 in. or less from one another, the upper ones 4-5 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, 

 the point acute, the edge entire, the base cuneate or slightly rounded ; tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous, colour pale green, upper surface a little glossy, lower 

 finely pubescent on the raised veins and more so on the midrib. Flowers m 

 short-stalked, woody panicles with spreading rigid branches, clothed with 

 dense ferruginous pubescence. Branches racemose, the flowers crowded up- 

 wards, the pedicels \ in. long, densely ferruginous. Calyx under 1 line long, 

 narrowly campanulate, the lobes 5, oblong, blunt, not reaching down to the 

 base, densely ferruginous on the back. Petals minute. Disk membranous, 

 saucer-shaped, crenulate, with 10 raised ribs. Stamens 10, slightly exserted. 

 Capsule globose-trigonous, 1 in. long, bony, densely ferruginous-silky. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Gaboon river, Mann I 



8. LECANIODISCTJS, Planch. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 402. 



Flowers regular, polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 5, roundish, very concave, 

 much imbricated. Petals none. Disk complete, with 10 obscure c. mations. 

 Stamens 10, centrical, the filaments filiform, glabrous, much exserted; an- 

 thers oblong. Ovary centrical, villose, ovoid, 3-celled, attenuated into a 

 very short style ; stigma thick, reflexed, 3-lobed. Ovules solitary in the 

 cells, ascending, affixed to the axis at the base. Capsule ovoid, tomentose, 

 pointed, 1-celled, dry, crustaceous, 1-seeded. Seed erect, ovoid; arillus 

 gelatinous ; testa crustaceous and shining. Embryo straight. Cotyledons 

 conferruminate. — Trees. 



Confined to tropical Africa. 



Racemes 1 in. broad 1. L. cvpanioides. 



Racemes under £ in. broad 2. L.fraxinifolta- 



