20 LXXXII, OLEACE# (BAKER). | Linociera. 
Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, obtuse or subacute, 2-5 in. long, 
cuneate at the base; petiole 4-4 in. long. Panicles lateral, erecto- 
patent, 1-2 in. long, often produced from leafless nodes, sparsely com- 
pound ; bracts ovate, minute, persistent; pedicels very short. Calyx 
4 lin. long; lobes deep, ovate. Petals 4 in. long. Style very short. — 
Mayepea nilotica, Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 528. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: Jegge Wasser, Buettner, 411, Fasugu, Buettner, 663- 
Wile Land. White Nile, Petherick! Dar Ferii., Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 231! 
Bongo: near Ngoli (Nyoli), Schweinfurth, 2914! Madi, Speke § Grant, 701! 
Lower Guinea. Congo Free State: Upolo, Laurent. 
4. L. angolensis, Baker. A small tree; branchlets whitish, 
glabrous. Leaves simple, oblanceolate-oblong, shortly cuspidate, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous, 4-6 in. long; main veins raised on the lower 
surface; petiole } in. long. Panicles an inch long, all sessile in the 
axils of the leaves; rhachises very pubescent ; bracts ovate, minute. 
Calyx pubescent, } lin. long; tube very short ; segments suborbicular. 
Petals linear-oblong, nearly 4 in. long. Drupe oblong.—Mayepea 
africana, Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 529; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 658. 
Upper Guinea. (old Coust: base of Aburi Hills, Johnson, 234. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Anlong>; Mata de Pungo and Cabonda, 
Welwitsch, 941! and without p:ecise locality, Mechow, 152. 
+. L. Johnsoni, Baker. A tree, reaching 60 ft. in height; 
branches grey, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, the largest 
6-8 in. long, 25-3} in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, subcoria- 
ceous, glabrous on both surfaces; main veins rather ascending and 
becoming nearly parallel to the margin. Flowers all in short axillary 
panicles with pubescent branches, crowded at the tip of the branchlets. 
Calyx very small, campanulate, pubescent. Petals } in. long, free 
nearly to the base, lanceolate from a broad base, yellow or creamy-white, 
fragrant, Stamens } the length of the petals. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aburi Hills, Johnson, 148! 453! 
6. L. congesta, Baker. A shrub or low tree, 12-15 ft. high; 
branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, acuminate, 
glabrous, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, cuneate at the base; petiole {4 
in. long. Flowers few, in sessile or nearly sessile clusters in the axils 
of the leaves; bracts minute. Calyx } lin. long; segments ovate; tube 
very short. Petals nearly } in. long, united at the base into a very 
short tube. Drupe oblong, ? in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon River, Mann, 2214! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Muni (Dinger) River, Mann, 1747! 
7. L. Welwitschii, Baker. A tree 50-80 ft. high; branchlets 
and leaves at first pubescent, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong or 
lanceolate, acuminate, subcoriaceous, above an inch long. Panicles 
