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Leaves distinctly cordate at the base; lateral nerves 
20-26 on each side . : ‘ : ‘ : - 1, S. Ochocoa, 
Leaves not cordate at the base; lateral nerves 15-18 on 
each side. 
Leaves rather obtuse at the base A A ; - 2. 8. Mannii. 
Leaves attenuated and acute at the base. : . 38. S. chrysothriz. 
1. S. Ochocoa, Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xviii. 244, tt. 2 
and9. A tree, about 120 ft. high, of palm-like habit, with subhorizontal 
or slightly pendulous branches ; branchlets densely ferruginous-tomen- 
tellous when young, at length glabrous and reddish brown, rather 
stout. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, shortly and often unequally 
cordate at the base, suddenly contracted into a narrow acute acumen, 
7-11 in. long, 24-34 in. broad, glabrous and slightly rough above, 
ferruginous-tomentellous underneath when young, soon glabrescent ; 
midrib stout and prominent underneath ; lateral nerves rather spread- 
ing, almost straight, prominent below, 20-26 on each side; transverse 
veins obscure ; petiole stout, 3-5 lin. long. Male inflorescences 1-1? in. 
long, ferruginous-tomentellous ; common peduncle up to % in. long, 
stout ; bracts ovate, obtuse, caducous ; umbels capituliform, 6-8 lin. in 
diam., very many-flowered ; pedicels 14 lin.long. Perianth about 2 lin. 
Jong, ferruginous-tomentellous without, glabrous within, 3-5- (usually 
4-) partite; lobes obtuse. Staminal column glabrous, stout; anthers 
6-10, + lin. long. Female inflorescences cymose or umbel-shaped 
panicles, 14-3 in. long. Perianth tomentose without. Fruit depressed- 
globose, 13-2 in. in diam., 14-1? in. high, ferruginous-hispid ; pericarp 
fleshy, 14 lin. thick when dry. Seed much depressed.—Warb. in 
Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. xiii. Gen.-Versamml,-Heft, 81, t. 29, fig. 3a; 
Muskatnuss, 628, t. 4, fig. 12, S. Kombo, Warb. in Notizbl. Konig. 
Bot. Gart. Berlin, i. 98, partly. Ochocoa Gabonii, Pierre in Bull. Soc. 
Linn, Paris, ii. 1257. Dryobalanops sp., Moller in Dingler’s Polytechn. 
Journ. ccexxxviii. (1888), 432. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sibange Farm, common and characteristic of the 
forests, Soyaux, 301! Libreville, Klaine, 72. 
2. S. Mannii, Warb. in Notizbl. Kinigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin,i. 98. A 
tree, 40-100 ft. high ; branchlets finely fulvous-tomentellous when quite 
young, very soon glabrous and reddish brown, rather stout. Leaves 
oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse and often unequal at the base, abruptly 
contracted into a narrow acute acumen, 7-10 in. long, 12-3 in. broad, 
pale fulvous-tomentellous beneath in bud, very soon glabrescent ; mid- 
rib moderately stout and prominent beneath ; lateral nerves suboblique, 
almost straight, slender, prominent beneath, 15-18 on each side ; 
petiole 34-5 lin. long, somewhat slender. Male inflorescences 1-2 in. 
long, fulyous-tomentellous; common peduncle very short; special 
peduncles up to 1 in. long, slender; bracts ovate, caducous ; umbels 
capituliform, up to 10 lin, in diam., very many-flowered ; pedicels up to 
2 lin. Jong. Perianth 14 lin. long, fulvous-tomentellous without, glab- 
rous within, 3-fid ; lobes broad-ovate, obtuse. Stamina! column slender ; 
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