164 CXIV. MYRISTICACEE (STAPF). [Celocaryon. 
84 lin. long; cotyledons lanceolate, parallel, 24 lin. long, not quite 1 lin. 
wide.—Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 250, t.10. C. malti- 
Jlorum, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxili. (1904), 386. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria, Preuss! collector’s name unknown, 
Aug. 1904, 331! banks of the Limbe River, Winkler, 624! Yaunde, forest, 2600 ft., 
Zenker & Staudt, 649! Bipinde, Zenker, 2561 ! 
The leaves of the original of C. Preussii differ from those of the type of 
C. multiflorum only in the more gradually attenuate apex and the number of the 
lateral nerves, there being 10-11 of them on each side instead of 7-9; but specimens 
collected later on by Preuss at Victoria agree so completely with those of C. multi- 
Jjlorum that I have no doubt about the identity of those plants. 
3. C. oxycarpum, Stapf. A tree with terete glabrous branch- 
lets. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong, acuminate, obtuse at the 
base, 4-7 in, long, 2-24 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, adpressedly 
rufo-pubescent in bud, very soon quite glabrous; midrib prominent 
below; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side; petiole }-} in. long, chan- 
nelled, flexuous. Male raceme of umbels slender, 14 in. long; lowest 
branches 2-3 lin. long; involucral disk 1-2 lin. in diam., supporting 
an umbel of 10-25 flowers ; pedicels slender, up to 2 lin. long. Perianth 
3-fid, # lin. long. Anthers 3, } lin. long, equalling the stipes. Female 
inflorescence unknown. Fruit-bearing branches axillary, towards the 
tips of the branches, 2-34 in. long (including the fruits), glabrous; 
umbels solitary, or 2 or more racemosely arranged, each with 2-3 
mature fruits; pedicels rather slender, about } in. long. Perianth per- 
sistent, 3-partite, nearly 1 lin, long. Fruit ovoid-oblong or ellipsoid- 
oblong from a somewhat narrower base, acute or subacute, 1-1} in. 
long ; pericarp thin, glabrous. Seed ellipsoid-oblong; testa brown, not 
grooved ; endosperm ruminate almost to the central cavity. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Farana, in gallery woods, Chevalier, 13178! 
13425! Ivory Coast: Dobou, Chevalier, 16213 ! 
4, STAUDTIA, Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur, Ixviii. 128. 
Male flower: Perianth more or less turbinate-funnel-shaped, 3—4- 
lobed. Filaments united into a column; anthers 3-4, adnate to the 
column and longer than the short stipes. Female flower: Perianth 
globose-turbinate. Ovary more or less globose; stigma sessile, indis- 
tinct. Fruit large; pericarp dehiscent, thick, fleshy ; aril as long as the 
seed, subentire. Seed ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid ; testa woody, thick ; 
endosperm hard, not ruminate, full of fat and starch. Cotyledons 
suberect, united at the base only.—Leaves more or less coriaceous, 
glabrous ; lateral nerves very faint. Inflorescences subglobose, almost 
sessile, capitate, very dense; bracts present; bracteoles 0. 
Species 3 or 4, endemic. 
Petioles with a shallow wide channel in the upper part. 
Fruit stipitate, 13 by ? in. eer ; : . IL. S. stipitata. 
Fruit not stipitate, 2 by 13 in. . : : : . 2. S. kamerunensis. 
Petioles with a deep narrow channel all along; fruit not 
stipitate . . . : : : : . . 8. S. gabonensis. 
