Staudtia. | CXIV, MYRISTICACEE (STAPF). 165 
1. S. stipitata, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 384. A tree, 100- 
120 ft. high, with a slender stem and roundish crown; old bark rough, 
brown; wood reddish, very hard; branchlets glabrous, dark brown 
when dry. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 
shortly attenuated or rounded at the base, 4~7 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, 
coriaceous, pubescent in bud, very soon quite glabrous; lateral nerves 
6-8, slightly impressed above, venation obscure; petioles about 10 lin. 
long, with a wide shailow channel in the upper part. Flower-heads 
usually from the axils of fallen leaves, about 34 lin. in diam., surrounded 
by broad hairy deciduous bracts ; pedicels scarcely } lin. long. Perianth 
under 4 lin. long, 4- (rarely 3-) lobed, tomentellous without; lobes 
ovate, obtuse. Anthers 3. Ovary densely tomentose. Axis of fruit- 
bearing branch thickened, on a short peduncle, up to 8 lin. long. Fruit 
oblong, 14 in. long, ? in. in diam., shortly stipitate, rufous-tomentellous ; 
suture of valves acute at the base; aril minutely lobed at the apex.— 
S. kamerunensis, Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 241, partly. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: forest near Johann Albrechtshdhe, Staudt, 484! 
751! and without precise locality, Rudatis, 16. 
2. S. kamerunensis, Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. |xviii. 241, 
t. 8 (sub Brochoneura kamerunensi, Warb.), partly. Branchlets glabrous, 
brownish when dry. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long-acumi- 
nate, acute, shortly attenuate at the base, 33-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 
subcoriaceous, bright green when fresh; lateral nerves 7-10 on each side, 
like the faint reticulation impressed above; petiole slender, 3-4 lin. long, 
with a shallow wide channel in the upper part. Inflorescences and flowers 
asin the preceding species. Fruit shortly pedicelled, supported by the 
persistent and slightly enlarged perianth, ovoid, red, 2 in. long, 14 in. in 
diam., at length glabrous ; suture of valves rather prominent; pericarp 
4 lin. thick when fresh ; aril up to 34 lin. thick when fresh, red. Seed 
ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 14 in. long, 7-8 lin. in diam. Embryo lin. 
long.—Warb. Muskatnuss, 386, and in Engl, Jahrb. xxxiii. 384. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: forest near Lolodorf, Staudt, 353! Victoria 
Botanic Garden, Winkler, 1090! 1835! 
3. S. gabonensis, Ward. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 384. <A tree 
30-60 ft. high ; branches glabrous, with a greyish bark. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate to oblong, subacute to long-acuminate, subacute to rounded 
at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, 
faintly impressed above; petiole slender, 2~—5 lin. long, deeply and 
narrowly channelled. Male inflorescence sessile or subsessile, solitary, 
rarely in clusters of 2 or 3, fulvo- or rufo-pubescent, up to 3 lin. in diam. ; 
pedicels very short. Perianth usually 3-fid, tomentellous without, up to 
# lin. long; lobes ovate, subacute. Anthers 3, 4 lin. long, much longer 
than the stipes. Female inflorescence like the male; pedicels } lin. long, 
in fruit stout and up to 24 lin. long. Perianth 3-4-fid, } lin. long. 
Ovary ovuid-globose, densely and finely tomentose. Fruit ellipsoid, not 
stipitate, ferruginous-tomentellous when young, at length glabrous 
and somewhat shining, 12-14 lin. long, 8-9 lin. in diam., suture of the 
