240 CXVIII, THYMELEZACEE (PEARSON). [ Dicranolepis. 
the tube. Petals divided to the base; segments linear-lanceolate, 
irregularly incised towards the apex, sparsely silky-pubescent, rather 
longer than the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrous; style inserted beyond 
the stamens; stigma capitate. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 2800 ft., Moller, 176! 
3. D. grandiflora, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 338. A shrub, 
8-15 ft. high, with pubescent, later glabrescent, branches. Leaves 
2-ranked, obliquely ovate or lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, 
entire, very shortly petioled, glabrous or with a few scattered adpressed 
hairs, 14-24 in. long, about 1 in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, white, 
fragrant (Mann), solitary, shortly pedicelled, about 2 in. long. Calyx- 
tube slender, clothed with dense yellowish-white tomentum, glabrous 
within; lobes oblong, obtuse, densely pubescent, parallel-nerved, at 
length reflexed. Petals exceeding the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; 
segments 10, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-spathulate, at length reflexed. 
Ovary glabrous; style exserted beyond the stamens. Fruit not seen.— 
D. benthamiana, Van Tieghem in Ann. Sci. Nat. 7™° sér. xvii. 197, 
partly (name only). 
Upper Guinea. (old Coast: Okroase, 800 ft., Johnson, 457! Lagos, 
Punch ! Cameroons: Johann-Albrechtshohe, forest region, Staudt, 473! Fernando 
Po: bank of the river, Mann, 23! 
4, D. stenosiphon, H. H.W. Pearson. Branches slender, sparsely 
pilose. Leaves rhomboid or obliquely oblong, caudate-acuminate, acute 
or obtuse, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous, 2-3} in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad. Flowers 5-merous, in pairs or solitary in the leaf-axils, 14-2 in. 
long. Calyx-tube slender, glabrous or sparsely puberulous; lobes 
lanceolate, acute, parallel-veined, puberulous on the edges, } as long as 
the tube. Petals rather more than 4 as long as the calyx-lobes, 
divided to the base; segments 10, linear, more or less incised near the 
apex, spreading. Ovary with a few erect hairs near the summit, 
otherwise glabrous. Fruit (? mature) ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, $—} in. 
long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1277! 3026! 2762! 3655! 
5. D. Schweinfurthii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 271. Young 
branches pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves obliquely oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, long-acuminate or caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, shortly 
petioled, glabrous above, yellowish-brown beneath with adpressed hairs 
on the nerves, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad; primary lateral nerves 
numerous, ascending, prominent beneath. Flowers solitary, sessile. 
Calyx-tube slender, elongate, glabrous; lobes lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 
? lin, broad. Petals divided to the base, not exceeding the calyx-lobes. 
Stigma capitate. Drupe oval or ovate-oval, } in. long, 2-3 lin. broad. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Niamniam ; by the River Dyagbe, at Wando, 
Schweinfurth, 3106! 
