Dicranolepis. | CXVIII, THYMELHACEH (PEARSON). 241 
6. D. Buchholzii, Lngl. d& Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 2738. A 
low bush with slender branches, sparsely pubescent when young, later 
glabrous. Leaves obliquely oblong or ovate-oblong, caudate-acuminate, 
acute, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous, brown beneath, dark green 
above, 53-5 in. long, 14-24 in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, solitary, 
rarely in pairs, very shortly pedicelled, 1-3 in. long. Calyx-tube slender, 
glabrous or with scattered hairs on the outside; lobes 5, ovate-oblong, 
pubescent. Petals divided to the base, about 4 as long as the calyx- 
lobes ; segments 10, entire, linear, acute. Ovary glabrous. Fruit (not 
seen) berry-like (Buchholz).—D. disticha, var. parviflora, Engl. in Eng]. 
Jahrb. vii. 337. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Mungo, abundant in moist shady woods, 
Buchholz ; Johann-AlbrechtshGhe, forest region, Staudt, 803 ! 
7. D. usambarica, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 272. A tree up to 
95 ft. high. Branches slender, sparsely strigose when young, later 
glabrous. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, sometimes oblique at the 
base, acuminate or caudate-acuminate, acute, shortly petioled, entire, 
glabrous above, with scattered adpressed hairs beneath, 24—3 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, usually in pairs in the leaf-axils, 
shortly pedicelled, about 2 in. long. Calyx-tube silky-pubescent with 
adpressed hairs; lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, less than } as long as 
the tube. Petals not exceeding the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; 
segments 10, obovate or spathulate. Ovary glabrous; style slender, 
exserted. Fruit unknown.—Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 284. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Mbaramu, forming 
extensive underwood in the forests, Holst, 2489 ! 
8. D. vestita, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 337. A shrub 8-10 ft. 
high (Mann) with slender pubescent, later glabrous, branches. Leaves 
obliquely elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, subacute, entire, shortly 
petioled, glabrous above, adpressed-puberulous beneath, 24-44 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, solitary, nodding, clothed on the 
outside with a dense yellowish-white tomentum, 1—1} in. long. Calyx- 
tube stout ; lobes 5, broadly lanceolate, 4-} as long as the tube, later 
reflexed. Petals somewhat shorter than the calyx-lobes, divided to the 
base ; segments 10, linear, entire or more or less incised at the apex, at 
length reflexed. Ovary glabrous; disc thick, leathery; style slender, 
exserted beyond the stamens. Fruit not seen.—D. vestita, var. parviflora, 
Engl. lic. D. benthamiana, Van Tieghem in Ann. Sci. Nat. 7™° 
sér, xvii. 197, partly. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, Deistel, 278! 3200 ft., Lehmbach, 137! 
Cameroon Mountain, 2000-4000 ft., Mann, 1214! 2161! Fernando Po, Mann ! 
9. D. convallariodora, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 271. Young 
branches pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves somewhat obliquely oblong 
or elliptic, caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous 
above, adpressed-puberulous beneath, 2-24 in, long, 3-1 in. broad. 
Flowers 5-merous, white, scented like the lily-of-the-valley (/ogge}, 
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