242 OXVIII. THYMELHACEH (PEARSON). | Dicranolepis- 
very shortly pedicelled, usually in pairs, about 1} in. long. Calyx-tube 
slender, glabrous; lobes lanceolate, parallel-veined, finely puberulous 
on the margins. Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes, divided to the 
base ; segments linear. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen.—De Wild. 
& Dur. Contr. Fl. Congo, i. fase. 2, 55. 
South Central. Lunda: Mukenge, Pogge, 1408! Congo, without precise 
locality, Demeuse. Sanda, Gillet, 3013. 
10. D. glandulosa, //. 17. W. Pearson. Branches slender, glabrous. 
Leaves obliquely oblong, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, entire, sessile, 
glabrous above, glabrescent beneath, 4-74 in. long, 2-3 in. broad. 
Flowers solitary (?), 5-merous, sessile, thickly studded on the outside 
with stout stalked glands, 23-3 in. long. Calyx-tube stout; lobes 
ovate, obtuse, about } in. long. Petals glabrous, about twice as long as 
the calyx-lobes, divided to the base; segments 10, oblong or narrowly 
obovate, rounded and entire or cut at the apex. Ovary glabrous; style 
slender, scarcely exserted. Fruit globular. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons; Batanga, Dinklage, 971! Bipinde, in forest, 
Zenker, 1951! 
Zenker’s specimen is without flowers or fruit. It has much larger leaves than 
Dinklage’s plant. 
11. D. Persei, Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 78. A shrub 
4-8 ft. high, with slender pubescent, later glabrous, branches. Leaves 
shortly petioled, elliptic, entire, acuminate or caudate-acuminate, 
acute, cuneate at the base, with a few scattered hairs, especially on the 
lower surface, dark green above, lighter beneath, 34 in. long, 14 in. 
broad. Flowers 5-merous, in pairs in the leaf-axils, shortly pedicelled, 
silky-pubescent, 1-1} in. long. Calyx-lobes broadly elliptic, parallel- 
nerved, about 5 lin. long, at length reflexed. Petals longer than the 
calyx-tubes, divided to the base, at length reflexed. Segments 10, 
narrowly oblong or spathulate, ? in. long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not 
seen. 
Upper Guinea. Ashanti: Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 186! Gold Coast, 
Evans, 22! 
_ 12. D. Mannii, Baill. in Adansonia, xi. 302. A shrub 8-10 ft. 
high (Jann), with slender pubescent or glabrous branches. Leaves 
2-ranked, obliquely oblong or ovate-oblong, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, 
entire, shortly petioled, dark green and glabrous above, yellowish-brown 
with a few scattered hairs on the nerves beneath, 13—4 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad. Flowers. 5-merous, 2-3 together in the leaf-axils, subsessile, 
i-1} in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous or puberulous without; lobes 
green (Mann), oblong, puberulous, parallel-veined. Petals white 
(Jfann), more than 4 as long as the calyx-lobes, divided to the base; 
segments 10, linear-oblong, entire and shortly apiculate. Ovary 
glabrous. Fruit ovoid, closely invested by the persistent base of the 
calyx-tube, 4-4 in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 217! 
