Peddiea. | OXVIII, THYMELEHACE (PEARSON). 251 
ovary; stigma capitate; hypogynous disc very small, cup-shaped, with 
an irregularly crenulate margin. Fruit not seen. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usafa; Rungwe Mountains, in the 
forests on the southern slopes, about 6000 ft., Goetze, 1167 ! 
5. P. Volkensii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. No. 47,41. A 
tree about 50 ft. high. Leaves subcoriaceous, more or less crowded at 
the ends of the branches, very shortly pedicelled, lanceolate, obtuse, 
glabrous, 34-5 in. long, 1-14 in. broad; primary lateral nerves spread- 
ing or ascending, much-branched, hardly conspicuous. Umbel terminal, 
15-20-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-1} in. long; bracts at the base 
of the peduncle 2-4, leaf-like, persistent; bracteole at the base of 
the pedicel linear, caducous. Flowers ‘‘ reddish-brown,” 4-5-merous ; 
pedicels # in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, 4—5 lin. long; lobes broadly 
ovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, pubescent on the margin, erect or 
spreading during flowering, about 1 lin. long. Anthers linear-oblong. 
Ovary furrowed at the base, 14 lin. long; style 4 as long as the ovary ; 
stigma capitate ; hypogynous disc cup-shaped, with a villous crenulate 
margin, about 4 lin. high. Fruit ovate-globose, 2-seeded, 4 lin. long, 
3 lin. thick.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, above Marangu, 7200 ft.,. 
Volkens, 1283 ! 
6. P. parviflora, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 20. A tree 
15-20 ft. high. Leaves membranous, elliptic, very shortly petioled, 
obtuse, glabrous, 24-34 in. long, 1-1} in. broad; primary lateral nerves 
spreading, much-branched, prominent. Umbel terminal, 6—10-flowered,. 
glabrous; peduncle about 4 in. long. Flowers 4—5-merous, green ; 
pedicels slender, about } in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, } in. long; 
lobes oblong, truncate or rounded at the apex or somewhat emarginate, 
shortly pubescent at the apex, otherwise glabrous, reflexed during 
flowering, 4-1} as long as the tube. Antherslinear. Style stout, about 
as long as the ovary; stigma capitate; hypogynous disc cup-shaped, 
irregularly lobed, ciliate on the margin, about ? lin. high. Mature 
fruit not seen.—Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 214; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 310. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 5000 ft., Mann, 567! 
7. P. cyathulata, W.H.W. Pearson: Leaves subcoriaceous, more 
or less crowded at the apices of the branches, elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, obtuse, very shortly petioled, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 
2-1 in. broad; primary lateral nerves spreading or ascending, much- 
branched, fairly distinct. Umbel terminal, 2-5-flowered, glabrous ; 
peduncle 1-6 lin. long; bracts oblong, minutely pubescent on the 
margin, 2~3 lin. long, caducous. Flowers 4-merous ; pedicels }-} in. 
long. Calyx-tube glabrous, }—4 in. long, with prominent longitudinal 
ridges ; lobes oblong or triangular, rounded or truncate at the apex, 
densely pubescent on the margins, $—1 lin. long, erect during flowering. 
