644 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). [ Antidesma. 
Cameroons: Victoria, Schlechter, 12363! Yaunde, 2400 ft., Zenker & Staudt, 
545! Zenker, 152! and without precise locality, Preuss, 1104! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: environs of Nala, Seret, 806; Lukolela, 
Laurent; Yambuya, Laurent, 993. 
Var. membranaceum, Mill. Arg. ll. ce. Branchlets and the nerves and veins on 
the lower surface of the leaves clothed with long, spreading hairs. Leaves mem- 
branous ; lobes of the stipules subulate, longer than in the type.—A. pseudo- 
laciniatum, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. lvii. Mém. viii. 122. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann! near Kafogo, Scott- 
Elliot, 5607! Ivory Coast: Aboisso, Chevalier, 17875! between Soubiré and Yaou, 
Chevalier, 17785! Bouron Kron, Chevalier, 16845! Gold Coast: Kwaha, 
Johnson, 637! Ashanti: Assin Yan Kaumassi, Cummins, 97 ! 
2. A. Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 65. 
A shrub; young branchlets densely and softly pubescent, at length 
glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-9 in. long, 
13-33 in. broad, chartaceous, rounded at the base. densely pilose on the 
midrib when young, glabrous except on the midrib and lateral nerves; 
midrib produced a little beyond the apex of leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 
9-12 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, 
slightly immersed above, prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparallel, 
rather distant; petiole 13-2 lin. long, channelled above, brownish- 
pubescent ; stipules tripartite, rusty-pubescent, subpersistent. Male 
flowers not known. Female inflorescences subsolitary, axillary and 
terminal, sessile or shortly pedunculate, somewhat densely flowered, 
shorter than the leaves; axis subterete or slightly compressed, 
tomentose ; bracts ovate-triangular. Flowers very shortly pedicellate. 
Sepals 5, free to the base, unequal, ovate, rather densely pubescent on 
both sides. Disk annular, thick, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, twice the 
length of the calyx, pubescent ; stigmas 3, bifid or rarely trifid, slightly 
recurved, Fruits ellipsoid, compressed, 3-4 lin. long, 2~23 lin. broad, 
Sparingly pubescent, tipped by the persistent stigmas. 
North Central. Dar Banda; on the banks of the Bokaka River, Upper 
Shari, Chevalier, 7327 ! 7332! 7359 bis! Kaga Bongolo, Chevalier, 7262! Kourou, 
Chevalier, 7381! Ndellé, Chevalier, 7584! 
3. A. Staudtii, Pux in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 327. Young branchlets 
yellowish-tomentose, older ones shortly pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-elliptic, acuminate, acumen mucronate, somewhat un- 
equal and slightly narrowed to the base, older ones about 8 in. long 
and 2} in. broad, firmly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces except 
on the pubescent midrib below ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, curve 
and distinctly looped near the margin, slightly impressed above, sharply 
prominent below; tertiary nerves and veins lax, distinct on the Se 
surface; petiole 2-4 lin. long, pubescent when young, at lengt 
glabrous and wrinkled ; stipules entire, lanceolate-subulate, very acute, 
about 1} lin. long, rusty-pubescent. Male inflorescences not seen. 
Female racemes pendulous, 14-16 in. long; axis densely puberulous ; 
flowers shortly pedicellate, reflexed at an early stage; bracts minute. 
