Antidesma. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). 645 
Calyx cup-shaped, tridentate, ciliate and pubescent. Disk short, cup- 
shaped, surrounding the base of the ovary, ciliate. Ovary oblique, 
tomentose ; stigmas inserted laterally. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zener, 988, in Herb. Kew! (according 
to Pax, Staudt, 988). 
4. A. leptobotryum, Jiill. Arg.in Flora, 1864, 529. Asmall tree 
15 ft. high; branchlets slightly grooved, shortly pubescent when young, 
at length almost glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, somewhat cus- 
pidate-acuminate, acumen more or less mucronate, obtusely cuneate 
at the base, 2}-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous 
and slightly shining on both surfaces; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, 
looped, distinct on both surfaces; veins lax; petiole searcely 1 lin. 
long, pubescent; stipules entire, lanceolate-subulate, 2-23 lin. long, 
pubescent. Male racemes axillary, 1-3 in. long; peduncle minutely 
puberulous ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, scarcely } lin. long, ciliate ; 
pedicels at the time of flowering about } lin. long. Sepals 5, rounded, 
minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Disk-glands long-pilose. Stamens 
5; filaments glabrous; anther-cells distinct, descending. Rudimentary 
ovary truncate, papillose on the top. Fruits not known.—Miill. Arg. 
in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 250. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, forest region, Staudf, 342! Efulen, 
Bates, 428! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Mfoa, 85 miles east of Guaboon, Bates, 513 
Sicrra del Crystal, Mann, 1714! Lower Congo, Smith !, 
0. A. vogelianum, Jill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 529. A shrub ; 
branchlets shortly pubescent when young, at length glabrous ; bark 
smooth, slightly glaucous-grey. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceo- 
late, cuspidate-acuminate, acute at the base, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. 
broad, papery, glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib, which 
1s pubescent above and below; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side, looped 
near the margin, very slightly impressed above, prominent below ; veins 
lax; petiole 2-3 lin. long, slightly wrinkled, very sparingly pubescent 
or glabrous ; stipules entire, linear-lanceolate, subacute, 2-3} lin. long, 
pubescent. Female spikes in the fruiting stage 5-6 in. long, axis 
minutely puberulous. Flowers not known. Fruits sessile, elliptic, 
Somewhat acute at both ends, compressed, 3-4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 
tipped by the persistent styles, sparingly adpressed-pubescent.— Miill. 
Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 260. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Ibu (Abo), Vogel, 22! 
6. A. membranaceum, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. 68, excl. 
ptt of var. molle. A tree 20-30 ft. high; branchlets slender, pubes- 
cent or at length glabrous. Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblanceo- 
ate, more or less caudate-acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 
3-8 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, membranous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous 
above except on the pubescent midrib, glabrous or very sparingly 
pubescent on the nerves and veins beneath ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each 
