Hymenocardia,| CXX11. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). 64D 
sparingly hairy when young. Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 
obtusely acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, about 1} in. long, 
6-8 lin. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; 
lateral nerves 3-6 on each side, inconspicuous; petiole slender, 2—4 lin. 
long, sparingly pubescent; stipules soon falling off. Male spikes 
racemosely arranged on short lateral branchlets crowded towards the 
ends of the branches, about } in. long; axis very slender, puberulous; 
bracts broadly spathulate, ciliate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, 
densely ciliate. Anthers with a small gold-coloured gland on the back. 
Rudimentary ovary equalling the filaments, entire, glabrous. Female 
racemes axillary; bracts oblong, pubescent. Calyx-lobes 5, linear, 
subequal, membranous, about 14 lin. long. Ovary oblong, compressed, 
emarginate, glabrous, with a few scattered yellow glands ; styles distinct, 
linear, flattened, glabrous, about 2 lin. long. Fruits broadly obovate or 
suborbicular, apex emarginate, base rounded or acute, wings joined at 
the base and decurrent on the stipe, 4-3 in. in diam., glabrous, mem- 
branous ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, glabrous; stipe 1-2 lin. long.—Pax 
in Engl, Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236, and in De Wild. & Durand, Contr. F), 
Congo, i. 49; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 966; De Wild. & 
Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 207; De Wild. Miss.-E. Laurent, 127, and 
Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 269. H. Pogget, Pax in Engl. 
Jahrb, xv. 528; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 243. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; Brazzaville, Thollon, 592! Kitabi, Lecomte, 
12! Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 461, 488. Angola: banks cf the River 
Cuango, Welwitsch, 410! Alto Queta, Welwitsch, 410B ! bank of the River Luinha, 
1800 ft., Welwitsch, 411! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Mandera, Sacleux, 1837! Dar-es- 
Salaam, Kirk, 117! Stuhlmann, 7332! Holtz, 345! 936! Hedde, 28! Pangani, 
Stuhlmann, 165 1 Negeregere, Busse, 3022! Kwa-Sisumbi, Busse, 2823! 
South Central. ~ Belgian Congo: Lunda; Mukenge, Pogge, 1361! 13621 
Sankuru, Ledermann, 45! Eala, Laurent, 844; Kiri, Lourent ! various localities 
along the Congo, Dewevre, 588, 671, 727, 734A, 1027. 
2. H. grandis, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 184. A large 
tree 80-160 ft. high ; branches terete, covered with light grey bark ; 
young branchlets nearly glabrous, angular. Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic 
or ovate-lanceolate, shortly and obturely acuminate, rounded at the base, 
23-4 in, long, 3-2 in. broad, entire, membranous or thinly chartaceous, 
glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, slightly 
raised below ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, slender, glabrous ; stipules minute. 
Male and female flowers not known. Fruits broadly obovate or orbi- 
cular, rather deeply emarginate, very shortly cuneate at the base, LS 
VP in. long, 1-14 in. broad; fruit-body oblique to the axis, placed in 
the lower half of the wings, obovate, about 4 in. long and 4 lin. broad ; 
wings membranous, each about 3 in. broad in the middle, minutely and 
sparingly puberulous, striately marked with numerous lines radiating 
from the body of the fruit; styles persistent, tomentose, nearly 3 in, 
long ; pedicels 4-5 lin, long, minutely and sparingly puberulous; stipe 
about 2 lin. long. 
