Thecacoris. | CXXI1, EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). 659 
Ovary quite glabrous. . . < ; . 7. T. gymnogyne. 
**Leaves more or less rounded at both ends or slightly 
obtusely pointed at the apex. . : 5 - 8. ZT. manniana. 
1. T. stenopetala, Ifill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 246. A shrub; 
branches puberulous when young, at length glabrous; bark grey or 
greyish-brown. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, acuminate, cuneate 
at the base, 33-63 in. long, 14-3} in. broad, acumen 3-3 in. long, sub- 
acute, membranous, glabrous and somewhat dull on both surfaces; 
lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, looped, slightly raised below ; veins lax ; 
petiole 2-3 lin. long, stout, slightly wrinkled, minutely puberulous or 
glabrescent. Male spikes slender, almost 2 in. long; bracts acute from 
a broad base, densely pubescent. Sepals suborbicular, ciliate. Petals 
oblanceolate, subkterete, ciliate at the apex. Disk-segments thick, 
sparingly pubescent. Anther-cells distinct. Rudimentary ovary 
truncate, entire, very sparingly pubescent. Female racemes 2-3 in. 
long; bracts lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long, pilose on the outside, ciliate. 
Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals lanceolate, ciliate in the upper part. 
Disk short, sparingly pilose. Ovary subglobose, glabrous ; styles connate 
at the base, tripartite, glabrous. Fruit trilobed, about 2} lin. in diam., 
glabrous; pedicels in fruit 3 lin. long, minutely pubescent.—Pax in 
Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 159. Antidesma stenopetalum, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 
1864, 520. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel, 228! 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann! Island of St. Thomas; Monte 
Café, 4000 ft., Moller GF Quintas. 
A specimen collected by Dinklage, 1939, near the River Cess, in Grand Bassa, 
Liberia, seems to be a form of this species. ‘he leaves are more narrowed towards 
the base than those of the type. 
a Batesii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 58. A small 
shrub about 2 ft. high ; branches glabrous. Leaves obovate, acutely 
acuminate, more or less cuneate at the base, 3-5 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, 
membranous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves 5-6 on 
eh side, looped, slightly raised below, loops 2-3 lin. distant from the 
margin ; veins lax, inconspicuous; petiole stout, 2-3 lin. long, glabrous 
or only minutely puberulous above ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
acute, 24 lin. long, glabrescent or minutely puberulous when young. 
Male spikes scarcely over 3 in. long, glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, acute, 
shortly ciliate, Sepals suborbicular, minutely ciliate. Petals lanceolate, 
very acute. Disk-glands truncate, fleshy, glabrous or minutely and 
Sparingly puberulous. Rudimentary ovary obconic, truncate, entire, 
glabrous. Young female flowers not seen. Fruit trilobed, nearly 4 lin. 
in diam., glabrous ; cocci obtuse. Seeds 2 lin. long, more or less flattened 
On one side, dark brown, shining; pedicels in fruit stout, 23 lin. long, 
minutely puberulous; bracts ovate, acute, almost 2 lin. long, ciliate — 
* Jy™Mnogyne, var. reticulata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 21. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: bush along the path from the Batanga Mission 
‘0 Bonguhela, Bates, 174! Ebea Falls, Dinklage, 204! 
