Thecacoris. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON ). 661 
acuminate, abruptly mucronate, cuneate at the base, 21-5 in. long. 
7-2} in. broad, membranous or very thinly chartaceous, quite glabrous 
above, even when young, sparingly rusty-setulose on the midrib and 
lateral nerves below; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, spreading, 
distinctly looped and anastomosing far from the recurved margin ; 
veins somewhat lax and slender, slightly prominent below; petiole 
13-2 lin. long, pubescent ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 1 lin. 
long, densely rusty-pubescent, very early deciduous. Male racemes 
axillary, solitary or in pairs, about 1} in. long; axis densely rusty- 
pubescent ; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, $ lin. broad, 
densely rusty-pubescent outside; pedicels very short, almost glabrous. 
Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, setulose-pubescent outside. Petals linear, te: ete, 
about half as long as the sepals, glabrous except for the filiform tip. Disk- 
glands rounded, fleshy, pilose. Stamens 5; filaments glabrous. Rudi- 
Mentary ovary short, obconic, flat on the top, glabrous or nearly so. 
Young female inflorescences not seen. Fruiting racemes 24-3 in. long; 
axis Shortly pubescent ; bracts acute from an ovate base, 4~? lin. long, 
idpressed rusty-pilose ; pedicels spreading at right angles from the axis, 
{3-3 lin. long, shortly pubescent. Sepals ovate, acute, densely ciliate. 
Petals spathulate, pilose towards the apex. Small glabrous staminodes 
present opposite the sepals. Disk annular or saucer-shaped, densely 
pilose on the margin. Fruits trilobed, about 3 lin. in diam., very 
sparingly setulose. Styles spreading over the top of the fruit, 2 lin, 
long, bilobed, glabrous. Seeds black and shining, obovate in outline, 
2 lin. long.— A ntidesma comoensis, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvi. 
Mém. viii. 122. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 833! Ivory “Coast: 
Malamalassa, on the Lower Comoé, Chevalier,‘17489! Central Cavally: banks of 
the River Hama, Chevalier ! : 
6. T. membranacea, Pux in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 155. A tree; 
branchlets very sparingly puberulous when quite young, soon glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic or obovate-elliptic, gradually and shortly acuminate, only 
slightly mucronate, cuneate at the base, 63-9 in. long, 24—4 in. broad, 
Membranous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves 8-9 on 
each side, oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves very 
slender and lax; veins scarcely visible; petiole 2—4 lin, long, sparsely 
puberulous when young, at length glabrous and wrinkled ; stipules soon 
deciduous, ovate-triangular, acute, 14 lin. long, ? lin. broad, strigillose. 
Male flowers not known. Female racemes about 1} in, long at the 
flowering Stage ; axis almost glabrous ; bracts scarcely } lin. long, ovate, 
pubescent ; pedicels lin. long, puberulous. Calyx more or less undu- 
lately 5-6-lobed, ciliate. Disk annular, densely ciliolate. Ovary very 
Sparingly pilose ; styles short, bifid, glabrous. Entire fruit not seen ; 
thal very thin, glabrous and closely wrinkled outside; endocarp 
rny, slightly thicker than the exocarp. Fruit-axis persistent, shaggy- 
pubescent towards the top. ‘Seeds rounded, 2 lin. in diam., slightly 
Shining ; pedicels in fruit spreading, 4 lin. long ; bracts minute. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Quintas, 121! 
