662 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON), | Thecacoris. 
7. T. gymnogyne, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 20. A shrub or 
small tree; branches pubescent. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, 
cuspidate-acuminate, narrowed to the base, 4~9 in. long, 14-34 in, broad, 
membranous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, looped, pro- 
minent below, loops extending to within 3 lin. of the margin; veins very 
lax; petiole very stout, 1-2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent: stipules 
lanceolate, acute, about twice as long as the petiole. Male inflorescence 
24-3 in. long, pubescent; bracts lanceolate, acute, ciliate, $ lin. long. 
Sepals suborbicular, ciliate. Petals minute. Disk-segments densely 
piloxe. Rudimentary ovary glabrous, truncate. Female inflorescence up 
to 5in. long; pedicels # lin. long, densely pubescent ; bracts triangular, 
acute, ciliate. Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals minute. Disk densely 
pilose. Ovary globose, glabrous; styles short, bifid, glabrous. Fruits 
trilobed, about 3 lin. in diam., glabrous; lobes rounded or very slightly 
keeled; styles persistent; pedicels in fruit about 4 lin. Jong, pubescent. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1642! 1788! 2276! 2276a! 
3021! 3231! 3596! 3783! Ebea Falls, Dinklage, 233. Gross Batanga, Dinklage, 
1024! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Klaine, 1998! 
8. 'T. manniana, Jill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 246. A tree 
40 ft. high; bark greyish and somewhat sulcate when dry, glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, somewhat rounded at both 
ends, 4-7 in. Jong, 24-44 in. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous and 
somewhat dull on both sides; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, looped, 
slightly grooved above, rounded and elevated below ; veins lax, not 
prominent; petiole 4—5 lin. long, very stout, slightly wrinkled, glabrous 
or minutely puberulous when young. Male flowers in short axillary 
simple or forked spikes or racemes, sessile or on pubescent pedicels uP 
to 1} lin. long; bracts ovate, acute, membranous, ciliate. Sepals ovate, 
subacute, 4 lin, long, ciliate. Petals lanceolate, ciliate towards the 
apex, nearly as Jong as the sepals. Disk consisting of 5 distinct seg- 
ments opposite the petals; segments fleshy, villous in the upper pary 
Stamens 5; filaments free, inserted between the segments of the disk ; 
anthers suborbicular, Rudimentary ovary fleshy, truncate, annular 
and scarcely lobed, sparingly pubescent. Female racemes 1-25 in-1Ok 
bracts small, ovate, acute, about 4 lin. long, pubescent ; pedicels 14- 
lin. long, spreading, rather densely pubescent. Sepals ovate-triangular, 
subacute, } lin. long and broad, rather sparingly rusty-puberulous on 
the outside. Petals obovate, acute, ciliate in the upper half, } lin. long. 
Staminodes small, subulate, opposite the sepals. Disk fleshy, thick, 
densely rusty-pubescent. Ovary depressed-globose, pubescent styles 
spreading, nearly glabrous, minutely bifid at the apex. Capsule oblong- 
ellipsoid, 7 lin. long, about 5 lin. in diam. ; exocarp glabrescent, thin; 
endocarp yellowish-white, horny, about 4 lin. thick. Mature seeds ce 
seen.—Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 158. Antidesma mannianum, MW" 
Arg. in Flora, 1864, 519, 
Lower Guinea, Peak of the Island of St. Thomas, Mann, 1073! 
122! 124! Quintas, 123! 1244! 126! Rolas Island, Quintas, 162! 
Moller, 
