678 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). | Drypetes. 
ciliolate. Disk cupular, densely tomentose. Ovary tomentose; stigmas 
3, flat, closely adpressed to the top of the ovary, reniform, about 14 lin, 
broad, their margins crenulate. Fruit ovoid, entire, nearly 14 in. long, 
a little over 1 in. in diam., pubescent ; exocarp hard, nearly 2 lin. thick ; 
endocarp bony, ? lin. thick, shining inside. Seeds as in D. pierreana.— 
Cyclostemon verrucosus, Pierre, Icon. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: in the neighbourhood of Libreville, Klaine, 2382 
2482! 2589! 
3. D.magnistipula, Hutchinson. A shrub ?; branchlets glabrous 
bark light grey, with numerous lenticels. Leaves elongate-obovate-oblong, 
acuminate, unequal and rounded on one side at the base, 12-14 in, long, 
33-43 in. broad, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, margin 
subentire or obscurely and remotely serrate ; lateral nerves 9-10 on each 
side, slightly oblique, reticulate towards the margin, fairly distinct 
below; tertiary nerves reticulate, lax; petiole 4-6 lin. long, glabrous 
and more or less wrinkled ; stipules foliaceous, very large and imbricate, 
14-2 in. long, 3 in. broad, rigidly membranous, with a distinct midrib 
and lateral nerves, glabrous. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers 
produced on the woody branches, sessile, about 4 lin. in diam. Sepals 4, 
rounded-ovate, very obtuse, concave, yellowish. Disk annular, glabrous. 
Ovary tomentose; stigmas 2, reflexed, entire, thick, glabrous. —Cyclo- 
stemon magnistipulus, Pax in Eng]. Jahrb. xliii. 76. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 3367 ! 
4. D. Mildbrzedii, Hutchinson. A large shrub; branches sub- 
terete, glabrescent, covered with a light grey bark ; young branchlets 
angular, puberulous. Leaves oblong or elliptic, abruptly acuminate, 
subcuneate and slightly unequal at the base, 4-8 in. long, 13-3 in. 
broad, chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces except on the pubescent 
midrib and lateral nerves, dull or slightly shining, margin entire oF 
minutely and remotely serrate ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, spr ead- 
ing and anastomosing towards the margin, slightly impressed above, 
prominent below; veins rather close and prominent below; stipules 
large, foliaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, 3-4 lin. 
broad, minutely puberulous ; petiole 2-4 lin. long, densely puberulous. 
Flowers of both sexes produced on the two-year-old branchlets or to- 
wards the base of the young shoots; pedicels very short, about 1 lin. 
long, tomentellous. Male flowers: Sepals 4, suborbicular, 2 lin. st 
diam., ciliate, sparingly puberulous on both sides. Stamens about 10; 
filaments glabrous; anthers 3 lin. long. Disk fleshy, slightly lobed ; 
lobes protruding between the filaments, hairy in the middle. Female 
flowers : Sepals 4, a little larger than those of the male. Disk annular, 
thick, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly bilobed, densely tomentose ; 
stigmas flat and spreading, bifid, lobes crenulate.—Cyclostemon Mild- 
bredii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 318. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Niamniam ; by the Yuru River, gers 
Furth, 3266! Ituri; Mokoko, Muldbraed, 2947! Kalonds, Mildbraed, 3033 
dhulu, Mildbraed, 2988 1 Kasanga, Mildbraed, 3090! 
