Drypetes. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). 679 
5. D. glomerata, //wichinson. A shrub about 20 ft. high; branch- 
lets terete, glabrous; bark grey. Leaves oblong-elliptic, shortly acumi- 
nate, unequal-sided at the base, subcuneate, 7-9 in. long, 25-44 in. broad, 
coriaceous, margin entire or undulate, glabrous and somewhat dull on 
both surfaces ; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, distinctly looped and pro- 
minent below ; tertiary nerves and veins very lax; petiole 4-4 in. long, 
glabrescent, longitudinally wrinkled ; stipules soon deciduous. Male 
flowers subsessile in clusters in the axils of the leaves of the young 
branchlets; bracts very small, pubescent; pedicel very short, scarcely 
2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 4-5, green, strongly imbricate, rounded, 
about 14 lin. in diam., coriaceous, shortly ciliate, minutely puberulous 
outside, shortly and adpressed-pubescent within. Stamens 9; anthers 
subsessile. Disk glabrous.—Cyclostemon glomeratus, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 
Ne 532, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 485; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Yann, 278! 
6. D. similis, Hutchinson. A tree; branchlets terete, covered 
with a grey bark, glabrous. Leaves large, oblong-elliptic, shortly 
pointed, cuneate or subobtuse at the base, 12-14 in. long, 34-5 in. 
broad, coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 
8-9 on each side, spreading or ascending, branched near the margin, 
slightly impressed above, prominent below; veins very lax, slightly 
raised on the lower surface; petiole thick, 4 in. long, glabrous ; stipules 
subpersistent, lanceolate, obtuse, 4-6 lin. long, very thick, sometimes 
nearly subterete, glabrous. Male flowers produced from the older parts 
of the branchlets; pedicel about 2 lin. long, rather stout, angular or 
sulcate, glabrous. Sepals 5, rarely 4, oblong-oblanceolate, 1} lin. long, 
é lin. broad, coriaceous, toothed in the upper part, glabrous. Stamens 
4 or 5, inserted around the disk; filaments rather thick, glabrous ; 
anthers rounded, 3 lin. long. Disk in the centre of the flower, saucer- 
shaped, thick, undulate, glabrous. Female flowers few together or sub- 
solitary towards the ends of the branchlets; pedicel stout, at length 
about 4 in. long when in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse, 
nearly 2 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous. Disk thick, annular, glabrous. 
Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous; style short; stigmas rounded, entire, Fruits 
ellipsoid, about 2 in. long and 5 lin.in diam. Mature seeds not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Camerouns: Bipinde, Zenker, 3194! 3527! 3721!  Ilendi 
Ledermann, 654! 
4 D. bipindensis, Hutchinson. A shrub or small tree 18-20 ft. 
high ; branchlets slender, subterete, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, subcuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1}- 
1} in. broad, rigidly papery, entire, glabrous on both surfaces, shining 
on the upper; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, looped and reticulate 
Some distance from the margin, prominent on the lower surface only ; 
veins lax, distinct below ; petiole very short, about 13 lin. long, glabrous ; 
stipules lanceolate-falcate, subacute, 3-4 lin. long, al out 1} lin. broad, 
puberulous when young. Male flowers fasciculate in the axils of the 
