Drypetes.| CXXII, EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). 681 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Campo, Ledermann, 405! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 18! Klaine, 2472! and 
without precise locality, K/aine, 1037! 1901! 1912! 2068! 2202! 2472! 2577 
3057! 
10. D. Rowlandii, Pax in Lngl. Jahrb. xliii, 219. Branches 
subterete; young flowering branchlets somewhat angular, glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate, shortly cuneate at the base, 1}-24 in. 
long, 3-1} in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces ; 
lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, looped and anastomosing well within 
the margin, distinct on both surfaces; veins rather close, distinct ; 
petiole 14-2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous; stipules 
small and caducous. Male flowers in axillary fascicles on the young 
branchlets; pedicel rather stout, about 1 lin. long, densely pubescent. 
Sepals 4, obovate, obtuse, densely pubescent outside. Stamens 4; 
filaments glabrous ; anthers rounded, glabrous. Disk cupular, undu- 
lately lobed, Jobes protruding between the filaments, glabrous. Female 
flowers not known. 
Upper Guinea. Interior of Western Lagos, Rowand ! 
ll. D. Klainii, Pierre ex Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 219, name 
only, A tree about 70 ft. high; branchlets slender, densely pubescent. 
Leaves small, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, subcuneate and 
unequal-sided at the base, 1-12 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, thinly char- 
taceous, entire, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves about. 6 on 
each side, looped and anastomosing well within the margin, slightly 
raised on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 lin. long, densely pubescent ; 
stipules small, caducous. Male flowers axillary, fasciculate on the 
young branchlets; pedicel 1-14 lin. long, densely pubescent. Sepals 
4, ovate, pubescent on both sides. Stamens 4; tilaments glabrous; 
anthers rounded, glabrous. Disk flat, fleshy, with a slight conical 
production in the middle, glabrous. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Klaine, 3043! 
12. D. Paxii, Hutchinson. Branchlets slender, channelled, wi- 
nutely puberulous, Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, 
Subcuneate and slightly unequal at the base, 3-4} in. long, 14~1} in. 
broad, thinly chartaceous or almost membranous, entire, glabrous on 
th surfaces, shining on the upper; lateral nerves 10-11 on each side, 
very slender, spreading, anastomosing freely some distance from the 
margin; veins and veinlets slightly prominent, somewhat Jax; petiole 
slender, 2-3 in. long, rather densely puberulous; stipules deciduous, 
small. Male flowers axillary, fasciculate on the young leafy branchlets ; 
pedicel slender, 1$ lin. long, densely puberulous. Sepals 4, oblong, 
obtuse, 1 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, puberulous on both sides, margin ciliate. 
tamens 4 ; filaments slender, gradually broadened to the base, glabrous ; 
anthers oblong-ellipsoid, } lin. long. Disk cupular, thin, margin toothed, 
pubescent inside, glabrous outside. Female flowers not known, 
Upper Guinea. Ca:neroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 3788! 
