Drypetes. | CXXUL, EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). 687 
veins somewhat indistinct on both surfaces; petiole 2 lin. long, densely 
puberulous or almost tomentellous; stipules subulate, about 14 lin. 
long, densely pubescent, deciduous. Male and female fascicles produced 
on the old wood; pedicel of the male slender, } in. long, glabrous, 
that of the female a little stouter. Male flowers: Sepals suborbicular, 
2 lin. in diam., thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, margin 
minutely ciliolate. Stamens about 15, inserted around the disk ; anthers 
¢ lin. long. Disk-folds slightly pubescent. Female flowers: Sepals 
more or less as in the male. Disk cupular, glabrous outside, margin 
pubescent. Ovary trilobed, densely tomentose; stigmas spreading and 
recurved, bilobed, lobes acuminate. Fruit trilobed, ellipsoid or obovoid, 
1} in. long, 2 in. in diam., pubescent. Seeds rather elongate-ellipsoid, 
# in. long, 4 lin. broad; testa shining, crustaceous.—Cyclostemon 
klaineanus, Pierre, Icon. (not Drypetes Klainii, Pierre ex Pax in Engl. 
Jahrb. xliii. 219). 
Lower Guinea. (Gaboon: in the neighbourhood: of Libreville, Klaine, 572! 
1241! 1426! 1811! 21911! 2239! 2786! 3232! 
27. D. ugandensis, Hutchinson. A low tree with grey bark. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly unequal 
and a little narrowed to the base, 4-64 in. long, 1}-2 in. broad, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous and slightly shining on both surfaces; lateral 
nerves 6~7 on each side, diverging almost at right angles from the 
midrib, much branched and fairly prominent; veins lax, conspicuous 
below ; petiole 1} lin. long, finely wrinkled, glabrous; stipules soon 
falling off. Male fascicles produced on the old wood; pedicel 4-6 
lin. long. Flowers about 34 lin. in diam. Sepals. 5, suborbicular, 
glabrous. Stamens numerous. Female flowers similar to the males. 
Ovary globose ; stigmas dilated, retuse. Young fruits blackish, with 
a hard pericarp.—Cyclostemon ugandensis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxvii. 211. 
« Wile Land. Uganda: Island of Buvuma, in Lake Victoria, Bagshawe, 613! 
28. D. floribunda, Hutchinson. A small tree; young branchlets 
rather slender, puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, subcuneate at the base, 2$--44 in. long, 
~2 in. broad, rather rigidly membranous or slightly coriaceous, serrate, 
Slabrous on both surfaces, slightly shining above, dull below; lateral 
nerves 5-6 on each side, distinct below, looped and anastomosing a 
considerable distance from the margin; veins close, distinct; petiole 
1-2 lin. long, densely puberulous; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, 
Puberulous, very soon falling off. Male fascicles produced on the older 
Wood ; bracts very small; pedicel very slender, glabrous, about 4 lin. 
long. Sepals suborbicular, about 14 lin. in diam., thinly coriaceous, 
shortly ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 10-15, Disk glabrous. 
emale flowers not known.—Cyelostemon floribundus, Mill. Arg. in 
Flora, 1864, 532, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 484. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Idda, Barter, 16731 
