688 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON). | Drypetes. 
29. D. ovata, Hutchinson. An evergreen arborescent shrub or 
tree with a pyramidal growth and dense leaves; branches subterete; 
bark breaking up longitudinally, light yellow, glabrescent; young 
branchlets subterete, puberulous. Leaves ovate, rarely ovate-lanceo- 
late, obtusely and shortly acuminate, rounded and very unequal-sided 
at the base, 14-3 in. long, #-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, repand- 
dentate or denticulate, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, 
duller below; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, looped and anastomosing 
freely well within the margin, distinct on both surfaces, more prominent 
below; veins rather close and distinct; petiole 2 lin. long, puberulous ; 
stipules very small, subulate, 4 lin. long, pubescent, deciduous. Male 
fascicles produced from the old wood; pedicel 2-3 lin. long, rather 
stout, glabrous. Sepals 5, orbicular, 2 lin. in diam., thinly coriaceous, 
margin slightly membranous and minutely ciliolate, otherwise glabrous 
on both surfaces. Stamens about 15; anthers 3 lin. long. Disk central, 
fleshy, wrinkled, glabrous, the marginal wrinkles or lobes protruding 
between the bases of the filaments. Fruits globose, the size of a cherry, 
(Warnecke). Female flowers not seen. 
Upper Guinea, ‘Jogo: abundant near Lome, Warnecke, 154! 
Warnecke states that the Christians are in the habit of using this tree at 
Christmas as a substitute for the one used in Europe. 
30. D. Staudtii, //wichinson. A tree 15-30 ft. high ; branchlets 
more or less angular, glabrous and shining. Leaves elongate-oblong- 
elliptic, shortly acuminate, rounded and slightly unequal at the base, 
12-15 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, serrate, with teeth 
about 2 in. apart, shining, glabrous and closely reticulate on both 
surfaces; midrib prominent on both surfaces; lateral nerves 14-16 on 
each side, looped and anastomosing well within the margin, distinct 
on both surfaces; cross nerves and veins prominent, the latter very 
close and forming a fine network; petiole stout, about 4 lin. long, 
grooved on the upper side, finely and closely wrinkled, glabrous; 
stipules ovate, coriaceous, about 2 lin. long, deciduous. Male flowers 
large, produced in fascicles on the old wood ; bracts ovate, coriaceous, 
ribbed, glabrous; pedicel 4-3 in. long, glabrous. Sepals 9, elliptic, 
4 lin. long, 24 lin. broad, rather thin, glabrous on both sides, margi™ 
minutely ciliolate. Stamens numerous, inserted around the margin © 
the fleshy glabrous disk; anthers 1} lin. long. Female flowers 70 
known.—Cyclostemon Staudtii, Pax in Eng]. Jahrb. xxvi. 326. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, Staudt, 122! 
31. D. spinoso-dentata, Hutchinson. Branchlets gan 
Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, unequa 
and slightly rounded at the base, 4-8 in. long, corlaceous, er 
remotely repand-dentate, glabrous and slightly shining oP tks 
surfaces; midrib prominent below, transversely wrinkled Lowes a 
base; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, slightly prominent below, e10 
gated and running parallel with the margin in their upper half; veins 
