Neoboutonia. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN). 921 
4. N. glabrescens, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 265. Shrub, 
12-15 ft. high ; twigs stellate-scurfy. Leaves distinctly petioled, orbi- 
cular-cordate, acute, entire, 4-8 in, long, as much across, green, stellate- 
scurfy on nerves and veins only; petiole finely scurfy ; stipules minute, 
ovate-lanceolate. Male flowers pedicelled, copiously panicled, in bud 
globose, 1 lin. wide when open; rhachis and panicle branches sparingly 
seurfy. Calyx glabrous. Stamens 15-20; filaments longer than the 
anthers; connective usually with a single (sometimes with 2-3) ter- 
minal glands. Female flowers in copiously branched racemes, small, 
2 lin. long, 3 lin. wide. Sepals triangular, pubescent, connate below 
in a tube longer than the lobes. Styles narrow, with 2 linear lobes. 
Fruit unknown, 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria; Bimbia, Preuss, 1288! Kribi; 
Bipinde, 1300-1600 ft., Zenker, 1527! 32024! 4246! Yaunde; Epfasa, 2700 tt., 
Zenker, 1430! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Nkolentangan, 1500 ft., Tessmann, 133! 
Akonangi, Tessmann, 982! 
5. N.velutina, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 266. Tree, 50-80 ft. 
high ; twigs sparingly stellate-scurfy. Leaves distinctly petioled, orbi- 
cular-cordate, acute, entire, 4-8 in. long, as much across, green, above 
softly hirsute on the nerves with rather long white hairs simple from 
a bulbous base or springing from the centre of a stellate tuft, beneath 
uniformly continuously velvety with a loose soft stellate tomentum ; 
petiole finely scurfy ; stipules linear, rather rigid. Male flowers pedi- 
celled, copiously panicled, in bud globose, 1} lin. wide when open; 
rhachis and panicle-branches closely scurfy. Calyx finely pubescent 
at the apex. Stamens 20-25; filaments as long as the anthers; con- 
nective usually with 3 (sometimes with a single) apical glands ; extra- 
Staminal scales oblong, truncate or emarginate. Female flowers in 
copiously branched racemes, small, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. wide. Sepals 
linear-lanceolate, pubescent, connate below in a very short tube. Ovary 
densely velvety with stellate hairs; styles narrow, with 2 linear lobes. 
Capsule 3-coccous, densely velvety, 3 lin. long, as much across. Seeds 
hot seen ripe. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bamenda, 5500 ft., Ledermann, 1924! Ntem, 
3200 ft., Ledermann, 2049! Labane, 3500 ft., Ledermann, 2242! Yakuba, 4400 ft., 
Ledermann, 54841 Tukurua, 4200 ft., Ledermann, 5567! Babadju, 5200 ft., 
Ledermann, 5987 ! 
6. N. africana, Mall. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 336. Shrub or 
Small tree, 15-20 ft. high; twigs grey stellate-scurfy. Leaves dis- 
tinetly petioled, orbicular-cordate, acute, entire, 4-10 in. long, as much 
cross, green, sparingly stellate-scurfy on main nerves above, beneath 
closely uniformly clothed with a fine felted tomentum intermixed with 
Small flat glands ; petiole finely and closely scurfy ; stipules not seen. Male 
‘Owers pedicelled, copiously panicled, in bud globose, 1 lin. wide when 
pen; rhachis and panicle branches scurfy. Calyx glabrous. Stamens 
“out 20 ; filaments longer than the anthers, slender ; connective usually 
