Donax. | CXXXIV. SCITAMINEÆ (BAKER). 317 
at the base, glabrous on both sides; sheaths glabrous, the lower 3-4 
in. long; thickened free apex of petiole,} in. long. Inflorescence of 
two branches subtended at the base by large leaves; sheaths cylindrical, 
glabrous, 2 in. long; flowers in pairs, one nearly sessile, the other 
pedicellate. Ovary silky. Sepals lanceolate, } in. long. Outer stami- 
nodia obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit globose, shining, 
2-seeded, glabrous, } in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda, Sibange Farm, margin of the forest, Soyaua, 
241 ! 
6. D. congensis, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 439. Stems 
tall, suffruticose, glabrous, terete or flattened. Leaves oblique-oblong, 
glabrous on both sides, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad ; cusp subulate, rather 
eccentric; sheaths glabrous except the ciliate apex; thickened free 
petiole pubescent on the face. Inflorescence little branched, terminal, 
subtended at the base by a large leaf ; bracts above 4 in. long. Flowers 
small, yellow. Ovary silky. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, acute, 4—4 in. 
long. Petals oblong, acute. Outer staminode oblong, acute. Fruit 
pubescent, oblique, 2-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Msuata, Buettner, 547; forest at Zenze, 
Laurent. 
South Central. Lunda: Bashilange ; Mukenge, in forest, Pogge, 1451. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
7. D. ugandensis, Schumann in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C.150. Stems 
moderately stout. Leaves oblong, grey-green, 4-6 in. long, 2-34 in. 
broad above the base ; cusp eccentric; nodes and sheaths glabrous; the 
latter 4—5 in. long; free petiole 4—4 in. long. Branches of the panicle 
$ ft. long; peduncles and pedicels moderately stout; bracts cylindrical, 
glabrous, 1} in. long. Flowers } in. long. Ovary silky. Fruit globose, 
2-seeded. 
_ Mile Land. British East Africa: Uganda; Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7390! 
Manyonyo, Stuhlmann, 1390. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe ; Ihangiro, Stuhlmann, 896! 
8. D. leucantha, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 436. Stem 9-12 
ft. long, stramineous, glabrous, except the nodes, which are finely 
pubescent. Leaves oblong, moderately firm, glabrous, 4-8 in. long, 2-3 
in. broad, rounded at the base, not variegated ; cusp 4-1 in. long, very 
eccentric; sheaths glabrous, 2—4 in. long ; thickened free tip of petiole 
under 1 in. long. Inflorescence copiously panicled, erect ; lower branches 
subtended by large leaves; sheaths cylindrical, glabrous, 1-14 in. long ; 
flowers in pairs, whitish, one nearly sessile, the other on a long pedicel. 
Ovary densely hairy. Sepals lanceolate, } in. long. Outer staminodia 
obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit globose, glabrous, } in. diam., 
usually 2-seeded. 
Upper Guinea, Cameroons: near Barombi, Preuss, 354! North bank of 
Elephant Lake, Preuss, 495 ! 
