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4. P. Hensii, Baker. Whole plant 5-6 ft. long. Petiole long, 
subradical ; cylindrical apical callus above 1 in. long; blade oblong, 
cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, rounded at the base, 9-10 in. 
long, 4-5 in. broad. Panicle small, shortly pedunculate, produced from 
the petiole some distance from the blade ; bracts linear-oblong, glabrous, 
1-1} in. long; peduncle shorter than the bract. Sepals lanceolate, 
fin. long. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. Fruit not 
seen. 
South Central. Congo Free State: woods at Bangala, 1000 ft., Hens, 140! 
5. P. velutinum, Baker. Whole plant 6 ft. high. Petiole long, 
radical, with an apical callus 2-3 in. long; leaf oblong, firm, glabrous, 
acute, 13-2 ft. long, 1 ft. broad low down. Inflorescence panicled, 
arising from the petiole some distance below the blade; branches 
densely clothed with dark brown velvety pubescence ; bracts oblong- 
spathulate, 2 1 in. long, pubescent on the back and ciliated. Flowers 
white, in sessile pairs on short velvety peduncles. Calyx } in. long; 
sepals lanceolate, membranous. Corolla less than twice the length of 
the calyx; petals oblong, pubescent outside. Ovary globose. Fruit 
unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Efulen, at Forest Hill, Bates, 276! 
6. P. macrophyllum, Baker. Whole plant 6-7 ft. high. Petiole 
long, radical, with a very large apical callus; leaf broadly oblong, firm, 
glabrous, unequal-sided, 15-2) in. long, 7-10 in. broad, rounded 
unequally at the base. Inflorescence panicled, arising from the petiole 
some distance below the blade; bracts ovate, subacute, glabrous ; 
flowers in pairs on a peduncle $-} in. long. Calyx fin. long. Corolla 
twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminodia subulate. Fruit bright 
red, globose, 3-seeded, 4-3 in. diam. Seeds irregularly rugose and 
foveolate, 4 in. diam.—Phyllodes macrophyllum, Schumann in Engl. 
Jahrb. xv. 444. 
Upper Guinea. Togo, Baumann, 174! Cameroons: between Ninga village 
and Kake, near Barombi, Preuss, 382 ! 
7. P. Benthami, Baker. Whole plant 15 ft. high. Petiole very 
long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 3 in. long; leaf broadly 
oblong, firm, glabrous, 15-18 in. long, 9-10 in. broad, much rounded 
at the base. Panicle of two branches with peduncles 3-6 in. long 
springing from the petiole a short distance below the blade ; internodes 
of rhachis 4} in. long; bracts oblong-navicular, ł-1 in, long; peduncle 
2-flowered, ł in. long. Fruit globose, 3-seeded, km. diam. Seed } in. 
long, with a smooth dorsal rib and cupular aril.—P. macrostachyum, 
Benth. Gen. Pl. iii. 653 (not of Wallich). Phyllodes macrostachyum, 
K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 445. 
Upper Guinea. Ashanti: Assin-Yan-Coomassie, Cummins, 206! Lagos, Millen, 
19 of 1896 collection! Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann, 1335! 
