324 CXXXIV. SCITAMINEE (BAKER). [ Phrynium, 
8. P. adenocarpum, Baker. Whole plant 9-12 ft. high. Petiole 
long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 2—3 in. long; leaf oblong, 
cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 12-16 in. long, 6-10 in. broad, 
unequaily rounded at the base. Inflorescence panicled, arising from 
the petiole some distance from the blade ; bracts oblong-navicular, 
2 in. long, peduncle and pedicels short. Sepals oblong, acute, $ in. 
long, adnate for nearly their whole length to the corolla-tube. Corolla 
twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminode bidentate. Fruit globose, 
trisuleate, 4 in. diam. Seed 4 in. long, irregularly foveolate and 
oe adenocarpum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: between Barombi and Ninga village, Preuss, 343! 
9. P. oxycarpum, Baker. Whole plant 12 ft. high. Petiole 
long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 2 in. long; leaf oblong, 
cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 10-16 in. long, 6-10 in. broad, 
rounded at the base. Inflorescence panicled, arising from the petiole 
some distance below the blade; bracts oblong-navicular, nearly 1 in. 
long; flowers 2 to each bract. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, } in. long. 
Petals twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminode bidentate at the 
apex; central cusp long. Fruit globose, subtrigonous, 1 in. diam. 
Seeds tubercled, 4 in. long.—Phyllodes oxycarpum, Schumann in Engl. 
Jahrb. xv. 443. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: between Ninga village and Barombi, in low 
forest, Preuss, 381! 513. 
10. P. monophyllum, Baker. Whole plant 14 ft. long. Petiole 
slender, radical, 1 ft. long; cylindrical apical callus 4 in. long; leaf 
oblong, subacute, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, pinnately varie- 
gated with white streaks, deltoid at the base. Inflorescence panicled, 
arising from the sheaths that invest the lower part of the petiole ; 
bracts linear-oblong, glabrous, above 4 in. long; peduncle longer than 
the bract, bearing 2 flowers, one on a short, the other on a longer 
pedicel. Ovary villous. Sepals lanceolate, 4 in. long. Petals under 
4 in. long. Fruit globose, 2-seeded, }-} in. diam.; pericarp thin. 
Seed globose, } in. diam.—Phyllodes monophyllum, Schumann in Engl. 
Jahrb, xv. 440, 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda, Sibange Farm, Soyaur, 176! 
11. P. leiogonium, Baker. Petiole very long; cylindrical apical 
callus nearly 3 in. long; leaf oblong, acute, moderately firm, glabrous, 
12-16 in. long, 5—6 in. broad, rounded at the base. Panicle large, lax, 
pedunculate, springing from the side of the petiole a long distance below 
the blade; bracts oblong-navicular, 1-1} in. long; peduncle as long as 
the bract, having 2 perfect and some abortive flowers ; pedicels very 
short. Flowers under 4 in. long. Fruit globose, 4 in. diam., 6-angled, 
3-seeded. Seed 4 in. ong, quadrangular, with smooth ribs and the 
intermediate faces also smooth.—Phyllodes leiogonium, Schumann in 
Engl. Jahrb. xv. 442. 
