Phrynium.] CXXXIV. SCITAMINEE (BAKER), 325 
South Central. Lunda: Bashilange; in a swamp by the River Luachim, 
Pogge, 696 ! 
Lower Guinea, Cameroons: Efulen, Bates, 375! 
Phyllodes baccatum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 442, gathered in Lunda, 
Bashilange country, at Mukenge, by Pogge, 1439, and the Lake region by Stuhlmann, 
1200, is said to differ from P. leiogonium by its 6-angled seeds, honeycombed between 
the entire ribs. 
12. P. villosum, Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 653. Petiole long, sub- 
radical, densely villous; cylindrical apical callus 14—2 in. long; leaf 
oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, 6-12 in, long, 2—24 in. broad, moderately 
firm, glabrous, rounded at the base. Inflorescence panicled, springing 
from the petiole some distance below the leaf; branches and erecto- 
patent bracts very hairy, the latter oblong-navicular, ł—1 in. long; 
peduncle longer than the bract, bearing 2 perfect and several rudimen- 
tary flowers. Ovary glabrous. Sepals oblong, } in. long. Corolla 4 in. 
long. Staminodia not longer than the petals. Mature capsule 
unknown.—Phyllodes villosum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 445. 
Lower Guinea. Banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 1032! 
13. P. prionogonium, Baker. Whole plant 6 ft. high. Petiole 
long, subradical; cylindrical apical callus 2-3 in. long; leaf oblong- 
cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 12-18 in. long, 5-7 in. broad, 
rounded at the base. Panicle ample, lax, sometimes a foot broad, 
Springing from the petiole some distance below the blade; bracts 
oblong-navicular, 14-1} in. long; peduncle as long as the bract or 
exserted, bearing 2 perfect and some rudimentary flowers. Sepals 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, } in. long. Petals scarcely longer than the 
calyx. Outer staminodia orbicular, unguiculate. Fruit globose, red, 
ł in. diam. Seeds 4-angled; ribs serrated; faces foveolate.—Phyllodes 
prionogonium, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 441. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: in the forest of Barombi-ba-Mbu, Preuss, 458! 
14. P. bisubulatum, Baker. Petiole long; blade oblong, shortly 
cuspidate, 16-20 in. long, 12-14 in. broad, rounded at the base. In- 
florescence panicled ; ultimate branchlets 1} in. long, much thickened 
at the nodes ; bracts ovate, acute, above 4 in. long and broad; flowers 
2 to a bract ; peduncle very short. Sepals oblong, obtuse, {— in. long. 
Petals oblong, 2—3 times the length of the calyx. Outer staminodia 
subulate, not protruding beyond the petals. Fruit unknown.— 
Phyllodes bisubulatum, Schumann in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xi. 83. 
South Central. Lunda: between the River Luachim and Quihunbo, 2600 ft., 
Marques. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
15. P. inzequilaterum, Baker. Stems 2 ft. long, bearing two 
Short horizontal branches. Leaf oblong, firm, glabrous, very unequal- 
sided, 3-6 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, obtuse, unequally rounded at the 
base ; petiole entirely sheathing, 2-3 in. long; apical callus very small. 
