tomentosa, intus glabra, 3 mm. alta. Corollæ lobi 5, imbricati, obovati 
tubo breviores (tubus = 3 mm., lobi = 2,5 mm.) Staminodia 5, epise- 
pala, oblonga, supra medium truncata, abrupte cuspidata, lobis corollæ 
æquilonga, dentibus lateralibus. Stamina 5, epipetala, lobos corollæ 
_ paulo superantia, antheris cordatis, mucronatis, loculis extrorsis, 1,5 mm. 
altis, filamentis gracilibus, 2 mm. altis. Ovarium 5-loculare, ovoideum, 
tomentosum, sanguinolentum; stylus exsertus, glaber, 5 mm. altus. - 
Ovula ad summum loculorum inserta. Fructus ignotus. 
Congo n° 103 | Ме Carrie]. 
3. Bakeriella Pobeguiniana Dubard = Pachystela Pobe- 
guiniana Pierre mss. 
"P 
Arbor 10-15 m. alta, ramis apice foliosis. Ramuli crassi, ferrugineo- 
tomentelli, dein cinerei. Folia 5-20 cm. longa, 3.5 — 9 cm. lata, breviter ` 
petiolata (petiolo 3-4 mm. longo), obovata, basi cuneata, brevissime apicu- 
lata, vel emarginata, vel rotundata, supra griseo-lucida, subtus argentea, 
tomentella, pergamacea, crassa, costulis 8-ro, distantibus supra canalicu- 
latis, subtus elevatis, nervis transversis, parallelis, stipulis linearibus, fer- 
rugineis, 8 mm. longis. Flores axillares, 6-12-fasciculati, pedicellis crassis, 
3-4 mm. longis, ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Sepala 5, fere omnino libera,im- 
bricata, elliptica vel oblonga, obtusa, vel subacuta, utrinque velutina, 4-5 
mm. alta, 2,5-3.5 mm. lata. Corollæ lobi 5, ovato-lanceolati, tubo lon- 
giores (tubus — 1,5 mm., lobi — 4-5 mm.) Staminodia 5, episepala, 
'ovata,apice pilosa, lobis filamentisque breviora;stainina 5, epipetala, pe- - 
talis leviter longiora, filamentis 4 mm. longis, fere omnino liberis, antheris 
cordatis, oblongis, apice attenuatis, 2.5 mm. longis. Ovarium, 5 loculare, 
villosum, oblongum; stylus 3,5 mm. altus, praeterea basim glaber, apice 
truncatus. Ovula ad summum loculorum inserta. Bacca ovoidea, flava. 
monosperma, ro mm. longa, 15 mm. in diametro, pericarpio carnoso. 
Nom vern. : Koace, 
Guinée ` Kouroussa n° 193, 800 : vallée de la Santa | Pobéguin]. ` 
ninis 
