MISCELLANEA AFKICANA 221 



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Monocephalium, genus novum. Flores feminei Isolum cogniti. 

 Sepala 4, libera, yestivatione valvata. Fetala 0. Androecii vestigiaO. 

 Ovarium omnino liberum, appresse villosum, 1-loculare, in stylum 

 crassum exiens. Stigmata plura, crassiuscula. Ovula 2 ab aj^ice 

 loculi pendula, arete approximata. Fructus 1-spermus, velutinus, 

 endocarpio spinis validis longiusculis endospermum pungentibus 

 onusto. — Plantte verisimiliter scandentes. Kamuli crebro foliosi. 

 Folia alterna, brevipetiolata. Flores parvuli, in glomerulos sphseroi- 

 deos axillares plerumque solitarios densifloros dispositi. 



Monocephalium Batesii, sp. nov. Ramis subteretibus, fei-ru- 

 gineo-velutinis demum glabrescentibus ; foliis ovato-oblongis breviter 

 acuminatis apice mucronatis basi obtusis niargine denticulato-undu- 

 latis pergamaceis supra costis pilis appressis onustis exceptis glabris 

 subtus scabriuscule puberulis ; Jlorum glomerulis quam petioli paullo 

 brevioribus pUirifloris ; hracteis a catyce superatis subulatis velutinis ; 

 sepalis inter se saepe insequalibus ereetis oblongis vel anguste oblongo- 

 obovatis obtusiusculis extus velutinis ; ovario calyce paullo breviore 

 late ovoideo ; stigmatihus cireiter 12 teretibus ; fructihits pro glome- 

 rulo paucis subsphasroideis apice brevissime umbonatis ferrugineo- 

 velutinis. 



Cameroons, Bitye, mixed growth on abandoned ground; Bates, 

 1277. 



Folia sub lente punctis pellucidis minutissimis prsedita, 10-13 x 

 4-5 — 5-5 cm., in sicco viridi-griseola, subtus pallidiora ibique promi- 

 nenter reticulata ; petioli validi, superne anguste canaliculati, velutini, 

 6-10 mm. long. Florum glomeruli 6 mm. diam. ; horum pedunculus 

 validus, velutinus, vix 2 mm. long. Bractese circa 1 mm. long. 

 Sepala usque 3 mm. long. Ovarium cum stylo 2 mm. long, (incluso 

 indumento), 1-5 mm. diam. Stylus ovario continuus pariterque 

 villosus, '5 mm. long. Fructus 12 X 10 mm. 



Monocephalium Zenkeri, sp. nov. A prsecedenti abhorret pra^- 

 sertim ob folia minora ; glomerulos paullo minores, saepe pro axilla 

 2 vel etiam plura, pedunculis usque 3 mm. long, insidentes ; jiores 

 minores, necnon ovarium minus in stylum breviorem desinens ; 

 stigmataque brevissima. 



Cameroons, Bipinde ; Zenher, 4904. 



Folia 6-10 X 2-4 cm. Glomeruli 5 mm. diam. Sepala usque 

 2 mm. long. Ovarium cum stylo 175 mm., stylus solus '2o mm. 

 long. Fructus baud suppetunt. 



The floral structure of this genus is that of Pyrenacantlia, but in 

 its glomerate flowers it resembles Polycej^haliitm, the female flowers 

 of wliich, however, have a corolla. 



Stachyanthns nigeriensis, sp. nov. Planta scandens ?, ramis 

 validis subteretibus striatis lenticelliferisque sparsim foliosis ; foliis 

 pro rata longe petiolatis ovatis cuspidato-acuminatis apice obtusis 

 basi rotundatis tenuiter coriaceis pag. utravis leviter nitidis tenuiter 

 coriaceis glabris costis lateralibus utrinque 5 apertissime arcuatis pag. 

 inf. eminentibus reticulo sublaxo utrobique optime visibili ; sjricis 

 foliis multo longioribus ex ramis defoliatis (anne ex trunco ?) ortis 



