deciduis. pctioio i cm. iongo, lamina 17-30 cm. longa, |-iKiii.Lu.iJr 



basi acuta, apice brevitcr acuminata, supra pallide viridia. subtus pallidiora, sub- 



lltvida, chartacea, costulis crebis approximatis, nervis intermediis parallels. 



Nom vern. : Ko-ace (Guinee francaise). 



Guinee francaise : Sankaran [Pobeguin 843]. 



DESCRIPTIONS DE QUELQUES MIMUSOPEES 



(D'apres les documents de L. Pierre). 



r. Lecomtedoxa ogouensis Syn. : Mimusops ogoiiensis Pierre mss. 



Ramulis teretibus, glabris : foliis, ad apicem ramulovum densissime confertis, 

 graciliter petiolatis, basi cuneatis, acuminc obtuso, concoloribus, chartaceis, 

 glabris ; costulis, utrinque 12-14, ad marginem arcuato-confluentibus, parum cons- 

 lamina 5-7,5 cm. longa, 1,5-3,5 cm. lata). Pedicellis 10 mm. longis, 1-2 in axillis 

 foliorum, valde approximatis, confertis, glal rialibus, 3 exte- 



rioribus ovato-1 ique glabris, 3 mm. longis, interioribus 



tenuioribus; corolla 3,5 mm. alta, 5 lobis, ovato-lanceolatis, marginibus involutis. 

 glabris 2 mm. longis, append tubo 1 mm. 5 



alto; staminodiis 5 ovato-acut .bescentibus ; staminibus 5, 



filamentis 3/4 mm. longis, antheri 1 mm. 1/4 altis, ovato-lanceolatis, cordatis. 

 Ovario 5-locul. 0,5 mm. alto, griseo-velutino, stylo 3 mm. 5 longo, puberulo ; 

 ovulis ad apicem ramulorum insertis fere atropis. 



Gabon : (Ogooue) a Samkita [Thollon 146]. 

 2. Labourdonnaisia Thouarsii Pierre mss. 



Sepala biseriata (3 -f 3) dorso sericea vel pubesccntia, intus glal 



, intus tantum ad apicem pubes- 



7-costatum, griseo toment 



longus. crassus ; fructus oblongus vel ovatus, 30 mm. altus, 25 mm. in diametro, 

 basi caiyce reflexo suffultus, monospermus. Semen adscendens, supra basim late- 

 raliter affixum concava, ad marginem 



sinuata, cujus ad apicem hilo prominente ; tegumentum crustaceum, supra hilum 



.. . 

 connatum. Folia obo\ :■. basi ittenuata. apice cordiformia, subtus glabra, supra 

 pubescentia, costulis crebris nervisque paulo distinctis, petiolo 15 mm. longo, 

 Luuiua 60 mm. longa, 50 mm. lata. 



Madagascar : [l)upctit-Tkman\. 



