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XXIII.—_NOTES ON UPPER GUINEA 
FLACOURTIACEAE. 
T. F. Curr, 
Dasylepis Oliv. As originally suggested by Oliver in the 
Journ. Linn. Soc. 1x. p. 172, the genus Pyramidocarpus showed 
marked affinity with the Flacourtiaceae. The addition of more 
recent material from Upper Guinea makes it clear that P. Blackii 
Oliv., hitherto the only species described, must be regarded as a 
species of Dasylepis.. The description of Pyramidocarpus in 
Die Nat. Pflanzenfamilien iii. 6. p. 16, is incorrect as regards the 
absence of scales of the perianth, and the style. Mann’s 
specimen from the River Muni, on which Oliver baled the genus 
Pyramidocarpus, shows the scales adnate to the inner perianth 
segments, and a short simple style with a trifid stigma as described 
by Oliver. The genus Dasylepis, therefore, must be hes 6 as 
comprising the following five species :— 
D. racemosa Oliv. Cameroons. 
D. integra Warb. Usambara. 
D. leptophylla Gilg. Usambara. 
D. Blackii (Oliv.) Chipp. comb. nov. 
D. brevipedicellata Chipp. 
Dasylepis brevipedicellata Chipp ; species laminis margine toto 
dieiitidalato-sereatie pedicellis brevibus, floribus confertis ovariis 
glabris, distincta. 
Arbor (?) ramulis glabris. Folia glabra, coriacea, oblonga 
basi subcuneata, apice rotundata apiculata vel obtusa acuminata, 
margine distanter denticulato-serrata, 15-18 cm. longa, 6-7 cm. 
lata; nervi laterales subtus prominentes, utrinsecus 5-7; 
petioli circiter 1 cm. longi, infra laminas articulati. Flores in 
racemos spiciformes conferti; racemi apice ramorum in foliorum 
axilis collecti; rachis glabra, usque ad 5 cm. longa; pedicelli 
2 mm. longi. Perranthia ciliolata, circiter 9, exteriora 7 mm. 
longa, 5 mm. lata, interiora 7 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata; squamae 
dense pilosae dimidiae parti aequantes perianthio interiori 
adnatae. Stamina numerosa, filamenta 5 mm. longa; thecae 
3mm. longae. Ovarium glabrum; stylus apice 2—3—4-divisus. 
TropicaL Arrica. Gold Coast; Ashanti, Mim, Thompson 52. 
Scottellia Oliv. From description and examination of foliage 
S. macropus Gilg. & Dinkl. from Liberia appears to be the same 
as S. leonensis Oliv. and should be regarded as a synonym. 
Scottellia Chevalieri Chipp; affinis S. kamerunensis Gilg., 
sed laminis margine toto serratis subtus dense glandulosis, petiolis 
longioribus, sepalis non a nervosis, squamis basi petalorum 
ad setas fere reductis, differ 
Arbor ramulis junioribus pend glabris. Folia subcoriaees; 
ovato-oblonga, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, apice rotundata 
late acuminata, margine toto inaequaliter serrata, subtus dense 
glandulosa, 8-11 em. longa, 4-5-6-5 cm. lata; nervi laterales 
