339 
Caules florentes erecti, circiter 0°6-1 m. alti, ramis numerosis 
brevibus gracilibus foliosis, Folia linearia vel lineari- oblonga, 
obtusa vel subacuta, basin versus angustata, 2°5-3°8. cm. longa, 
labra, venatione prominente. Capitula axillaria, pedunculata, 
circiter 12-flora; pedunculus 18-5 cm. longus, gracilis, plerumque 
aphyllus basi excepta; bracteae involucrantes 4, ellipticae vel 
elliptico-oblongae, apice rotundatae, in basin plus minus angustatae, 
membranaceae, haud coloratae, flores vix superantes, venis con- 
spicuis. Calycis tubus 12-18 mm. longus, extus praccipue infra 
articulationem sericeo-villosus, intus glaber; lobi oblongi, obtusi, 
extus pubescentes, intus glabri. Ovarium glabrum. 
TropicaL Arrica. Soudan: between Bammako and Guig- 
nula, Chevalier, 256. 
1168. Dicranolepis stenosiphon, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, Fi. 
Trop. Afr. vol, vi. sect. 1, p, 240, anglice [Thymelaeaceae] ; affinis 
D, Schweinfurthii, Gilg, a qua foliis subtus glabris vel glabriusculis 
differt. 
Rami graciles, sparse pilosi. Folia breviter petiolata, rhom- 
boidea vel oblique oblonga, caudato-acuminata, acuta vel obtusa, 
5-8 em. longa, 2°5-3°8 em. lata, integra, glabra. _Flores axillares, 
solitarii vel geminati, pentameri, 3°8-5 cm. longi. Calycis tubus 
gracilis, glaber vel sparse puberulus ; lobi lanceolati, acuti, + tubi 
aequantes, marginibus puberulis, venis parallelis. Petala dimidium 
calycis loborum superantia, ad basin divisa ; segmenta 10, patentia, 
linearia, prope apicem plus minus incisa. Ovarium pilis paucis 
erectis prope apicem munitum, ceterum glabrum. Fructus (an 
maturus ?) ovoideus, apiculatus, 8-12 mm. longus, glaber. 
TropicaL Arrica. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1277, 2762, 
3026, 3655. | 
1169. Dicranolepis glandulosa, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, F1. Trop. 
Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 242, anglice [Thymelaeaceae]; affinis D. 
convallariodorae, Gilg, a qua calycis tubo glanduloso differt. 
Rami graciles, glabri. Folia sessilia, oblique oblonga, caudato- 
acuminata, obtusa, 10-19 cm. longa, 5-7°5 em. lata, integra, supra 
glabra, subtus glabrescentia. Flores solitarii (?), sessiles, pentameri, 
*5-7°5 em. longi, extus glandulis crassis pedicellatis dense vestiti. 
Calycis tubus latus; lobi ovati, obtusi, circiter 12 mm, longi. 
Petala ad basin divisa, calycis lobis duplo longiora, glabra ; ee 
menta 10, oblonga vel anguste obovata, apice integra, rotundata, ve 
_incisa. Ovarium glabrum ; stylus gracilis, vix exsertus. Hructus 
ROPICAL AFRICA. Cameroons: Batanga, Dinklage, 971; 
_ Bipinde, Zenker, 1951. 
1170. Dicranolepis polygaloides, Gilg ex Hi. H.. - sh = 
yer, Fl, Trop, Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 243, anglee [ wt 
laeaceae]; affinis J. laciniatae, Gilg, a qua petalorum segmentis 
integris differt. ; : 
ae rimum dense pubescentes, demum glabri. ae ire 
boidea vel oblique ovata, acuminata, obtusa, 2°5-3 Sg Me ig 
1°8 cm. lata, integra, supra glabra vel glabriuscula, 2H ed i ; 
sparsis appressis; petioli brevissiml, dense aig sf a _ 
solitarii vel geminati, sessiles, pentamer!, 3°2-3°8 gop : : 
pubescentes. Calycis tubus gracilis ; lobi circiter 4 tub! aequantes, 
