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parva, elliptica, membranacea, glabra. Stamina 5; filamenta quam 
sepala duplo longioria. Disci glandulae carnosae, glabrae. Ovarit 
rudimentum columnare, crassum, apice complanatum, glabrum. 
Injlorescentiae Q aniculato-racemosae ; bracteae maris ; flores 
breviter pedicellati, pedicellis fructiferis elongatis. Sepala et petala 
maris. Discus breviter cupularis, undulate lobatus, glaber. Ovartwm 
ovoideum, glabrum ; stigmata parce papillosa. Capsula ellipsoidea, 
utrinque leviter cuspidata. Semina ambitu elliptica, circiter 1-3 em. 
longa, 1 cm. lata, rubra, nitida. 
Ucanpa. Luanhabya Forest, Dawe, 760; Entebbe, Bagshavwe, 
Dr. Bagshawe states that this species is usually found in damp 
soil, and that the leaves are copper-coloured and said to be 
poisonous. 
1076. Thecacoris Batesii, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyllan- 
glandulae truncatae, carnosae, glabrae vel minute et parce puberulae. 
Ovarti rudimentum obconicum, truncatum, integrum, glabrum. 
1077. Cleidion Mannii, baker [ Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; species 
C. gabonico, Baill., affinis foliis tamen basi rotundatis ibique manifeste 
3-nerviis differt. 
Frutexr scandens, 4*5-5-metralis, ramulis gracilibus glabris. Folia 
longe petiolata, oblonga, 6-8 cm. longa, 4—5 cm. lata, apice caudata, 
basi rotundata, membranacea, glabra, 3-nervia nervo centrali nervos 
secundarios suboppositos 3-jugos emittente. Racemi masculi breviter 
pedunculati, laxi, 7-10 cm. longi, ramulos breves patentes vel 
deflexos emittentes ; ramuli superiores 1-flori, caeteri 2—4-flori; 
pedicelli filiformes, flores excedentes; bracteae minutae, acutae ; 
alabastra globosa, glabra, 1°5 mm. diametro. Sepala oblonga. 
Stamina in capitulum globosum sepalis paullo brevius aggregata. 
Flores feminei ignoti. 
A ee Arrica. Upper Guinea: Cameroons river, Mann, 
1078. Stylochiton Dalzielii, N. H. Brown [ Aroideae-Stilochitoneae |; 
afinis S. Barteri, N ] 
; : » N. EH. Br, sed spatha longiore acuminata e 
perianthio masculo tridendato differt. 
