333 
1401. sti fare aframensis, Hutchinson in Dyer, FI. bp; Afr., 
vol. vi., sect. i, p. 682, anglice [ Euphorbiaceae-Phyllantheae] ; ; 
D. leonensi, Pax, facie similis sed staminibus numerosioribus differt. 
Arbor circiter 14 m, alta; ramuli leviter sulcati, glabri. Folia 
elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, brevissime et paulo abrupte acuminata, 
basi cuneata et leviter inaequalia, 5-10 cm. longa, 2°5-4°5 em. lata, 
-rigide chartacea, utrinque glabra et opaca vel nitidula, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 intra marginem anastomosantibus 
utrinque distinctis subtus leviter elevatis ; 3 petioli 3-4 mm. longi, 
leviter rugosi, glabri; stipulae parvae, coriaceae, caducae. Flores 
axillares, in ramulis junioribus fasciculati ; pedicelli 3-4 mm. 
longi, glabri. Sepala 4, obovata vel oblongo-obovata, obtusa, 2°5 
mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, apice pubescentia, membranacea, Stamina 8 ; 
filamenta gracilia, ¢ glabra ; antherae parvae, glabrae. Discus mag- 
nus, cupularis, glaber, margine irregulariter dentatus. Flores Q 
non visi 
TROPICAL AFRICA, ae Guinea: Gold Coast; Afram — 
Plains, W. H. Johnson, 714 
1402. Drypetes Paxii, Hicichinsine in Dyer FI. Trop. Afr., ae vi. 
sect. i, p. 681, anglice [Kuphorbiaceae-Phyllantheae] ; 
D. bipindensi, Hutchinson (Cyclostemon bipindensis, Pax), asl 
stipulis multo minoribus staminibus 4 facile distinguenda. 
Ramuli _graciles, sulcati, minute puberuli. Folia oblonga vel 
oblongo-elliptica, caudato-acuminata, basi subcuneata et leviter 
inaequalia, 7°5-11°5 cm. longa, 4-4° B em: lata, tenuiter chartacea 
vel submembranacea, integra, utrinque glabra, supra nitida, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 10-11, pergracilibus patulis intra marginem 
anastomosantibus, venis et venulis leviter prominentibus ; petioli 
graciles, 4-6 mm. longi, densiuscule puberuli; stipulae deciduae, 
parvae. lores ¢ axillares, in ramulis foliosis fasciculati ; pedicelli 
oblongo-ellipsoideae, 0°35 mm. longae. Discus cupularis, tenuis, 
dentatus, intra pubescens, extra elaber. Flores Q non visi. 
TroricaL Arrica, Upper Guinea: Cameroons; Bipinde, 
Zenker, 3788. 
1403. Drypetes pe Hutehinson in Dyer, FI. Trop., 
vol. vi. sect. i, p. 679, anglice He thotblelodais Pie lanthood!’ affinis 
D. glomeratae, Hutchin ae (Cyclostemon glomeratus, Muell. Arg.), 
sed floribus pedicellatis, sepalis extra glabris differt. 
Arbor; ramuli teretes, cortice cinereo glabro obtecti. Folia 
magna, oblongo-elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi cuneata vel sub- 
obtusa, 30-35 cm. longa, 9-13 cm, lata, coriacea, utrinque glabra 
et nitida, nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-9 patulis vel ascendentibus 
rope marginem anastomosantibus supra leviter insculptis subtus 
prominentibus, venis laxis subtus leviter elevatis ; petioli crassi, 
13. cm. longi, glabri; stipulae subpersistentes, lanceolatae, 
obtusae, 0°8-1°2 cm. longae, crassae, interdum fere subteretes, 
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