266 
3202a. peel ; Epfasa, 820 m., Zenker, 1430. Lower Guinea. 
Spanish Guine Nk olentangan, 450 m., Tessmann, B 133; 
Akonangi, Ticupeasion 982. 
1279. Neoboutonia Melleri, Prain eee ee ; 
species NV. africanae, Muell.-Arg. et N. canescenti, Pax am 
maxime affinis ab ambabus tamen foliis parum rigidioribus, Aoxibus 
masculis sessilibus vel fere sessilibus apte distinguenda. 
Arbor 9-10- ‘me etralis; ramuli tomento stellato rufo -cinereo 
scrobiculati. Folia distincte petiolata, firmula, orbiculari-cordata, 
acuta vel obtusa, margine integra, 10-20 cm. longa ac lata, laete 
viridia, supra secus nervos et reticulationes parce hirsuta tomento 
stellato et pilis longiusculis albidis, subtus ubique dense tomento 
perbrevi stellato continuo glandulis minutis applanatis intermixto 
induta ; petioli parce scrobiculati ; stipulae lineares. Flores masculi 
copiose paniculati, sessiles vel fere sessiles ; rhachides ramulique 
panicularum scrobiculati. Calyx in alabastro clausus, globosus, 
apicem versus hirsutus, dein apertus 3 mm. latus. Stamina 25-30; 
filamenta gracilia antheris manifeste longiora ; antherarum 
connectivi apice glandulis saepissime 3, nonnunquam 1, minutis, 
cereis, deciduis coronati; glandulae extrastaminales 5, “oblongae, 
truncatae vel emarginatae. Flores feminei racemosi racemis 
compositis, parvuli, 4 mm. longi, aperti 6 mm. lati. Sepala 
lineari-lanceolata, basi in tubum perbrevem connata. Ovarium 
3-loculare, densius strigosum ; style 2%, singuli 2-partiti lobis 
linearibus. Capsula 3-cocca, coccis 2-valvis, 8 mm. longa lataque, 
sca, pubescens. Semina subglobosa, hilo facie interiore deorsum 
producto.— lV. aigevetiee Pax in Engl. Bot. J ahrb. xix. 91 pro parte 
Ost.-Afr. C, 238 : Dawe Rep. Bot. Uganda 56. Mallotus Melleri 
Muell.-Arg. in Flora, 1864, 468 ; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, 959 ; Dawe, 
Rep. Bot. Uganda, 56. 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Nile ie and. Uganda: Western Prov j 
the Bigera river, 1: “Bajar 1130: “Agkola, 1520 m., 
Dawe, 445, 475 Saat Central. Congo State: Easterr Prov. ; 
Ruwenzori, sr _ tits Mildbraed, 2477 Mozamb. Dist. 
3321, 3745; Reabctake Fischer, 527. Nyas sland : Zo mba, W. hyte, 
pints Manganja Hills, Meller; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, iz 71, 
44, 
1280, itechoabias velutina, Prain [uphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species LV. africanae, Muell. Arg. affinis sed foliis subtus velutinis 
nec appresse glanduloso-stellato-scrobiculatis ovarioque dense 
velutino facillime cognoscenda. 
Arbor 15-19-metralis; ramuli parce pilis stellatis glomeratis 
obtecti. Folia distincte petiolata, membranacea, orbiculari-cordata, 
acuta, margine iutegra, 10-20 em. longa lataque, "Jaete viridia, supra 
secus nervos pilis longiusculis albidis basi bulbosis vel ibi pilis 
brevioribus stellatis basi cireumcinctis molliter pubescentia, sub- 
tus ubique tomento brevi stellato laxiusculo molliter velutina ; 
petioli breviter scrobiculati ; stipulae lineares, <i iimeine: 
