2 
1:8 cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, ciliolata. a ultra 100, usque 
ad 9 mm. longa; antherae rudimentariae 0-3-0-4 
Stamina circiter 80, exteriora 1-1 cm. eres Tienes. 1-6 em. longa ; 
antherae oblongae, eae staminum breviorum 0-7 mm. longae, eae 
longiorum fere 1 mm. longae. Ovarium circiter 2 mm. longum, penta- 
gonum vel hexagonum, pubescens, cito post anthesin setosum ; stylus 
circiter 5 mm. longus; stigmata 5-6, divergentia vel leviter recurva. 
Capsula 3- ‘5-4 om. longa, alis 3-5 mm. latis, setis marginalibus 2-4 mm. 
longis spinulo terminatis minute puberulis ; areae interalares reticulato- 
areolatae, areolis plerumque pentagonis setulas singulas medio geren- 
tibus; septa post dehiscentiam angulo interno fibroso-ciliata, fibris 
adscendentibus. Semina plano-convexa, ambitu late obovata, anatropa, 
albuminosa, ultra 2 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata, leviter tuberculata, 
superficie convexa praesertim. T'estaad chalazam indurata, fusca, raphi 
gracili fusca. Embryo rectus ; cotyledones transverse ellipticae, basi 
cordatae ; radicula crassa. 
TropicAL West Arrica: Cameroons; Yaunde, Zenker, 1488. 
Congo State; Between Kisantu and Popocabaka, Gillet, 2298 ; near 
Kimuenza, Gillet, 1683; valley of the Djuma River, Gillet, 2734 ; 
Gentil ; in thickets and at the edge of woods near Coquilhatville, 
Schlechter, 12594 ; at Hala, Mare Laurent ; Equateur District, Pynaert ; 
Lulonga, Pynaert, 764 ; i. La urent ; Romée, Et. Laurent. Spanish 
Gaboon ; Tessmann, 4 5 
The genus Cephalonema is closely allied to Honckenya, from which 
it differs principally in the capsule. The capsule of Honckenya is 
terete and bristly all over, whereas that of Cephalonema has a broad 
wing opposite the middle of each loculus, and the bristles are confined 
to the margins of the wings. In Hone onckenya the loculi are subdivided 
by incomplete transverse septa between the seeds; these are wanting 
in Cephalonema. 
ep. 
According to Gentil, quoted by De Wildeman (Not. Pl. Util. Congo, 
p- 30), Cephalon, ema polyandrum yields a fibre used for rope-making 
in the Chine: —T. A. Sprae 
Fic. 1, section of flower; 2, stamens and staminodes: ; 3, anthers; aoe 
5, transverse section of ovary; 6, seed, showing raphe and chalaza ; 7, emb. 
All enlarged. 
