TABULA 3032. 
APODISCUS CHEVALIERI, Hutchinson. 
EUPHORBIACEAE. Tribus PHYLLANTHEAE. 
A. Chevalieri, Hutchinson in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1911, Mém. viii. 
p- 206, et in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 1046; species 
unica. 
Arbor 8-10 m. alta; ramuli sulcati vel longitudinaliter verrucosi, 
glabri. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, obtuse vel subacute 
acuminata, basi subcuneata, 8-17 cm. longa, 3-8 cm. lata, integra, 
coriacea, supra paulum nitida, subtus pallida, utrinque glabra, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque 8-14 arcuatis prope marginem ramosis subtus 
leviter elevatis, venis laxis subparallelis; petioli 0-5-1 em. longi, 
sicco nigri, supra late canaliculati, verrucosi, glabri; stipulae lanceo- 
—latae, acutae, circiter 7 mm. longae, coriaceae, glabrae, mox deciduae. 
cae axillares, 2—5-fasciculatae, a em. longae; rhachis cum 
bracteis sepalisque fulvo-tomentella. Flores 3 : Bracteae late ovatae, 
subacutae, 1 mm. longae. Sepala ovata, obtusa, 1-5-2 mm. longa, 
1-1:25 mm. lata, coriacea, utrinque tomentella. Disci glandulae 
carnosae, rotundatae, breviter hirsutae. Flamenta glabra; anthe- 
rarum loculi distincti. Ovarit rudimentum dense tomentosum. Flores 
@: Pedicelli robusti, 6 mm. longi, breviter pubescentes. Sepala 
quam in floribus ¢ paullo majora. Ovarium 4-lobatum, parce pubes- 
cens ; styli crassi, incurvi, extra papillosi. 
West Tropicat Arrica: French Guinea; Fouta-Djalon, between 
the Santa River and Timbo, March, Chevalier, 12588; banks of the 
tributaries of the Bowali River, tree 8-10 m. high, with white flowers, 
November, Caille, 15057, 14997. 
Apod 
ensh Guinea in 1905 by the celebrated French botanist and traveller, 
Dr. A. Chevalier. It grows on the banks of rivers in the Fouta-Djalon 
Phyllantheae—J. HuTcHINSON. : 
Fic. 1, portion of inflorescence showing male buds and female flower; 2, male 
flower with two se removed; 3, stamen from behind, accompanied by two 
disk-glands; 4, front view f stamen; 5, sepal of female flower; 6, young in- 
fructescence. All enlarged except 6, which is of natural size. 
