Doniane. N. O. Thymelez. 
TAB. DCCXCVIII. 
"f DicRANOLEPIS DISTICHA$, Planch. 
partito, laciniis oblongis estivatione imbricatis. Squame 
10, petaliformes, fauci insertz, laciniis perianthii opposite, 
bipartite, divisuris apice erosis. Stamina 10, fauci inserta, 
mesocarpio e filamentis nitentibus contexto. Semen sus- 
pensum, globosum, anatropum, integumento membranaceo; 
embryonis recti cotyledones hemispherice, carnose, facie 
plana sibi invicem applicite, radicula semi-exserta minu- 
tissima. : 
Frutex ? Africe occid. trop., ramulis tenuibus virgatis foliisque 
distichis, gemmis, ramulis novellis, petiolis, perianthiisque 
extus pilis adpressis v. patentibus subsericeis v. hi 
Folia crebra, alterna, oblique subtrapezoideo-lanceolata, cus- 
pidata, integerrima, brevissime petiolata, rigide membranacea, 
nervis lateralibus tenuibus, sat crebris, glabra, nitida, supra 
(in sicco) lete viridia, subtus viridi-flavescentia. Stipule 
0. Flores avillares, solitarii, subsessiles, folio pollicari (Vv. 
sesquipollicari) non multo breviores. 
Dicranolepis disticha, Planch. 
Has. In Sierra Leone. Don in herb. Soc. Hort. Lond. 
Genus ex characteribus datis distinctissimum. F ructus sub- 
globosus, inferne acutiusculus, mole seminis Coryli Avel- 
lane, apice in mammillam brevem styli decidui cicatrice 
notatam pilosulam abrupte attenuatus, ceeterum glaberri- 
mus, epidermide castanea levi, mesocarpio ¢ fibris te- 
. 
nulssimis, more cocci bombycini, contexto. 
: 
Fig.l. Flos. f. 2. Stamen. /. 3. Pistillum tubo perianthu 
-Yaginatum. f. 4. Idem, sicut discus tubulosus, vertica- 
liter sectum. /f. 5. Fructus, magnit. natur. f. 6. Semen- 
Planchon. 
