Tabuba 2934, 
OCOTEA USAMBARENSIS, Engl. 
LauRaAcEAE. Tribus PERSEEAE. 
0. usambarensis, Engl. in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894), pp. 51, 54 
et in Pf. bigs Afr. C. 182 ; Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr., vol. vi. pase i 
. ITs altera specie africana indumento novellarum 
Plantae . foliis obtusis subtus glaucescentibus vel sieaiediiede 
tincta. 
Arbor, ad 40 m. alta, trunco ad 3°5 m. diametro, ramulis molliter 
pube scentibus vel tomentosis vel praeter novellas elabris et exsiccando 
nigrescentibus. Folia approximata, alterna, subopposita vel opposita, 
late elliptica, utrinque obtusa, 5-6-5 cm. longa, 3-5-4 cm. lata, tenuiter 
coriacea, subbullata, Sigs pele vel silietaitiie novella utrin- 
que molliter pilosa, demum magis minusve glabrescentia, costa supra 
fulvo- vel griseo-pilosae, 1°5-2°5 cm. longae, 2°5 cm. latae, unculis 
2°5 em. longis; bracteae ovatae, obtusae, dense pubescentes ultra 
oS) 
turbinato 1:5 mm. alto intus pilosulo, segmentis 3 mm. longis, exteriori- 
bus elliptico- Sarno Range tag late ovatis obtusis intus medio 
pubescentibus. Stam florum 2 filam a. linearibus antheras 
ot cena siilcdsicat vcs vel ordinis IL i in dorso glabris ; glandulae 
ordinis III subglobosae, brevissime stipitatae ; senate orum ¢ multo 
reducta. Ovariwm in receptaculo immersum, sed ab eo rum, 
ovoideum, cum stylo glabrum. Fructus globosus vel hg ene 
— 8-10 mm. longus, receptaculo incrassato insidens. Semin 
esta crustacea 
East Arrica : British East Africa ; forests of Mount Kenia and the 
Aberdare Range, Hutchins ; Battiscombe 16: German East Africa ; 
Usambara, Holst, 1301. 
