TABULA 2986. 
SPONDIANTHUS PREUSSII, Engi. 
EuPHORBIACEAE. Tribus PHYLLANTHEAE. 
S. Preussii, Engl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xxxvi. p. 216, et in 
Notizblatt Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 1911, No. 48, p. 241, forma 
oblongifolia et var. glabra incl. ; Hutchinson in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
vol. vi. p. 1044; affinis S. ugan ndensi, Hutchinson, sed 2am 
dense puberulis et ramis earundem multo brevioribus differ 
Arbor, ramulis teretibus glabris. Folia subverticillata, obovata 
vel elliptica, basi obtuse cuneata vel rotundata, apice obtusa vel 
rotundata, 9-17 cm. longa, 4—11°5 cm. lata, rigide chartacea vel tenui- 
ter coriacea, utrinque glabra et opaca, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 
arcuatis marginem versus anastomosantibus supra distinctis subtus 
prominentibus, nervis tertiariis reticulatis utrinque distinctis ; 
xibus robustis sulcatis dense puberulis; rami spiciformes, circiter 
1 em. longi, basi ad 4 mm. nudi, unibracteati; bracteae late ovatae, 
ciliata, extra parce et minute puberula. Petala parva, plus minusve 
elliptica vel obovata, apice 2-3-dentata. Stamina 5; antherarum loculi 
paralleli. Disci glandulae ogee Ovarii rudimentum columnare, 
apice complanatum, ge m. Flores ? juniores non visi. Paniculae 
fructiferae usque ad 15 cm. longae, camila angulatis sulcatis minute 
puberulis. Capsula subscasils vel breviter pedicellata, ellipsoidea, 
carpio tenuiter corneo. Semina ambitu elliptica, circiter 1°3 cm. 
longa, 1 em. lata, rubra, nitida—Megabaria Trillesii, Pierre ex Hutchin- 
e y.-Cong Gr ts 
nudum; Th. et Hél. Dur., Syll. Flor. Congol., p. 497, nomen nudum 
Tropicat Arrica. Upper Guinea: Cameroons; Bipinde, Zone 
1083, 2572, 2603, 2846, 3556; Barombe, Preuss, 426 ; Staudt, 778 ; 
Victoria, Winkler, 521; Duala, Hiickstadt, 105; various localities, 
