Eureiandra. 211 



viter rostratus, basi rotundatus, 5,5 — 6 cm longus, 3,5 cm crassus. Semina ovoidea, 

 pallida. — Fig. 25. 



Afrika, Sudanische Parksteppenprovinz: Land der Djur, große Seriba 

 Ghattas, im niederen Buschwerk (Schweinfurth n. 1878a, 1923, 1938; Mai — Juni 

 1869). 



3. E. Balfourii Cogn. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh XII. (1884) 404, in Bull. 

 Acad. Belg. 3. ser. XIV. (1887) 348; Bailey Balfour, Bot. Socotra (1888) 97, t. 1 7 B 

 (in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh XXXI). — Caulis gracilis, angulato-sulcatus, glaber. 

 Foliorum petiolus satis gracilis, subglaber, laevis vel demum leviter rugosus, 2 — 6 cm 

 longus; lamina tenuiter membranacea, ambitu ovata, utrinque breviter sparseque aspera 

 demum albo-callosa, 8 — 15 cm longa et fere totidem lata, leviter vel rarius fere usque 

 ad medium 3 — 5-lobata, lobis saepius triangularibus, subacutis, margine undulato- 

 crenulatis, mediano paulo longiore basi non constricto. Cirrhi elongati, glabri. Flores 

 masculi parvi, racemosi; pedunculus communis gracilis, sulcatus, leviter puberulus, 

 multiflorus, 0,5 — 3 cm longus; pedicelli filiformes, puberuli, 1,5 — 2 cm longi. Re- 

 ceptaculum late infundibuliforme subcampanulatum, longitudinaliter tenuissime nervosum, 

 inferne longiuscule attenuatum, puberulum, 5 — 6 mm longum, apice totidem latum. 

 Sepala linearia, G — 7 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata. Corolla subglabra, segmentis ovato- 

 oblongis, acutis, brevissime ciliatis, 1,5 cm longis. Staminum filamenta glabra, basi 

 non dilatata, 2 — 3 mm longa; antherae biloculares leviter lobatae, 4 mm longae, 3 mm 

 latae. Flores feminei interdum geminati. Ovarium oblongum; Stylus subfiliformis, 

 5 mm longus. Pedunculus fructiferus satis gracilis, 1 — 5 cm longus. Fructus ovoideo- 

 subfusiformis, apice longiuscule acuteque rostratus, basi obtusus, glaber, leviter ver- 

 rucosus, 5 cm longus, 2 cm crassus. Semina (immatura) ovoidea, leviter compressa, 

 distincte marginata, utrinque laevia, basi minute bidenticulata, 7 mm longa, 4 — 

 5 mm lata. 



Sokotra, über die Insel verbreitet, 200 — 700m ü.M. (B. Balfour n. 281; 

 Schweinfurth n. 428, 502, 541, 640, 747). 



Einheim. Namen: Dachschaua oder Dichschaui. 



4. E. congolensis Cogn. in Bull. Jard. bot. Bruxelles V. 2. (1916) 113. — Rami 

 gracillimi, sulcati, glabri vel juniores vix pilosuli, paulo ramulosi. Foliorum petiolus 

 gracillimus, brevissime subsparse pilosus, 1 — 2,5 cm longus; lamina membranacea, 

 ambitu late cordato-ovata, utrinque setulis brevissimis basi incrassatis sparse vestita 

 praecipue ad nervös, supra laete viridis, subtus paulo pallidior, 6 — 9 cm longa, ö — 

 8 cm lata, saepius circiter usque, ad medium trilobata, lobis saepius triangularibus, 

 acutis, margine undulato-subcrenulatis, mediano satis longiore interdum oblongo et in- 

 ferne satis constricto, sinus inter lobos obtusi, basilaris subrectangularis, 1 — 1,5 cm 

 latus profundusque. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, glabri vel vix pilosuli. Flores masculi 

 majusculi, racemosr; pedunculus communis gracilis, sulcatus, puberulus, leviter flexuosus, 

 3 — 5-florus rarissime 1-florus, 3 — 6 cm longus; pedicelli erecti, subfiliformes, brevis- 

 sime et densiuscule pilosi, 1 — 2,5 cm longi. Receptaculum latiuscule infundibuliforme, 

 inferne longiuscule attenuatum, longitudinaliter distincte pluricostatum, densiuscule vil- 

 losum, 7 — 8 mm longum, apice fere totidem latum. Sepala patula, triangulari-linearia, 

 acuminata, 1 4 — 1 5 mm longa, 2 mm lata. Corolla lutea, subglabra, segmentis anguste 

 obovatis, acutis, trinerviis, non ciliatis, 3 — 3,5 cm longis. Staminum filamenta glabra, 

 basi non dilatata, 4 — 5 mm longa; antherae biloculares profundiuscule bilobatae, 4 — 

 ü mm longae lataeque. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz. Kasai: Sankuru (E. Luja n. 104. — 

 Herb. Brüssel). 



5. E. Bequaertii De Wild. PI. Bequaert. IV. (1922) 566. — Scandens, ramis 

 glabris vel sparse pilosis, gracilibus, longitudinaliter striatis, inlernodiis 4— 7 cm longis. 

 Foliorum petiolus 10 — 20 mm longus, parce pilosulus, lamina ovata, basi cordata, in- 

 tegra vel obscure denticulata, apice acuta apiculata, supra subtusque sparse setulosa, 

 nervis basilaribus 3, lateralibus basi bifurcatis, nervis supra- basilaribus lateralibus circ. 3, 



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