Neomanniophyton. 117 



longus, satis dense stellato-pilosus ; limbus 20 — 30 cm longus, 6 — 9 cm latus, chartaceus, 

 oblongus vel anguste oblongus, apice breviter et acute acuminatus, basi abrupte in 

 petiolum spurium, subalatum quam petiolus verus 4 — 5-plo longiorem contractus, integer, 

 glaber; costae secundariae utrinque 10 — 12; stipulae ovatae, acuminatae, 4 mm longae. 

 Inflorescentiae 15 — 50 cm longae, simplices; rhachis stellato-pilosa; flores rjj 1 glomeru- 

 lati, subsessiles; glomeruli pauciflori; flores Q versus apicem rhachidis pauci, in axillis 

 bractearum solitarii; pedicelli demum 1 5 mm attingentes ; bracteae biglandulosae. Galyx 

 (j* globosus, minute apiculatus, demum valvatim 2-lobus, 2 mm latus, fere omnino 

 glaber; petala in urceolum margine undulatum, calyce breviorem, intus hirsutum connata, 

 alba; stamina 10 — -13; disci glandulae liberae; sepala Q 5, oblonga, obtusa, apice sub- 

 cucullata, eglandulosa, extus parce lepidota et dense stellato-pilosa, 4 mm fere longa; 

 petala alba, calyce longiora, ovata, obtusa; ovarium dense stellato-pilosum et pilis sim- 

 plicibus, rigidis setosum; styli connati, singuli 3-partiti. Capsula (juvenilis) stellato- 

 pilosa et parce setosa. 



Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet: Kamerun, Johann Albrechtshöhe (Buesgen 

 n. 163!), Lom (Ledermann n. 6397!). 



3. N. Laurentii (De Wildem.) Pax. — Crotonogyne Laurentii De Wildem, in 

 Ann. Mus. Gongo 5. ser. II. (1908) 278, t. 73; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Cong. 

 (1910) 490. — Arborescens; ramuli juveniles satis dense stellato-pilosi. Petiolus 12 — 

 2 5 mm longus, stellato-pilosus; limbus 15 — 35 cm longus, 5 — 9 cm latus, spathulato- 

 oblongus, acuminatus, a triente summo basin versus cuneato-attenuatus, ima basi petioli- 

 formi-angustatus, biglandulosus, integer, supra et subtus glaber; costae secundariae 

 utrinque circ. 16. Spicae q? simplices vel ramosae, folia superantes, ultra 70 cm 

 longae; rhachis stellato-pilosa; glomeruli florum (J* 1 — 3 cm inter se remoti, pauciflori; 

 pedicelli 2 — 3 mm longi. Galyx q? extus dense lepidotus. Flores Q ignoti. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kongobecken, Batempa (Laurent). 



4. N. ikelembense (De Wildem.) Pax. — Crotonogyne ikelembense Prain in Kew 

 Bull. (1911) 2 64. — Crotonogyne Laurentii var. ikelembensis De Wildem, in Ann. Mus. 

 Gongo Bot. 5. ser. II. (1908) 278, t. 73, f. 2; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Cong. (1910) 

 490. — Frutex; ramuli lepidoti et stellato-pubescentes. Petiolus 1 cm longus, modice 

 crassus, parce lepidotus et stellato-pubescens; limbus 15 — 25 cm longus, 5 — 9 cm 

 latus, chartaceus, obovatus, acuminatus, a triente summo basin versus cuneato-angustatus, 

 margine parce setosus, supra saturate viridis, subtus pallidior, utraque pagina glaber, 

 basi biglandulosus; costae secundariae utrinque 12 — 14; stipulae 5 mm longae, ovatae, 

 acutae, parce lepidotae et stellato-pubescentes. Spicae tf ad 35 cm longae, simplices 

 vel parce ramosae; rhachis lepidota et stellato-pubescens; glomeruli pauciflori, inferne 

 l*/j cm, superne 6 — 8 mm remoti; bracteae biglandulosae; pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx q? 

 globosus, minute apiculatus, demum valvatim 3- vel rarius 4-lobus, extus dense stellato- 

 pubescens et parce lepidotus; corolla alba, sympetala, calyce brevior; tubus campanu- 

 latus, intus hirsutus; limbus distincte lobatus; lobi truncati vel parum emarginati; 

 stamina circ. 1 8, exteriora 5, glandulis extrastaminalibus in urceolum lobatum, extus 

 pubescentem connatis circumcincta. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kongobecken, Ikelembafluss, Bombimba 

 Laurent). 



Nota. Cfr. notam post N. Poggei. 



5. N. Poggei Pax. — Crotonogyne Poggei Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. 

 (1894) 84; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. cong. (1910) 490. — Arborescens. Petiolus 

 10 — 13 mm longus, modice crassus, siccus longitudinaliter rugosus; limbus 16 — 21 cm 

 longus, 5^2 — 7 cm latus, chartaceus, obovato-oblongus, obtuse acuminatus, basin versus 

 a triente summo cuneato-angustatus, basi biglandulosus, integer, utraque pagina glaber; 

 costae secundariae utrinque 10 — 14; stipulae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 6 — 7 mm longae. 

 Flores ignoti. Inflorescentia fructigera d= 1 cm longa, pauciflora, quam folium brevior; 

 pedicelli fructigeri 1 — \ i / 2 cm longi, cum rhachide parce lepidota et stellato-pilosa; 

 bracteae lineares, longe acuminatae, basi biglandulosae, stellato-pilosae, margine ciliatae. 



