682 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



brevissime acuminata, acumine obtuso, superiora oblongo-lanceolata, acumine sub- 

 acuto, omnia conspicue petiolulata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus procurvis subtus 

 prominentibus, reti venarum utrinque prominulo, glabra, e glauco-viridi livescentia, 

 epidermide mucigera; paniculae supra-axillares, sordide pulverulento-tomentellae, 

 rhachi ramisque thyrsoideis dense dichasia subsessilia glomeruliformia gerentibus; 

 alabastra globosa, glabra; flores inter majores, breviter pedicellati; sepala 5, sub- 

 petaloidea, ciliolata, glabra; petala 5, elliptico-lanceolata, ciliata, extus ad unguem 

 laxe puberula, intus supra unguem squama biloba margine subtusque albo-villosa 

 aucta; discus generis; stamina 14—17, breviuscule pilosa; germen et germinis rudi- 

 mentum (floris $) 2-loculare, dense pilosum; fructus didymus, subbaccatus, citrinus 

 (ex Vogel ap. Hooker f., I.e.). 



Arbor 8-pedalis (Hooker, 1. c). Rami circ. 1 cm crassi. Folia petiolo 12 — 20 cm 

 longo adjeeto 60 cm et ultra longa; foliola cum petiolulis ad 1 cm longis 13— 28 cm 

 longa, 5 — 8 cm lata. Paniculae 15 — 30 cm longae. Alabastra diametro 5 mm sub- 

 aequantia; pedicelli 1,5 — 2 mm longi, ad tertiam inferiorem partem articulati. 



In Guinea superiore: Vogel! (Cape Palmas, sine flor. et fruet., cf. Hook. f. I.e.; 

 Hb. Kew.); Scott Elliot n. 5008! 5594! (Sierra Leone, prope Gumbaraya, m. Febr. 

 1892?, flor.; ex Hb. Kew. comm. c. Hb. Berol.); AI. Whyte! (Liberia, basin of the 

 Sinoe River, m. Mart. — April. 1904, flor.; ibid. prope Kakatown, a Monrovia septen- 

 trionem versus, flor., comm. ex Hb. Kew.; cf. Stapf in H. Johnston, Liberia II. [1906] 591). 



Synonymum addendum ex Hutchinson and Dalziel, Fl. Trop. West Afr. I. 2. 

 (1928) 503: D. indeniensis Chev. Veg. ut. Afr. trop. franc. V. (1909) 235. 



18. D. polypus Stapf, Contrib. Fl. Liberia in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVII. (1905) 

 91 ! — Foliola ex oblongo lanceolata, sensim acute acuminata, basi acutata, sat petio- 

 lulata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus (utrinque 7 — 9) ex obliquo procurvis retique 

 venarum subtus prominentibus, glabra, supra laevia, nitidula, (sicca) saturate (lutes- 

 centi-) viridia, subtus pallidiora opaca, epidermide (parum) mucigera; paniculae 

 sufferrugineo-pulverulento-puberulae, rhachi strieta ramisque divaricatis thyrsoideis 

 dense dichasia breviter stipitata glomeruliformia multiflora gerentibus; alabastra 

 globosa, glabra; flores inter majores, pedicellati; sepala 5, subpetaloidea, ciliolata, 

 glabra nee nisi imo dorso pulverulento-puberula; petala 5, ovato-lanceolata, in unguem 

 attenuata, ciliata, extus basi pilosiuscula, intus supra unguem squama biloba villosa 

 aucta; discus generis; stamina (10 — )13, albo-pilosa; germen et germinis rudimentum 

 (floris $) 2-loculare, pubescens. 



Foliola cum petiolulis circ. 0,5 cm longis ad 20 cm longa, ad 7 cm lata (acumine 

 1,3 cm longo). Paniculae 18 cm et ultra longae, ramis ad 10 cm longis. Alabastra 

 diametro circ. 4 mm ; pedicelli circ. 2 mm longi, medio articulati. 



In Liberia: AI. Whyte! (Sinoe River basin; Kakatown a Monrovia septen- 

 trionem versus, a. 1904; comm. ex Hb. Kew.); cf. Stapf in H. Johnston, Liberia 

 IL (1906) 591. 



19. D. kilimandscharica Taubert in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. C (Pflanzen Ver- 

 zeichnis 1895) 250! — Arbor; rami teretes, striati, lenticelloso-punctati, juveniles 

 sufferrugineo-tomentelli, mox glabrescentes; folia magna, 5 — 6-juga, petiolata, petiolo 

 rhachique teretibus mox glabratis, foliola subopposita, elliptico-oblonga, brevissime 

 acuminata, acumine ipso obtuso, interdum subeuneata, breviter petiolulata, sub- 

 membranacea, nervis lateralibus sat approximatis procurvis retique venarum subtus 

 prominentibus, glaberrima, pallide viridia, epidermide non mucigera; paniculae 

 terminales, sat amplae, foliis breviores, sufferrugineo-tomentellae, rhachi ramisque 

 thyrsoideis sat dense dichasia subsessilia gerentibus; alabastra globosa, glabra; flores 

 inter majores, sat pedicellati; sepala 5, subpetaloidea, ciliolata, glabra, exteriora vix 

 basi puberula; petala 5, elliptico-lanceolata, angUstius unguiculata, ciliata, extus a basi 

 ad medium laxe pilosa, intus supra unguem squama biloba albo-villosa aucta; discus 

 generis; stamina 15 — 16, albo-lanosa nee non antherae dorso apiceque pilosae; germen 



