Deinbollia. 687 



— Arbor (Baker) vel frutex arborescens (Hiern); rami graciles, teretes, striati, lenti- 

 cellis seriatis albo-punctati, glabri, cortice cinerascente nitidulo; folia 5 — 7-juga, petio-, 

 lata, petiolo rhachique teretibus striatis brevissime hirto-puberulis, foliola opposita 

 vel subopposita, parva, ovalia vel oblonga, breviter acuminata, acumine obtuso, basi 

 obtusa vel subacuta petiolulis perbrevibus insidentia, margine undulata, chartacea, 

 nervis lateralibus sat approximatis patulis retique venarum praesertim subtus pro- 

 minulis, glabra, flavescenti-viridia, epidermide mucigera; paniculae terminales, medio- 

 cres, sufferrugineo-puberulae, rhachi ramisque divergentibus thyrsoideis dense dichasia 

 subsessilia glomeruliformia gerentibus; alabastra globosa, glabra; flores minores, 

 breviter pedicellati; sepala 5, aequalia, breviter ciliata, glabra; petala 5, obovata, 

 ciliata, extus ima basi pilosiuscula, intus supra unguem squama biloba albo-villosa 

 aucta; discus generis; stamina 8 — 16, brevia, dense pilosa; germen 3-loculare, 3-coccum, 

 stylo crasso glaberrimo; fructus 3-coccus, coccis ellipsoideis parce setulosis dein glabratis; 

 semen ellipsoideum, testa coriacea, crassiuscula, nigro-fusca; embryo notorrhizus, 

 cotyledones superpositae, crassae, amyli granulis majoribus farctae. 



Frutex arborescens, 3 — 5 ped. altus (Hiern). Kami circ. 6 mm crassi. Folia 

 petiolo 3 — 12 cm longo adjecto 20 — 32 cm longa; foliola 4 — 10 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm 

 lata. Paniculae ultra 20 cm longae. Alabastra diametro circ. 3 mm. Fructus cocci 

 (submaturi) 12 mm longi, 8 mm lati. 



In Guinea inferiore: Chr. Smith! (Congo, a. 1816, flor; Hb. Kew., Havn.); 

 Welwitsch n. 4530! (Angola, Golungo alto, alt. 1000 — 2500 ped., ad flumen Cuango, 

 ad Ambaca road et prope Sänge, m. Oct. 1855, flor. et fr. juv.; Hb. Kew., DG., Berol.); 

 Bastian! (Bomma ad flum. Congo, m. Sept. 1873, flor; Hb. Berol.); John Goss- 

 weiler n.1491! (Angola, district of Loanda, ab Universitate Coimbra comm. c. Hb. 

 Kew. a. 1905 et c. Hb. Berol. a. 1907). 



31. D. obovata Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 304 n. 7, p. 367 — 

 369. — Sapindus sp. R. Brown 11. sub D. insign. cc. (1818 etc)!. — D. laurifolia Bak. 

 in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 432 part. (coli. Smith!). - D. sp. Hiern, Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. I. (1896) 169 in obs. ad D. cuneif., coli. n. 4529! — Frutex; rami teretes, 

 striati, lenticellis albidis laxe punctati, glabri, cortice subfusco, folia 2 — 5-juga, longe 

 petiolata, petiolo rhachique x teretibus striatis glabratis, foliola opposita vel inferiora 

 alterna, obovata vel suboblonga, abrupte acuminata, basi cuneata petiolulis conspicuis 

 insidentia, membranaceo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus sat approximatis patulis retique 

 venarum subtus prominulis, glabra, supra laevia, laete viridia, epidermide non mucigera; 

 paniculae terminales, mediocres, sufferrugineo-puberulae, rhachi ramisque thyrsoideis 

 sat dense dichasia vel polychasia substipitata gerentibus; alabastra globosa, glabrius- 

 cula; flores secundum partes sub fructu relictas minores, sessiles; sepala 5, vix ima 

 basi pilis singulis adspersa; discus generis; fructus 2( — 3)-locularis, 2( — 3)-coccus, coccis 

 obovoideis pilis singulis adspersis mox glabratis; semen obovoideum, testa coriacea, 

 crassiuscula, nigro-fusca, extus perbreviter staurenchymatica; embryo notorrhizus, 

 cotyledones superpositae, amylo farctae. 



Frutex 4 — 7 ped. altus (Hiern). Rami circ. 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 9 — 12 cm 

 longo adjecto 20 — 30 cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 4 — 6 mm longis 6 — 10 cm longa, 

 3 — 4 cm lata. Paniculae ultra 10 cm longae. Fructus cocci 12 mm longi, 10 mm lati. 



In Guinea inferiore: Chr. Smith! (Congo, a. 1816, fruct. submat.; Hb. Havn.); 

 Welwitsch n. 4529! (Angola, Golungo alto, in montibus ad Queta, rn. Aug. 1856, 

 flor.; Hb. Kew., DC). 



32. D. neglecta Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. VIII. (1878) 368, 369 et in 

 Palacky, Cat. PI. Madag. V. (1907) 52. — Frutex?; folia 7-juga, petiolata, foliola 

 superiora opposita, inferiora subalterna, parva, ex obovato oblonga, apice acuta vel 

 subacuminata, basi in petiolulos breves cuneato-attenuata, membranacea, nervis 

 lateralibus oblique ascendentibus retique venarum subtus vix prominulis, utrinque 

 laeviuscula, glabra, obscure viridia, epidermide mucigera; thyrsi sordide adpresso- 



