778 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



R. calodendron Gilgl. c; E. De Wildem. Mission (Enum. PI.) Laurent (Fase. 2) 

 (1905) 145; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. (1909) 112; Radlk. in Wiss. Ergebn. 

 Afr.-Exp. 1907 — 1908, II. (1912) 479. — Character generis. 



Arbor 6—15 m alta, trunci parte inflorescentias gerente 3 cm crassa. Folia petiolo 

 25 — 30 cm longo basi 1,5 cm crasso adjeeto 1 — 2 m longa, 40— 50 cm lata; foliola 

 10—30 immo 36 cm longa, 5 — 12 cm lata, petiolulo 8 mm — foliolorum infimorum 

 1,5 cm — longo. Inflorescentiae 9 — 30 cm longae, 1,5 cm latae; pedicelli 3 — 4 mm 

 longi; bracteae ad 2 cm longae, ad 2 mmHa/tae, bracteolae breviores; alabastra anthesi 

 proxima (in Alcohol servata) diametro 8 mm. Flores brunnei vel fusco-olivaeei. Petala 

 (sicca) 4 — 5 mm longa, stamina paullo longiora. — Flores nonnulli (morbosi?) petala 

 et antheras exhibent dense villosa. 



In Africa tropica occidentali et centrali: In Kamerun: Zenker et Staudt 

 n. 636! ( Jaunde, in silva primaeva ^ umbrosa, alt. 800 m, m. Jan. 1895, fl.; Hb. Berol.); 

 J. Mildbraed n. 8223! (inter Jaunde et Dengdeng, et quidem inter Inwoghe Tidenä 

 et Ebogo Dumu, m. Febr. 1914, fl.; Hb. Berol. ut et seq.), n. 8723! (prope Dengdeng, 

 in via ad Ngete's [Mambeia], m. Mart. 1914, fl.); — in Gongo belgico: E. et 

 M. Laurent (Bolombo, distr. Bangala, m. Nov. 1903); J. Mildbraed n. 3222! (Ituri: 

 inter Mawambi et Awakubi prope Bafwaitu, in silva, m. Apr. 1908, fl. ; Hb. Berol.); — 

 in Gongo lusitanico: Gossweiler n. 6103 (Mayumbe, Pango Munga), n. 6896 

 (Mayumbe, Buco Zau); cf. Exell, Gossweiler's PL (Suppl. I. Journ. of Bot.) (1928) 89. 



30. Glossolepis Giig. 



Glossolepis Gilg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIV. (1897) 299 t. 1 et in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachträge I. (1897) 228. 



Flores spurie polygami? ($ tantum visi), oblique symmetrici, inter majores. Galyx 

 subgloboso- vel ovoideo-saccatus, basi obliquus, apice inaequaliter 5-dentatus, sub- 

 bilabiatus, dentibus deltoideis anguste imbricatis, 2 inferioribus (sepalis 3. et 5. respon- 

 dentibus, labium inferius exhibentibus) inter se at a reliquis fissura profundiore separatis 

 longioribus et latioribus, 3 superioribus fissuris minus profundis separatis angustioribus 

 conniventibus, intermedio eorum (sepalo 4. respondente) breviore vel interdum -^ 

 obsoleto, coriaceus, sordide minutim tomentellus, intus laxe puberulus. Petala 4 

 (infimi sede inter sepalum 3. et 5. vacua), calycem superantia, ad disci marginem 

 inserta, nunc sessilia, nunc breviter unguiculata, intus squama cum laminae marginibus 

 basi connata dorso ligulato-cristata aueta, adpresse puberula. Discus 1-lateralis, semi- 

 lunaris, inter petala superiora et stamina late expansus, carnosulus, glaber. Stamina 

 12 — 15, circa pistilli rudimentum ad floris marginem inferiorem inserta, filiformia, 

 superiora breviora, inferiora ineurvata denique ereeta exserta, hirtella; antherae 

 ellipticae, introrsae, supra basin excisam infra medium dorsum affixae, glabrae, con- 

 nectivo ad dorsi dilatati apicem cellulis magnis mucigeris instrueto; pollinis granula 

 depresse globosa, 3-porosa, inter majora. Pistilli rudimentum pyriforme, parvum, 

 8-loculare, fusco-tomentosum. Fructus baccatus, ex ellipsoideo breviter fusiformis, 

 obtuse 6 — 8-costatus, inter costas valleculis exaratus, (junior) duriuscule carnosus, 

 tomentellus, loculis supra medium sitis a semine repletis glabris. Semen (juvenile) 

 ellipticum, basi acutiusculum, a lateribus compressum, mafgine interiore longitudina- 

 liter affixum, testa laevi e cellulis elongatis angustis complanatis conflata. 



Arbores medioeres, 8 — 10 m altae, vix ramosae, coma rosulata (t. Zenker). Folia 

 magna, abrupte pinnata, 4 — 10-juga, petiolo sat longo striato basi incrassato; foliola 

 subopposita vel alterna, oblonga, acuminata, basi superiora interdum oblique euneata 

 latere exteriore angustiore, integerrima, petiolulata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, pinnati- 

 nervia, nervis sat approximatis utrinque circ. 15 obliquis subtus prominulis, supra 

 laevia nitida livescenti-fuscescentia, subtus pallidiora opaca vel nitidula et laxe reti- 

 culato-venosa, glabra nee nisi glandulis lepidoideis parvis teneris fugaeibus hie illic 

 ornata, epidermide non mucigera, paginae superioris e cellulis tanninigeris margine 



