Glossolepis. 781 



aequilata, longius acuminata, basi subaequaliter acutata, chartaceo-coriacea, supra 

 livescenti-subfusca, subtus pallida, epidermide paginae inferioris non vel vix crystallo- 

 phora; thyrsi elongati, interrupte cymuligeri; alabastra ovoidea, longius pedicellata; 

 flores albo-flavidi (Zenker); calyx ovoideo-saccatus; petala conspicue unguiculata, 

 loriformia, apice emarginata, dorso sparsim puberula, margine pilis deorsum versis 

 ciliolata, intus glabra, supra unguem squama oblonga acutiuscula praesertim margine 

 albide pubescente a crista dorsali obovata vix superata aucta; reliqua generis. 



Arbor circ. 8 m alta. Folia petiolo 12 — 20 cm longo adjecto ad 80 cm longa; 

 foliola cum petiolulis 1 cm longis ad 38 cm longa, 9 cm lata, inferiora minora. Thyrsi 

 ad 54 cm longi; cincinni sessiles; pedicelli 8 mm longi. Calyx 1 cm longus; petala cum 

 ungue 3-millimetrali 12 — 13 mm longa, 2 mm lata; stamina 14 mm longa. 



In Kamerun: Zenker n. 2081 (Bipindi, Urwaldgebiet, Weg nach der Küste, 

 m. Jun. 1899, fl.; Hb. Berol., ut et seqq.), n. 2125! (Bipindi, Urwald des Mimfia, m. 

 Jul.1899, fl.), n.2304! (Bipindi, Mimfia, m. Dec. 1900, fl.), n.3525! (Bipindihof, Mimfia, 

 Urwald, m. Nov. 1907, fl.), n. 3598! (Bipindihof, Makao, m. Dec. 1907, fl.). 



Vix dubie huc quoque recensenda sunt: Günther Tessmann n. 123! 125! 

 (Spanisch Guinea, Fanggebiet, Uelleburg, a. 1907, folia tantum c. nom. vulg. Endün 

 sub n. 123 et Okbuäwöss sub n. 125; Hb. Berol.), n. 740! (Bebao, Campogebiet, 

 m. Dec. 1908, fl., c. nom. vulg. Atti lung; Hb. Berol.); R. P. Klaine n. 2500! 

 (Sibange, prope Libreville Gaboniae, m. Oct. 1901, fl.; a Pierre comm. c. Hb. Berol.); 

 J. Mildbraed n. 3855! (Südkameruner Waldgebiet, Bezirk und Station Molundu 

 am Dscha [Ngoko] 15° 12' ö. L., 2° n. B., m. Nov. 1910, fol. et thyrsi elongati floribus 

 destituti, Hb. Berol.); Mildbraed, Wissensch. Ergebn. 2. Deutsch. Zentral-Afrika-Exped. 

 1910-1911, II. (1922) 33. - Cf. etiam Fr. Pellegrin, Fl. Mayombe, in Mem. Soc. 

 Linn. Normandie XXVI. 2. (1924) 71 (specimina a cl. Le Testu collecta). 



3. Gl. Talbotii Bak. f. in Rendle etc. Catal. PI. Talbot, South Nigeria (1913) 20; 

 Hutchinson and Dalziel, Fl. West Trop. Afr. I. 2. (1928) 503. — »Arbor; foliis pinnatis 

 multifoliolatis foliolis 8 — 9-jugis glabris oblongis apice acuminatis apice ipso obtusis 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 13 — 15 juxta marginem conjunctis foliolorum petiolulo brevi 

 crassiusculo petiolo communi glabro longitudinaliter striato basi incrassato; floribus 

 masc. pseudo-racemosis brevi-pedicellatis in cymulas saepissime 2 — 4-floras dispositis; 

 calycis segmentis acutis; pelalis angustis dorso hirtis basin versus squamis instructis; 

 staminibus circ. 12 inaequilongis filamentis hirtis; disco magno excentrico; ovario 

 crudo; floribus fem. ignotis.« 



In Nigeria: »Oban; n. 1686.« (Coli. Talbot, mihi non visa.) 



»Leaves 60 — 85 cm long, leaflets 15 — 20 cm long, 5,5 — 6,0 cm broad, shining above, 



secondary nerves reticulate below;- petiolules 2 — 6 mm long. Inflorescence J^ 22 cm 



long. Calyx 11 mm long. Petals ^ 11 mm long. Stamens, filaments 10 — 12 mm long.« 



»Differs from G. macrobotrys Gilg in having 8 — 9 pairs of leaflets instead of 4 — 5, 



and from G. Pilgeriana Gilg in the shorter acumen to the leaf.« 



4. Gl. Giorgii De Wild, in Fedde, Repert. spec. nov. XIII. Nr. 24/26 (m. Jul. 

 1914) 379. — »Frutex; foliis pennatis, foliolis 3-jugis? oppositis, obovatis, abrupte 

 et^longe acuminatis, basi cuneatis et inaequilateralibus, petiolulatis, petiolulo crasso, 

 usque 1 cm longo et 3 mm lato, lamina subcoriacea, glabra, margine undulata, integra, 

 nervis lateralibus I [primi ordinis] utrinque ultra 12, ante marginem arcuatim anasto- 

 mosantibus, 25 — 32 cm longa et 6 — 11,5 cm lata, inflorescentiis usque 35 cm longis, 

 rhachi brevi ter brunneo-tomentosa; floribus fasciculatis, fasciculis laxis, 3 — 5-floris, 

 breviter pedicellatis, pedicello velutino, bracteolato, bracteolis caducis; calyce urceolato, 

 circ. 6 mm longo 5-lobulato, extus dense brunneo-pubescenti; petalis breviter exsertis, 

 filamentis sparse velutinis, antheris circ. 1,5 mm longis.« 



»In Congo belgico: Dundusana, 1913 (De Giorgi n. 1130).« (Mihi non visa). 

 »Obs. Affinis G. macrobotryi Gilg (in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIV. 299 tab. 1), sed foliola basi 

 multo angustiora.« 



