Chytranthus. 793 



interiore breviore, omnia integerrima, subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus parum approxi- 

 matis procurvis longius ante marginem anastomosantibus nervoque mediano (supra 

 impresso) subtus prominentibus, utrinque glabra, nitidula, livescentia, structura 

 generis; thyrsi e trunci basi tumida enascentes longiusculi, racemiformes, rhachi sulcata 

 rubicundo-tomentosa basi (interdum ramulis aucta) interrup'te apice conferte cymulas 

 breviter stipitatas vel superiores sessiles 5 — 7-floras gerente, bracteis bracteolisque 

 parvis subulatis; alabastra e subgloboso breviter ovoidea, insignius pedicellata, patula 

 vel subreflexa; flores generis; calyx carneo-velutinus (siccus pallide ochraceus), intus 

 canescenti-tomentellus; petala 4 ( — 7) longius exserta, oblonga, in unguem brevem 

 attenuata, apice denticulata, glabra vel utrinque secus medianam subhirsuta, intus 

 supra unguem squama alta petala dimidia superante apice reflexa interdum biloba 

 crista filiformi pilosula instructa secus medianam (ut et crista basi) laminae adnata 

 (marginibus liberis) subtus pilosula aucta; stamina 7, petala paullo superantia, pilosa, 

 antherae utrinque glabrae, connectivo dorso dilatato; germen (floris <£) rudimentarium, 

 3-loculare, pilis amethystinis dense tomentosum. 



Folia petiolo 16 cm longo adjecto circ. 80 cm et ultra longa; foliola inferiora cum 

 petiolulis circ. 8 mm longis 25 cm longa, 8,5 cm lata, superiora 35 cm longa, 6 — 8 cm 

 lata. Thyrsi 20 — 25 cm longi, pedicellis 3 — 4 mm longis. Calyx 7 mm longus; petala 

 8 mm longa, 15 mm lata; stamina 9 mm longa. 



In regni Congo parte orientali: J. Mildbraed n. 3032! (Ituri, inter Irumu et 

 Mawambi prope Kalonda, in silva primaeva, m. Apr. 1908, fl.), n. 3231 ! (inter Mawambi 

 et Awakubi prope Fariala, in silva, m. Apr. 1908, fl.; Hb. Berol.). 



16. Ch. Prieurianus Baill. in Adans. XI. (1874) 241!; Radlk. 1. c. (1890) 240. - 

 Talisia Prieuriana Hort. Paris.! ed. D. Bois in Bull. Mus. d'Hist. nat. (1901) 379. — 

 Arbor; folia abrupte pinnata, 5-juga, jugis approximatis, rhachi tereti leviter striata; 

 foliola opposita, breviter petiolulata, ultima basalibus subconformia, mediana majora, 

 omnia obovato-oblonga, basi obtusissima, late obtuseque apiculata, nervis patentibus, 

 glaberrima, chartacea, supra nitidula livescentia, subtus subfusca, glandulis micros- 

 copicis capitatis non nisi ad petiolulos obviis; thyrsi — ?; alabastra turbinata; flores 

 breviter pedicellati, graciles; calyx oblique urceolatus, 5 — 6-lobus, tomentosus, intus 

 pallide tomentellus; petala N 4, linearia, calycem superantia, margine dorsoque pilis 

 patentibus laxe adspersa, squama reflexa margine ciliata aucta; stamina 7 — 8, fila- 

 mentis minute pilosis, antheris oblongis margine minutim puberulis, connectivo dorso 

 parum dilatato apice cellulis magnis mucigeris in glandulam pallidam pellucidam in- 

 tumescente; germen triquetrum, 3-loculare, dense hispido-pilosum. 



Folia cum petiolo 10 — 14 cm longo ultra 40 cm longa; foliola majora 20 — 21 cm 

 longa, 7 — 7,5 cm lata. Flores ultra 6 mm longi, 2 — 2,5 mm lati; petala 5 — 6 mm longa, 

 0,6 mm lata; stamina 4 — 5 mm longa. 



»Planta longis ab annis in caldario Hort. Paris, culta, olim a C. Leprieur e Guiana 

 [an sphalm. Guinea?] gallica, ut aiunt (sed verisimiliter Senegambia), allata est.« (ex 

 Adansonia 1. c). 



17. Ch. punctatus Radlk. — Pancovia macrophylla Gilg in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXIV. (1897) 303 t. 2 f. H, coli. Zenker n. 1067! — Frutex; rami petiolique teretes, 

 leviter striati, apice pulverulento-puberuli, mox glabrati, cortice cinerascente; folia 

 2 — 3-juga, longiuscule petiolata, petiolo basi incrassato; foliola deorsum decrescentia, 

 opposita, obovata vel obovato-oblonga, basin versus sensim angustata, petiolulata, 

 apice longiuscule acuminata, integerrima, chartacea, nervo mediano supra impresso, 

 nervis lateralibus patulis curvatis retique venarum laxo subtus prominentibus, supra 

 sublaevia, nitidula, glabra nee nisi subtus pilis minutissimis inter epidermidis cellulas 

 insertis (parte immissa medio paullulum constrieta) laxe adspersa, cellulis secretoriis 

 (substantiam hyalinam saponino affinem foventibus) in staurenehymate et (interdum 

 utriculiformibus) in pneumatenehymate (ut et floris partes) instructa, epidermide (e 

 cellulis margine subtiliter sinuatis et punetatis conflata) mucigera, paginae superioris 



