Chytranthus. 797 



apice eroso-crispula, squama magna angusta cucullato-deflexa glabra, dorso cristata, 

 crista digitato-fimbriata ipsaque reflexo-crispula glaberrima aucta; discus 1 -lateralis 

 vallaris humilis; stamina 6, quorum 3 longiora, 3 breviora, filamentis appresse minutim 

 pilosis, antheris glabris; germen triquetrum, triloculare, ferrugineo- vel ochraceo- 

 tomentosum, in stylum longum, e flore prominentem subulatum, apice curvatum 

 stigmatosum terminatum; fructus immaturus triqueter ochraceo-tomentosus, longe 

 rostratus. 



Arbor 15 — 20 m alta. Folia cum petiolo 4 — 7 mm longo 25 — 30 cm longa; foliola 

 infima 8 — 12 cm longa, 4,5 — 7,5 cm lata, suprema circ. 18 cm longa, 10 — 11 cm lata. 

 Thyrsi 18 — 22 cm longi, bracteis 2 mm longis. Pedicelli 4 mm longi. Flores 8 — 9 mm 

 longi, 6 mm lati, pallide rosei (ex coli.); petala 8 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata; stamina 

 longiora 6 mm longa, antheris 1,3 mm longis. Fructus immaturus cum rostro 8 mm 

 longo 15 mm longus, basi 5 mm latus. 



In Kamerun: Ledermann n. 6444! (Lom, Wald mit wenig Riesen, viel mitt- 

 leren Bäumen, Lianen, Sträuchern, teilweise sehr licht, 200 — 300 m, 3. IX. 1909, 

 Hb. Berol.). 



25. Ch. Dinklagei Gilg msc. in Hb. Berol. sine descr. — Frutex, truncis teretibus, 

 cortice laevi nitido lenticellis orbicularibus sparsis notato; folia sat magna paripinnata, 

 3-juga, petiolo elongato teretiusculo striato basi incrassato et longitudinaliter rugoso 

 pulverulento-puberulo; foliola late elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta vel apice breviter 

 acuminata, longiuscule petiolulata, integerrima, chartacea, nervis lateralibus sat 

 approximatis (utrinque 15 — 20) patentibus margine anastomosantibus nervoque 

 mediano supra impresso glabro subtus prominentibus, supra glabra nitidula viridia, 

 subtus ad nervös minutim puberula subopaca olivacea, structura generis; thyrsi ad 

 trunci partem foliatam singuli laterales, mediocres (ut videtur — mutilati tantum 

 visi — ), rhachi striata pube pulverulenta sufferruginea induta dense cymulas breviter 

 stipitatas gerente; flores — (non visi); fructus (quantum e Gilgii notis et delineationibus 

 conjicere licet) coriaceo-carnosus ellipsoideus, trilobatus, 3-locularis, apice exciso styli 

 reliquiis apiculatus, glaber, aurantiacus (t. Dinklage); semen oblongum, a lateribus 

 compressiusculum; embryo quodammodo curvatus, cotyledone dorsali concavitate 

 interiore ventralem excipiente quam ventralis subduplo crassiore, radicula basilari 

 papilliformi. 



Trunci pars foliata 1 cm crassa. Folia petiolo 7 — 12 cm longo adjecto 30 — 40 cm 

 longa; foliola cum petiolulis 8 — 10 mm longis 20 — 25 cm longa, 7,5 — 12 cm lata, in- 

 feriora minora. Fructus 3,8 cm altus, 2,6 cm crassus; embryo 2,7 cm longus, 9 mm 

 latus, 7 mm crassus. 



In Kamerun: Dinklage n. 1130! (Buschwald bei Gross-Batanga, m. Febr. 1891 ; 

 Hb. Berol.). 



26. Ch. obliquinervis Radlk. — Arbuscula sat alta, ramis juvenilibus fusco-pul- 

 verulento-puberulis; folia magna, paripinnata, 4— ?-juga (mutilata tantum visa), rhachi 

 teretiuscula striata pilis subsetaceis hirsuta, dein glabrata; foliola elongate oblonga 

 vel sublinearia, in acumen longum attenuata, basi angustata obtusiuscula petiolulis 

 longiusculis pilosis insidentia, margine integerrimo saepius revoluta, coriaceo-chartacea, 

 nervis lateralibus sat approximatis (utrinque circ. 25) oblique erectis margine anastomo- 

 santibus nervoque mediano supra impresso glabro subtus prominentibus, praeter nervös 

 subtus pilis subsetaceis adpresse adspersos utrinque glabra, nitidula, supra saturate 

 subtus laete viridia, sicca utrinque olivaceo-viridia, structura generis; thyrsi secus 

 totum truncum hie illic in protuberantiis corticosis coacervati, breves, rhachi sulcata 

 cinnamomeo- dein fusco-tomentosa cymulas subsessiles crebras gerente, bracteis brac- 

 teolisque brevibus ovatis acutis; alabastra juvenilia globosa, carneo-tomentosa; flores 

 evoluti (t. Scheffler) extus fusco-lilacini, intus subflavidi (mihi non visi). 



Arbuscula 8 — 10 m alta, denique, ut videtur, altitudine insigni excellens (t. Scheff- 

 ler). Folia vix dubie 80 cm et ultra longa, rhachi 3 — 4 mm crassa, interjugis 5 — 6 cm 



