880 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



ellipsoideus, apiculatus, dense ochraceo-tomentellus, abortu plerumque 1-locularis, 

 pericarpio sat crasso cellulis sclerenchymaticis coacervatis persito, intus glandulis 

 destructione partiali in massam gelatinosam transmutatis vestitus. Semen ovoideum, 

 arillo gelatinoso fusco apice pervio totum involutum, testa tenuiter crustacea e cellulis 

 parenchymaticis (intimis crystalligeris) sub Strato brevi staurenchymatico exstructa 

 laevissima, splendens, nigro-fusca. Embryo oblique erectus; cotyledones crassae, 

 exterior (dorsalis) apice, interior (ventralis) basi crassior, interdum arcte cohaerentes, 

 amyligerae; radicula basilaris, papilliformis. 



Arbores parvae, elegantes,. vel frutices, ramis patentibus teretibus sulcatis juvenili- 

 bus petiolisque tomentellis mox glabrescentibus pallescentibus. Folia ad ramorum 

 apices congesta, abrupte pinnata, petiolata, petiolo tereti striato basi incrassato, 

 3— 7-juga, subglabra; foliola alterna vel subopposita, superiora (majora) oblonga vel 

 obovata, basi subcuneata, inferiora suborbicularia vel subovata, acuminata vel ob- 

 tusiuscula, petiolulis perbrevibus insidentia, rigide chartacea vel membranacea, nervo 

 mediano supra depresso, nervis lateralibus oblique patentibus sat approximatis subtus 

 magis quam supra prominentibus, arctiuscule reticulato-venosa, glabra, utrinque niti- 

 dula, subtus glandulis microscopicis irregulariter clavatis (in L. fraxinifolio in lepides 

 transeuntibus) sat crebris fugacibus ornata, e pallide viridi fuscescentia, epidermide 

 non mucigera diachymate toto staurenchymatico strato medio (venas ultimas excipi- 

 ente) colore pallidiore insigni, cellulis secretoriis in iisdem speciebus nunc persito nunc 

 destituto. Thyrsi racemiformes, axillares, graciles vel abbreviatae, fulvido-tomentosi, 

 rhachi sulcato-angulata sat dense cymulas 2 — 3-floras, interdum in flores singulos 

 reductas sessiles gerente; bracteae bracteolaeque subulatae, rufescenti-tomentosae; 

 alabastra ovoidea, conspicue pedicellata, pedicellis filiformibus tomentellis basi in- 

 crassatis, ima basi denique solutis. 



Species 2, Africae tropicae incolae. 



Genus inter Schleichereas calyce ante anthesin sacciformi insigne. 



Conspectus specierum. 



A. Thyrsi elongati; folia majora, foliola subtus glandulis clavatis 



adspersa (sp. Africae tropicae occidentalis) 1. L. cupanioides. 



B. Thyrsi breves; folia minora, foliola subtus glandulis irregu- 

 laribus in lepides transeuntibus adspersa (sp. Africae tropicae 



orientalis) 2. L. fraxinifolius. 



1. L. cupanioides Planen, ed. Benth. 1. c. (1849) 251; Walp. Ann. II. (1851-1852) 

 213; Bak. 1. c. (1868) 429; Radlk. 1. c. (1895) 327; Hiern 1. c. (1896) 171; Gilg in 

 Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschukexpedition (1900) 288 et in Wiss. Ergebn. Afr.-Exp. 

 1907-1908, II. (1912) 479, coli. Mildbraed n. 2837; Hutchinson and Dalziel, Fl. West 

 Trop. Afr. I. 2. (1928) 504. — Vulgo: Awetje et Kessegple Togoensib. t. v. Doering 

 in sched.; Ekiäle populo Fan t. Tessmann in sched. — Frutex vel arbor elegans; folia 

 longius petiolata, 4— 5-juga, foliola superiora oblonga vel obovata, breviter acuminata, 

 obtusa vel emarginata, basi subacuta vel subcuneata, inferiora minora, subovata, 

 omnia petiolulis brevibus insidentia, chartacea vel submembranacea, nervis lateralibus 

 subtus valde prominentibus, glandulis clavatis obsita, in speeiminibus nonnullis (Staudt 

 n. 588, 589, Demeuse n. 407, Tessmann n. 54, B264, Mildbraed n. 8292) cellulis secre- 

 toriis obscure pellucido-punctata; thyrsi elongati, graciles, vel breviusculi, cymulas 

 paucifloras gerentes; flores majusculi, purpureo- vel flavescenti-virides, dulce odori; 

 discus patellaris, glaber; germen tomentoso-pllosum; fruetus ovoideus vel ellipsoideus, 

 dense tomentellus (edulis, t. v. Doering). 



Arbor 30-pedalis, trunco circ. 10 cm crasso. Rami circ. 6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 

 circ. 8 cm longo adjeeto ad 40 cm longa; foliola infima 7 — 9 cm longa, 3,5 — 6 cm lata, 

 summa 16— 18 cm longa, 7,5 — 8 cm lata. Thyrsi 8 — 15 cm longi. Fruetus 1,8 cm 

 longus, 1,2 cm latus. 



