Pappea. 1015 



weit Ostafr. B IX. (1895) 323; Taubert, ibid. C, 251. - P. Radlkoferi Schweinf. var. 

 ugandensis (Bak. f.) Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. L. Suppl. (1914) 422. — Vulgo: 

 Mf unuguru in Afr. or. t. Gilg 1. c, resp. t. Holst in sched., insuper t. eod. Pamakiza 

 incolis loci infra indicati ipsius; ol Dimmi gommi in lingua Massai t. Merker in scheda. 

 — Frutex arborescens; folia majora, oblonga, apice obtusa, basi rotundata, sub- 

 integerrima, nervis subtus prominentibus, juniora utrinque brevissime tomentosa, 

 adultiorasupra + glabrata nitidula, subtus molliuscule pubescentia glandulisque clavatis 

 stipitatis adspersa, subtus tantum stomatophora, cellulis secretoriis parvis rarioribus; 

 thyrsi feminei quam masculi longiores, folia subaequantes vel superantes; pedicelli 

 perbreves; petala deltoidea, breviter unguiculata; staminum filamenta quam antherae 

 triplo longiora; fructus — (non visi, nisi juveniles speciminum a Gh. Sacleux lectorum, 

 3 — 2 — 1-cocci, breviter fulvo-tomentosi). 



Frutex vel arbor ad 7 m alta. Rami 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo circ. 1 cm longo 

 adjecto 7 — 10, immo 14 cm longa, 2,5 — 5 cm lata. Thyrsi <j> ad 12 — 16 cm, $ 4 — 5 cm 

 longi; pedicelli vix 2 mm, fructigeri 3 mm longi. Fructus edulis (t. Sacleux). 



In Africa orientali aequatoriali: Hildebrandt n. 2826! (Kitüi in Ukamba, 

 m. Maj. 1877, fl.$; Hb. Kew.); Stuhlmann n. 775! (Bussisi ad lacum Victoria Nyansa, 

 m. Oct. 1890, fl. $; Exped. Emin Pascha 1890 — 1892; comm. Schweinf.); Holst 

 n. 8888! (Kwa Mshusa in Usambara, alt. 650 m, m. Oct. 1893, fl. <j>; Hb. Berol., Monac); 

 Engler n. 1474! (West-Usambara, Nordabhang, felsige Gebirgssteppe unterhalb 

 Mbalu, alt. 1600-1300 m, m. Oct. 1902, flor. <J; Hb. Berol.); Sacleux n. 2381! (Monts 

 Boura, Teita, m. Aug. 1897, fr. juv.; Hb. Drake); Merker! (in ditione Kilimandscharo, 

 steril.; Hb. Berol.); A. G. Bagshawe n. 369 (in Ankole meridionali ad Mulema, m. 

 Jun. 1903, flor.; Hb. Mus. Brit.). 



3. P. Radlkoferi Schweinfurth in litt, ad Radlk. VIII. (1892); Penzig in Atti 

 Gongr. bot. Genova 1892 (1893) 336 n. 113, »n. sp. ined.«; Schweinf. Abyssin. Pflanzen- 

 nam. in Anhang z. d. Abh. K. preuss. Ak. Wiss. (1893) 75 et Samml. arab.-aethiop. 

 Pfl. in Bull. Hb. Boiss. VII. 3. (1899) App. II. 338 (descriptio); Radlk. in Engl. u. 

 Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 334. — Vulgo: Aragaugutt (Acrur) in lingua 

 Tigrinia, Abagamma s. Abgamma (Mensa) in lingua Tigre t. Schweinfurth 11. cc; 

 Fiori, Boschi e Piante Legn. Eritrea (1909-1912) 232, Agric. Colon. Ital. V. Suppl. 

 (1911) 9 (ex Ind. Londin.). — Arbor parva; folia majora, ovalia vel oblonga, basi 

 obtusa oblique truncata vel subcordata, argute subrepando-dentata, dentibus deltoideis 

 subspinulosis, rarius inaequaliter sinuata, nervis subtus valde prominentibus, pilis 

 longioribus patulis praesertim ad nervös subtus induta glandulisque adspersa, denique 

 glabrescentia, utrinque nitidula subtus tantum stomatophora, cellulis secretoriis sat 

 crebris aeque altis ac latis persita, thyrsi elongati, masculi folia plus duplo superantes, 

 fructiferi folia aequantes (t. Schweinfurth); petala spathulata, angustiora, conspicue 

 unguiculata; staminum filamenta quam antherae subtriplo longiora; fructus illis 

 P. capensis simillimi, arillo (t. Schweinfurth) rubro. 



Arbor 10 — 20- (immo 45-) pedalis. Rami circ. 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 1 cm 

 longo adjecto plerumque 8 cm longa, 3 cm lata (ramorum e trunci basi enascentium 

 permagna, ad 18 cm longa, 5 cm lata). Thyrsi $ plerumque 12 cm, fructiferi 6 — 9 cm 

 longi. Pedicelli fructiferi ad 2 mm longi. Fructus diametro circ. 1 cm. 



In Abyssiniae septentrionalis colonia Eritrea: Schweinfurth n. 1068, 

 1080, 1123! 1617 (ad Geleb in ditione Mensa, alt. 1700 m, a. 1891; cf. Schweinf. 1. c), 

 n. 1041! (ad Akrur, alt. 1900 m, m. Apr. 1892, flor. et fruct. delapsis anni praeteriti); 

 Penzig (nelle vicinanze di Gheleb, m. Mart. 1891). 



Var. angolensis Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. L. Suppl. (1914) 422. — 

 »Differt a forma typica foliis subtus magis puberulis, prominentius nervosis, racemis 

 femineis ad apicem ramulorum in paniculam folia bene superantem dispositis.« 



In Africa trop. occidentali: »Angola, auf den Bergen von Ontongo-tongo, bei 

 Gambos, etwa 1400m ü.M. (Antunes n. 184. — Fruchtend im Mai 1897).« 



