20 Lxxxii. OLEACE^ (baker). [Linociei^a. 



Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, obtuse or subacute, 2-5 in. long, 

 cuneate at the base ; petiole J-J in. long. Panicles lateral, erecto- 

 patent, 1-2 in. long, often produced from leafless nodes, sparsely com- 

 pound ; bracts ovate, minute, persistent ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 J lin. long; lobes deep, ovate. Petals J in. long. Style very short. — 

 Mayepea nilotica, Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 528. 



Upper Guinea. Togo: Jegge Wasser, Buettner, 4n,^Fiisugu, Suettner, 663- 

 IVlle Xiand. White Nile, Petherick ! J)ar Ferti-, Sehweinfurth, ser. iii. 231 ! 

 Bongo : near Ngoli (Nyoli), Schtceinfurth, 2914 ! Macli, Speke Sf Grant, 701 ! 

 IjoiRrer Crulnea. Congo Free State: Upolo, Laurent. 



4. Li. angolensiSy Baker. A small tree ; branchlets whitish, 

 glabrous. Leaves simple, oblanceolate-oblong, shortly cuspidate, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous, 4-6 in. long; main veins raised on the lower 

 surface ; petiole J in. long. Panicles an inch long, all sessile in the 

 axils of the leaves ; rhachises very pubescent ; bracts ovate, minute. 

 Calyx pubescent, ^ lin. long ; tube very short ; segments suborbicular. 

 Petals linear-oblong, nearly \ in. long. Drupe oblong. — Mayepea 

 africana, Knobl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 529 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 658. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : base of Aburi Hills, Johnson, 234. 

 ZiO\irer Guinea. Angola : Puiigo Andongo; Mnta de Pungo and Cabonda, 

 WelrvUsch, 941 ! and without precise locality, Meehotv, 152. 



5. L. Johnsoni, Baker. A tree, reaching 60 ft. in height; 

 branches grey, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, the largest 

 6-8 in. long, 2h-oh in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; main veins rather ascending and 

 becoming nearly parallel to the margin. Flowers all in short axillary 

 panicles with pubescent branches, crowded at the tip of the branchlets. 

 Calyx very small, campanulate, pubescent. Petals \ in. long, free 

 nearly to the base, lanceolate from a broad base, yellow or creamy-white, 

 fragrant. Stamens -\ the length of the petals. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Aburi Hills, Johnson, 148 ! 453 ! 



6. L. congesta, Baker. A shrub or low tree, 12-15 ft. high; 

 branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, acuminate, 

 glabrous, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, cuneate at the base; petiole J-J 

 in. long. Flowers few, in sessile or nearly sessile clusters in the axils 

 of the leaves; bracts minute. Calyx J lin. long; segments ovate ; tube 

 very short. Petals nearly | in. long, united at the base into a very 

 short tube. Drupe oblong, | in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon R.ver, Mann, 2214 ! 



£o\trer Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Muni (D mger) River, Mann, 1747 ! 



7. L. Welwitschii, Baker. A tree 50-80 ft. high ; branchlets 

 and leaves at first pubescent, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, acuminate, subcoriaceous, above an inch long. Panicles 



