Pouzolzia.] cxxiiiD. urticace^ (Keiidle). 289 



2. P.Dewevrei, De Wild. <& Th. Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Roy. 

 Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 53. A weak herb lJ-2 ft. high ; stem suberect, 

 diffusely branched above, pubescent ; branches hirtellous, internodes 

 J-1^ in. long. Leaves membranous, ovate, rather long-acuminate, 

 base more or less acute or rounded, margin entire, 1^-4 J in. long, 

 ^-2 in. wide, 3-nerved, with 2 lateral nerves on each side above, 

 curving upwards towards the margin, green above, dotted white with 

 cystoliths, sparsely haiiy and rugose, beneath with white cottony 

 hairs, and long hairs on the prominent nerves , petiole J in. to 1| in. 

 long. Stipules ovate, subulate, long-acuminate, 2^4 J lin. long, 

 with rather long cilia. Flower-clusters axillary, few-flowered, 

 androgynous. Male perianth 4-partite, segments hairy ; anthers 

 white. Fruiting perianth ovate, about 1 lin. long, irregularly 

 ribbed, hairy, closelv investing the dirty white or brown polished 

 achene.— De Wild. & Th. Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 221 ; Th. & Hel. 

 Durand, Syll. Fl. CongoL 513. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Stanley Pool district, Moe, Dewevrt, 72b. 

 The authors ulacc this species near P. abyssinica, Bl. 



3. P. Batesii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1917, 202. Three to live feet 

 high ; stems reddish-brown and woody below with a thin separable 

 bark, puberulous in younger portions ; branches slender, ascending, 

 leafy at the upper nodes. Leaves alternate, long-stalked, the smaller 

 ones on weak lateral branches, often shortly stalked, ovate, markedly 

 acuminate, base rounded or blunt, margin entire, 1-3 J in. long, 

 J-l-J- in. wide, apex up to f in. long, 3-nerved, with 2 to 3 lateral 

 nerves above on either side, basal lateral nerves curving upwards 

 above the middle to unite within the margin, nerves and veins slender, 

 prominent beneath ; upperface very sparsely hairy, scabridulous with 

 dot-like cystoliths, shortly and somewhat sparsely hairy on margin 

 and veins beneath ; petiole very slender, shorter than the leaf, up to 

 2j in. long. Stipules glumaceous, ovate, acuminate-caudate, 2-3 

 lin. long, midvein conspicuous, margin with scattered long hairs. 

 Inflorescences dense, many-flowered, androgynous ; flowers sessile ; 

 bracts small. Male perianth deeply 4-partite, segments apiculate, 

 glabrescent. Female perianth flask-shaped, glabrous : stigma 

 narrow-linear, longer than the perianth. Fruiting perianth ovoid- 

 acute, glabrous, longitudinal nerves inconspicuous, about J lin. 

 long. Achene highly polished, at first white, becoming dark metallic 

 brown. — P. guinecnsis, Engl, in Schlechter, West-Afr. Kautsch.- 

 Exped. 287 ; not of Benth. 



Upper Guinea. Canicroons : Batanga, Bates, 214 ! Efuku, Bad,^, 22\ ! 

 Ngoko, Schlechter, 12729 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Mangala, Mombongo, Thonmr, 163 I 



4. P. andongensis, Hiem in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 992. An erect 

 annual herb. 2-3 ft. high, growing in dense masses.; ntems ven* 



FL. TROP. AFR. VI. SECT. II. I^ 



