Bomheya.'] xxvi. STERcuLiACEyE (masters). 227 



Sepals nearly equalling the corolla. 



ludorescence shorter than the petiole. Peduncles villose . 7. 7). Schimperiana. 

 luHorescence as long as or longer tlian the petiole. Pe- 

 duncles glabrous 8. JD. Bruceana. 



1. D. multiflora, Planch, in FL des Si-rres, t. 6, 225. tab. (105. A shnib, 

 witli ojlabious or downy branches. Petioles 1-2 in. long. Leaves 1-2 in. lonj;, 

 cordate-roundish or oblono^, irregularly toothed, palmately 5-7-ncrvcd, 

 stellate-pilose on both surfaces, downy when young, nearly glabrous when 

 old. Inflorescence appearing before the leaves from the axils of tin; faJh n 

 leaves ; cymes stalked ; ])ediccls numerous, as long as tlie petioles, liracts 

 small, linear, caducous. Sepals lanceolate, downy or sometimes quite gla- 

 brous. Petals exceeding the sepals, obli([ue, cuneate, erose. Slanu-iis shortly 

 monadelphous. Ovary roundish, villose, Style divided nearly to the base 

 into 5 divisions. — Xnopttalum muUiJiorum, Endl. Stirp. Nov. n. 43, ex 

 Walp. Kep. i. 349. X minus, Endl. 1. c. n. 44. homheyn Heneijalomia^ 

 Planch, in Fl. des Serres 1. c. ? Xeropetaluni quinquesetum, Dclile, Voy. 

 Meroe, 85. 



Upper Guinea. Senegainbia, Head el ot ! 



Nile Land. Scnnar, Kotschy ! Madi, Speke and Grant I White Nile, Pelherick ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Br. Metier ! 



There are so many gradations between the forms above enumerated that it seems best to 

 unite them. X. yninns has smaller tlowers and partially pilose calyx. D. seuecjatensis has 

 slightly larger flowers than the preceding, and the calyx is covered with appressed hairs. 

 The typical D. midtijlora has the largest tlowers of all, and entirely glabrous calyces. The 

 amount of pubescence depends much on age, and is of no value as fiu-uishiug specific 

 characters. 



2. D. spectabilis, Bojer in Ann. Sc. Nat. So: 2. 18. 190. A small 

 tree. Petioles downy, 3-4 in. long. Leaves cordate, orbicular or oblong, 

 acute, undulate, palmately 5 -9 -nerved, rough on the upper surface, covered 

 with rusty or sometimes whitish pubescence on the lower surface. Cymes 

 axillary and terminal, much branched, many-Howered. Bracts minute, linear, 

 deciduous. Flowers | in. across. Sepals lanceolate, shorter than the corolla. 

 Petals white, roundish, inaequilateral. Stamens united at the base only. 

 Ovary roundish, viUose. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Burton ! Manganya hills, Lr. Metier ! 

 The African specimens do not materially differ from those from Madagascar, which were 

 the first described. 



3. D. Kirkii, Mast. A shrub or small tree ; the younger shoots, pe, 

 tioles, leaves, and calyces covered with dense stelliform tomcntum. IVtiole* 

 2-3 in. long. Leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, often more or less 3-lol)cd. 

 Lobes acute or acuminate, coarsely and irregularly crenate-serrate. IVduiu'les 

 axdlary and terminal, longer than the leafbtalks ; pedicels slender, 1-2 in. 

 long with spreading villi. Braetlets 3 linear-oblong, obtuse, shorter than 

 the calyx, caducous. Flower-buds subglobose. Flowers less than } in. in 

 diam., 'white. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals Gbli(|uely cuneate, retuse, 

 double the length of the calyx. Filaments free nearly to the base. Ovary 

 downy. Stigmas 2-5 included. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lat. 16" S., Br. Metier! Lupatn, Dr. Kirk 



