Sct/phocephalium.] cxiv. myristicace^ (stapp). 161 



Leaves distinctly cordate at the base; lateral nerves 



20-26 on each side . . . . . . . 1. S. Ochoeoa. 



Leaves not cordate at the base ; lateral nerves 15-18 on 

 each side. 

 Leaves rather obtuse at the base . . , . 2. S. Mannii. 



Leaves attenuated and acute at the base . . . 3. <S. chrysothrix. 



1. S. Ochoeoa, Warh. hiyov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 244, it. 2 

 and 9. A tree, about 120 ft. high, of palm-like habit, with subhorizontal 

 or slightly pendulous branches ; branchlets densely ferruginous-tomen- 

 telLous when young, at length glabrous and reddish brown, rather 

 stout. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, shortly and often unequally 

 cordate at the base, suddenly contracted into a narrow acute acumen, 

 7-11 in. long, 2J-3J in. broad, glabrous and slightly rough above, 

 ferruginous-tomentellous underneath when young, soon glabrescent ; 

 midrib stout and prominent underneath ; lateral nerves rather spread- 

 ing, almost straight, prominent below, 20-26 on each side ; transverse 

 veins obscure ; petiole stout, 3-5 lin. long. Male inflorescences 1-1 1 in. 

 long, ferruginous-tomentellous ; common peduncle up to | in. long, 

 stout ; bracts ovate, obtuse, caducous ; umbels capituliform, 6-8 lin. in 

 diam., very many-flowered ; pedicels IJ lin. long. Perianth about 2 lin. 

 long, ferruginous-tomentellous without, glabrous within, 3-5- (usually 

 4-) partite ; lobes obtuse. Staminal column glabrous, stout ; anthers 

 ()-10, J lin. long. Female inflorescences cymose or umbel-shaped 

 panicles, 1 J- 3 in. long. Perianth tomentose without. Fruit depressed- 

 globose, l|-2 in. in diam., 1J-1| in. high, ferruginous-hispid ; pericarp 

 fleshy, IJ lin. thick when dry. Seed much depressed. — Warb. in 

 Bar. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. xiii. Gen.-Yersamml.-Heft, 81, t. 29, fig. 3a; 

 Muskatnuss, G28, t. 4, fig. 12. .S'. Kombo, Warb. in Notizbl. Kbnigl. 

 Bot. Gart. Berlin, i. 98, partly. Ochoeoa Gabonii, Pierre in Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Paris, ii. 1257. l)ryobala.nops sp.j Mbllerin Dingler's Polytechn. 

 Journ. ccxxxviii. (1888), 432. 



Ibower Guinea. Gaboon : Sibange Fnrm, common and characteristic of the 

 forests, Soyaux, 301 ! Libreville, Klaine, 72. 



2. S. Mannii, Warb. in Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin,!. 98. A 

 tree, 40-100 ft. high ; branchlets finely fulvous-tomentellous when quite 

 young, very soon glabrous and reddish brown, rather stout. Leaves 

 oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse and often unequal at the base, abruptly 

 contracted into a narrow acute acumen, 7-10 in. long, l|-3 in. broad, 

 pale fulvous-tomentellous beneath in bud, very soon glabrescent ; mid- 

 rib moderately stout and prominent beneath ; lateral nerves suboblique, 

 almost straight, slender, prominent beneath, 15-18 on each side; 

 petiole 3J-5 lin. long, somewhat slender. Male inflorescences 1-2 in. 

 long, fulvous-tomentellous; common peduncle very short; special 

 peduncles up to 1 in. long, slender ; bracts ovate, caducous ; umbels 

 capituliform, up to 10 lin. in diam., very many-flowered ; pedicels up to 

 2 lin. long. Perianth IJ lin. long, fulvous-tomentellous without, glab- 

 rous within, 3-fid ; lobes broad-ovate, obtuse. Staminal column slender ; 



