164 cxiv. MYRiSTiCACE^ (stapf). [Ccelocanjon. 



3 J lin. long ; cotyledons lanceolate, parallel, 2J lin. long, not quite 1 lin. 

 wide. — Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 250, 1. 10. C. midti- 

 Jlorum, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1904), 38G. 



X7pper Guinea. Cameroons: Victox-ia, Preuss ! collector's name unknown, 

 Aug. 1904, 331 ! banks of the Linibe River, Winkler^ 624! Yaunde, forest, 2600 ft., 

 Zenker ^ Staudt, 649 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 2561 ! 



The leaves of the original of C. Preussii differ from those of the type of 

 C multijlorum only in the more gradually attenuate apex and the number of the 

 lateral nerves, there being 10-11 of them on each side instead of 7-9; but specitnens 

 collected later on by Preuss at Victoria agree so completely with those of C. multi- 

 jlorum that I have no doubt about the identity of those plants. 



3. C. oxycarpuxn, Sta2->f. A tree with terete glabrous branch- 

 lets. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong, acuminate, obtuse at the 

 base, 4-7 in. long, 2-2 J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, adpressedly 

 rufo-pubescont in bud, very soon quite glabrous ; midrib prominent 

 below; lateral , nerves 0-8 on each side; petiole J— J in. long, chan- 

 nelled, flexuous. Male raceme of umbels slender, \\ in. long; lowest 

 branches 2-3 lin. long ; involucral disk 1-2 lin. in diam., supporting 

 an umbel of 10-25 flowers ; pedicels slender, up to 2 lin. long. Perianth 

 3-fid, I Hn. long. Anthers 3, \ lin. long, equalling the stipes. Female 

 inflorescence unknown. Fruit-bearing branches axillary, towards the 

 tips of the branches, 2-3 J in. long (including the fruits), glabrovis ; 

 umbels solitary, or 2 or more racemosely arranged, each with 2-3 

 mature fruits; pedicels rather slender, about I in. long. Perianth per- 

 sistent, 3-partite, nearly 1 lin. long. Fruit ovoid-oblong or ellipsoid- 

 oblong from a somewhat narrower base, acute or subacute, 1-1 j in. 

 long; pericarp thin, glabrous. Seed ellipsoid-oblong; testa brown, not 

 grooved ; endosperm ruminate almost to the central cavity. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Farana, in gallery woods, Chevalier, 13178 ! 

 13425 I Ivory Coast: Dobou, Chcvulier, 16213 ! 



4. STAUDTIA, Warb. in Nov. xVct. xVcad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 128. 



Male flower : Perianth more or less turbinate-funnel-shaped, 3-4- 

 lobed. Filaments united into a column ; anthers 3-4, adnate to the 

 column and longer than the short stipes. Female flower : Perianth 

 globose-turbinate. Ovary more or less globose; stigma sessile, indis- 

 tinct. Fruit large ; pericarp dehiscent, thick, fleshy ; aril as long as the 

 seed, subentire. Seed ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid ; testa woody, thick ; 

 endosperm hard, not ruminate, full of fat and starch. Cotyledons 

 suberect, united at the base only. — Leaves more or less coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves very faint. Inflorescences subglobose, almost 

 sessile, capitate, very dense ; bracts present ; bracteoles 0. 



Species 3 or 4, endemic. 

 Petioles with a shallow wide channel in the upper part. 



Fruit stipitatc, li by |- in. . . . . .1. S. sfipitafa. 



Fi'uit notstipitate, 2 by 1 J in. . . . . .2. S. kameruneusis. 



Petioles \nth a deep narrow channel all along; fruit not 



stipitate . . . . . . . . . d. S. gabonensis. 



