StaucUia,] cxiv. myristicace.e (staff). 1G5 



1. S. stipitata, Warh. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 384. A tree, 100- 

 120 ft. high, with a slender stem and roundish crown ; old bark rough, 

 brown ; wood reddish, very hard ; branchlets glabrous, dark brown 

 when dry. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, 

 shortly attenuated or rounded at the base, 4-7 in. long, l|^-2i in. broad, 

 coriaceous, pubescent in bud, very soon quite glabrous ; lateral nerves 

 6-8, slightly impressed above, venation obscure; petioles about 10 lin. 

 long, with a wide shallow channel in the upper part. Flower-heads 

 usually from the axils of fallen leaves, about SJlin. in diam., surrounded 

 by broad hairy deciduous bracts ; pedicels scarcely \ lin. long. Perianth 

 under J lin. long, 4- (rarely 3-) lobed, tomentellous without ; lobes 

 ovate, obtuse. Anthers 3. Ovary densely tomentose. Axis of fruit- 

 bearing branch thickened, on a short peduncle, up to 8 lin. long. Fruit 

 oblong, IJ in. long, J in. in diam., shortly stipitate, rufous-tomentellous ; 

 suture of valves acute at the base; aril minutely lobed at the apex. — 

 S. kamencneims, Warb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. Ixviii. 241, partly. 



upper Guinea. Cnuieroons : forest near Joliann Albrechtsholie, Staudt, 484 ! 

 751 ! ami without precise locality, R^idatiSy 16. 



2. S. kamerunensiSy Warh. In Nov. Act. Acad. Xat.Cur. Ixviii. 241, 

 t. 8 {snh Brochoneura kameranensi, Warb.)^ ])artly. Branchlets glabrous, 

 brownish when dry. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, acute, shortly attenuate at the base, 3J-() in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 subcoriaceous, bright green when fresh; lateral nerves 7-10 on each side, 

 like the faint reticulation impressed above ; petiole slender, 3-4 lin. long, 

 with a shallow wide channel in the upper part. Inflorescences and flowers 

 as in the preceding species. Fruit shortly pedicelled, supported by the 

 persistent and slightly enlarged perianth, ovoid, red, 2 in. long, 1 J in. in 

 diam., at length glabrous ; suture of valves rather prominent; pericarp 

 4 lin. thick when fresh ; aril up to 3J lin. thick when fresh, red. Seed 

 ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 1\ in. long, 7-8 lin. in diam. Embryo |- lin. 

 long. — Warb. Muskatnuss, 386, and in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 384. 



Upper Guinea. Cauieroons : forest near Lolotlorf, Slaudf, 353 ! Victoria 

 Botanic Garden, Winkler, 1090 ! 1335 ! 



3. S. gabonensiSy Warh. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 384. A tree 

 30-60 ft. high ; branches glabrous, with a greyish bark. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate to oblong, subacute to long-acuminate, subacute to rounded 

 at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, 

 faintly impressed above; petiole slender, 2-5 lin. long, deeply and 

 narrowly channelled. Male inflorescence sessile or subsessile, solitary, 

 rarely in clusters of 2 or 3, fulvo- or rufo-pubescent, up to 3 lin. in diam. ; 

 pedicels very short. Perianth usually 3-tid, tomentellous without, up to 

 I lin. long ; lobes ovate, subacute. Anthers 3, -J- lin. long, much longer 

 than the stipes. Female inflorescence like the male ; pedicels J lin. long, 

 in fruit stout and up to 2J lin. long. Perianth 3-4-fid, \ lin. long. 

 Ovary ovoid-globose, densely and finely tomentose. Fruit ellipsoid, not 

 stipitate, ferruginous-tomentellous when young, at length glabrous 

 and somewhat shining, 12-14 lin. long, 8-1) lin. in diam., suture of the 



