208 ex VII. PKOTEACEiE (baker AND WRIGHT). [Fmirea. 



Leaves not iiioie tliaii 3^ in. long. 



Leaves 9 lin. wide. . . . . . f>. F. usambarensis. 



Leaves 12-15 lin. wide . . . . 7. F. arborea. 



Leaves ovate-elliptic to elli])tic. 



Perianth pubescent outside . . . . 8. Jl decipiens. 



Perianth densely tomentose outside . , . 9. F. speciosa. 



1. F. racemosa, Farmar in Kev) Bulletin, 1908, 58. Branches 

 greyish, rough. Leaves rather closely placed, broadly lanceolate^ 

 acute, tapering towards the base, 3;^ in. long, 1 J in. wide, quite glab- 

 rous on both surfaces, shining above ; lateral nerves slender but promi- 

 nent on both surfaces, connected by intramarginal loops ; petiole 2-3 

 lin. long, compressed. Raceme dense, about 5 in. long; rhachis rusty 

 pubescent; pedicels patulous, rusty pubescent, 1-2 lin. long; bracts 

 minute, deltoid, apiculate, rusty pubescent. Perianth 6 lin. long, 

 glabrous; tube 1 lin. in diam. at the base; lobes IJ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 wide, navicular, acute. Anthers slightly shorter than the perianth- 

 lobes, apiculate ; filaments 1 lin. long, complanate. Hypogynous scales 

 J lin. long, triangular, shortly and acutely bilid. Ovary ovoid, clothed 

 with hairs thrice its length ; style slightly shorter than the perianth, 

 sulcate. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Nyasaland: Mount Mlanje, 7000 ft., ^dam^on, 338 ! 



2. P. discolor, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. G4. A shrub 

 usually about 6 ft. high, ]-arely a tree 8 ft. high. Branches terete, 

 densely pubescent and pilose when young, glabrous in age. Leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3J in. long, 1 in. wide, acute or obtuse, 

 upper surface at first finely adpressed pubescent, at length glabrous 

 and shining, under surface permanently grey pubescent ; lateral nerves 

 numerous, slightly ascending, looping just within the slightly revolute 

 margin. Spikes terminal on the branches, about 4 in. long, dense ; 

 peduncle short, pubescent, with or without a few distant scales ; 

 bracteoles small, spreading, shortly acuminate from a broad base. 

 Perianth 4-5 lin. long, slightly curved, pubescent ; lobes 1^ lin. long. 

 Anthers shortly apiculate. Hypogynous scales J lin. long, deltoid, 

 acute. Ovary conical, bearded with hairs two to three times as long as 

 itself ; style about as long as the perianth ; stigma narrowly clavate, 

 obtuse, obscurely angled. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 921 ; Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxviii. 380, and xxx. 300 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, in mixed sandy woods between Lopollo and 



Nene, TFelwiisch, 1594 ! 



IKIozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Uhehe, Matanana Plateau, 5000- 

 6000 ft., Goefze, 738. 



Vnr. cyclolepra, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 922. Hypogynous scales 

 rounded, obtuse, semicircular. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Huilla: in rocky places near Nene, Weticitsch, 1595! 



The connection botween the shape of the leaf-apex and the hypogynous scales is 

 not constant, the Kew specimen of Welwitsch's 1595 having both obtuse and acute 

 leaves on the same branch. 



