240 cxviii. THYMEL^ACE^ (pearson). [DuTaiiolepis. 



the tube. Petals divided to the base; segments linear-lanceolate^ 

 irregularly incised towards the apex, sparsely silky-pubescent, rather 

 longer than the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrous ; style inserted beyond 

 the stamens ; stigma capitate. 



I.ower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 2800 ft., Moller, 176 ! 



8. D. grandiflora, J'^ngl. in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 338. A shrub, 

 8-15 ft. high, with pubescent, later glabrescent, branches. Leaves 

 2-ranked, obliquely ovate or lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, 

 entire, very shortly petioled, glabrous or with a few scattered adpressed 

 hairs, lJ-2^ in. long, about 1 in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, white, 

 fragrant {Mann), solitary, shortly pedicelk-d, about 2 in. long. Calyx- 

 tub^e slender, clothed with dense yellowish-white tomentum, glabrous 

 within; lobes oblong, obtuse, densely pubescent, parallel-nerved, at 

 length reflexed. Petals exceeding the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; 

 segments 10, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-spathulate, at length reflexed. 

 Ovary glabrous ; style exserted beyond tlie stamens. Fruit not seen. — 

 1). benthamiaiia, Van Tieghem in Ann. Sci. Nat. 7'"^ ser. xvii. r.)7, 

 partly (name only). 



Upper Guinea. (Jol.l Coiist : Okroaso, 800 ft., Johnson, 457! Lagos, 

 Punch ! Cunurooiis: Joliaiiii-Albrcchtshoho, forest rcgioi, 5^rt«(/^ 473 I Keriiiimlo 

 Po: bank of tlio river, Mann, 23 ! 



4. D. stenosiphon, //. U. W. Pearson. Branches slender, sparsely 

 pilose. Leaves rhomboid or obliquely oblong, caudate-acuminate, acute 

 or obtuse, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous, 2-3J- in. long, \-\}^ in. 

 broad. Flowers a-merous, in pairs or solitary in the leaf-axils, 1 l-'l in. 

 long. Calyx-tube slender, glabrous or sparsely puberulous ; lobes 

 lanceolate, acute, parallel-veined, puberulous on the edges, J as long as 

 the tube. Petals rather more than \ as long as the calyx-lobes, 

 divided to the base ; segments 10, linear, more or less incised near the 

 apex, spreading. Ovary with a few erect hairs near the summit, 

 otherwise glabrous. Fruit (? mature) ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, \-\ in. 

 long. 



Upper Guinea. Canioroons: Bipindc, Zenker, 1277 ! 3026 ! 2762 ! 3655 ! 



5. D. Schweinfurthii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 271. Young 

 branches pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves obliquely oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate or caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, shortly 

 petioled, glabrous above, yellowish-brown beneath with adpressed hairs 

 on the nerves, 2-3 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad; primary lateral nerves 

 numerous, ascending, prominent beneath. Flowers solitary, sessile. 

 Calyx-tube slender, elongate, glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 

 J lin. broad. Petals divided to the base, not exceeding the calyx-lobes. 

 Stigma capitate. Drupe oval or ovate-oval, \ in. long, 2-o lin. broad. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Niamniam ; by tlie Kiver Dyagbe, at Wando,. 

 Schtveinfurth, 31(J(3 ! 



