Bicranolepis.] cxviii. thymel^ace^ (pearson). 241 



G. D, Buchholzii, Engl, d- Gily in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 273. A 

 low bush with slender branches, sparsely pubescent when young, later 

 glabrous. Leaves obliquely oblong or ovate-oblong, caudate-acuminate, 

 acute, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous, brown beneath, dark green 

 above, ^J-f) in. long, 1J-2J in. broad. Flowers ;")-merous, solitary, 

 rarely in pairs, very shortly pedicelled, J-J in. long. Calyx-tube slender, 

 glabrous or with scattered hairs on the outside ; lobes 5, ovate-oblong, 

 pubescent. Petals divided to the base, about h as long as the calyx- 

 lobes ; segments 10, entire, linear, acute. Ovary glabrous. Fruit (not 

 seen) berry-like {Buchholz). — D. disticha, var, 'parviflora, Engl, in Engl. 

 Jahrb. vii. 387. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Mimgo, abundant in moist shady woods, 

 Buchholz ; Johann-Albrechtshohe, forest region, Staudt, 803 ! 



7. D. usambarica, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 272. A tree up to 

 i)5 ft. high. Branches slender, sparsely strigose when young, later 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, sometimes oblique at the 

 base, acuminate or caudate-acuminate, acute, shortly petioled, entire, 

 glabrous above, with scattered adpressed hairs beneath, 2|-3 in. long, 

 1-1 1^ in. broad. Flowers o-merous, usually in pairs in the leaf-axils, 

 shortly pedicelled, about 2 in. long. Calyx-tube silky-pubescent with 

 adpressed hairs ; lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, less than \ as long as 

 the tube. Petals not exceeding the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; 

 segments 10, obovate or spathulate. Ovary glabrous; style slender, 

 exserted. Fruit unknown. — Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 284. 



X^ozaznb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Mbaramu, forming 

 extensive underwood in the forests. Hoist, 2489 ! 



8. D. vestita, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. vii. 337. A shrub 8-10 ft. 

 high [Mann) with slender pubescent, later glabrous, branches. Leaves 

 obliquely elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, subacute, entire, shortly 

 petioled, glabrous above, adpressed-puberulous beneath, 2|— 4| in. long, 

 1-1 1^ in. broad. Flowers r)-merous, solitary, nodding, clothed on the 

 outside with a dense yellowish-white tomentum, 1-1 J in. long. Calyx- 

 tube stout ; lobes 5, broadly lanceolate, J-J as long as the tube, later 

 reflexed. Petals somewhat shorter than the calyx-lobes, divided to the 

 base ; segments 10, linear, entire or more or less incised at the apex, at 

 length reflexed. Ovary glabrous ; disc thick, leathery ; style slender, 

 exserted beyond the stamens. Fruit not seen. — D. vestita, var. parvijlora, 

 Engl. I.e. I), henthamiana, Van Tieghem in Ann. Sci. Nat. 7"'® 

 ser. xvii. 197, partly. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : liuea, JDei.ttel, 278 ! 3200 ft., Lehmhach, 137 ! 

 Cameroon Mountain, 2000-4000 ft., Matin, 1214 ! 2161 ! Fernando Fo, Mann I 



9. D. convallariodora, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 271. Young 

 branches pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves somewhat obliquely oblong 

 or elliptic, caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, shortly petioled, glabrous 

 above, adpressed-puberulous beneath, 2-2J in. long, j-1 in. broad. 

 Flowers 5-merous, white, scented like the lily-of-the-valley {Pogge}, 



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