'24:2 cxviii. THYMEL.^icE.E (pearson). [Dlcranolepis- 



very .shortly pedicelled, usually in pairs, about IJ in. long. Calyx-tube 

 slender, glabrous; lobes lanceolate, parallel -veined, finely puberulous 

 on the margins. Petals .shorter than the calyx-lobes, divided to the 

 base ; segments linear. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. — De Wild, 

 it Dur. Contr. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 55. 



Soutb Central. Luuda : Mukengc, Pogge^ 1408 ! Congo, witliout precise 

 locality, Demeuse. Sauda, Gillet, 3013. 



10. D. glandulosa, //. //. W. Pearson. Branches slender, glabrous. 

 Leaves obliquely oblong, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, entire, sessile, 

 glabrous above, glabrescent beneath, 4-7 J in. long, 2-3 in. broad. 

 Flowers solitary (?), 5-merous, sessile, thickly studded on the outside 

 with stout stalked glands, 2|-3 in. long. Calyx-tube stout; lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, about h in. long. Petals glabrous, about twice as long as 

 the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; segments 10, oblong or narrowly 

 obovate, rounded and entire or cut at the apex. Ovary glabrous ; style 

 slender, scarcely exserted. Fruit globular. 



Upper Guinea. Camerooiis; Batauga, Dinklage^ 971! Bipimle, in forest, 

 Zenker, 1951 ! 



Zenker's specimen is without flowers or fruit. It lias much larger leaves than 

 Dinklage's plant. 



11. D. Persei, Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 189H, 7S. A shrub 

 4-8 ft. high, with slender pubescent, later glabrous, branches. Leaves 

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

 acute, cuneate at the base, with a few scattered hairs, especially on the 

 lower surface, dark gieen above, lighter beneath, 3| in. long. Ih in. 

 broad. Flowers 5-merous, in pairs in the leaf-axils, shortly pedicelled, 

 silky-pubescent, 1-1 o- in. long. Calyx-lobes broadly elliptic, parallel- 

 nerved, about 5 lin. long, at length retlexed. Petals longer than the 

 calyx-tubes, divided to the base, at length refiexed. Segments 10, 

 narrowly oblong or spathulate, | in. long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 18G ! Gold Coast, 

 Evans, 22 ! 



12. D. Mannii, BailL in Adansonia, xi. 302. A shrub 8-10 ft. 

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

 2-ranked, obliquely oblong or ovate-oblong, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, 

 entire, shortly petioled, dark green and glabrous above, yellowish-brown 

 with a few scattered hairs on the nerves beneath, 1 1--4 in. long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad. Flowers 5-merous, 2-3 together in the leaf -axils, subsessile, 

 i-li in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous or puberulous without; lobes 

 green {Mann), oblong, puberulous, parallel-veined. Petals white 

 {Mann), more than J as long as the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; 

 segments 10, linear-oblong, entire and shortly apiculate. Ovary 

 glabrous. Fruit ovoid, closely invested by the persistent base of the 

 calyx-tube, \-\ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 217 ! 



