Dici'anolepis.] cxviii. thymekeace^ (pearson). 243 



1^. D. disticha. Planch, in Hook. Ic. PL t. 798. A shrub 4 ft. 

 high {Man7i), with slender glabrous blanches. Leaves 2-ranked, 

 obliquely lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, entire, very shortly 

 petioled, glabrous, dark green above, yellowish-green beneath (when 

 dry), l-o in. long, f-U- in. broad. Flowers 5-merous, yellow {Holland)^ 

 solitary, subsessile, 1-H in. long. Calyx- tube glabrous or pubescent 

 without ; lobes oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, pubescent, 

 parallel- veined. Petals opposite and rather shorter than the calyx-lobes, 

 more or less deeply bifid. Fruit oblong or more or less spherical, about 

 \ in. long. — D. dlsticha, forma glabrescens, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 

 337. D. oligantha^ Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 274. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Samu country, ScottSlliot^ 4205 ! Scarcies 

 River, Scott-EUiof, 4703! and without precise lo^aWty, Afz el iu.'i ! Don! Barter! 

 Unwin and iSmi/the, 17 I Southern Nigeria: Ow\ey, Holland, 1791 Cameroons : 

 Cameroon River, Man/i, 2199 ! 



Kower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, ^So^aMa?, 22 ! 



14. D. polygaloides, Gilg i7i Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk- 

 Exped. 801, name only. Young branches densely pubescent, later 

 glabrous. Leaves rhomboid or obliquely ovate, acuminate, obtuse, entire, 

 glabrous or glabrescent above, with scattered adpressed hairs beneath, 

 1-1 J in. long, J-| in. broad; petioles very short, densely pubescent. 

 Flowers 5-merous, in pairs or solitary, densely pubescent, sessile, 

 1|^-1|^ in. long. Calyx-tube slender; lobes oblong-ovate, about ^ as 

 long as the tube. Petals about as long as the calyx-lobes, divided to 

 the base, glabrous; segments linear or linear-oblong, entire. Ovary 

 glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : along the River Mungo, between Mundame and 

 Otam, Schlechter, 12S89! North Cameroons, Conrau, 118! 



15. D. laciniata, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxiii. 204. A much- 

 branched shrub about 6 ft. high, with spreading pubescent, later 

 glabrous, branches. Leaves 2-ranked, obliquely oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, caudate-acuminate, subacute, entire, very shortly petioled, glabrous 

 above, sparsely strigose beneath, 2~2| in. long, |-1 in. broad. Flowers 

 5-merous, solitary or two together, white (Bau7na'mt), sessile, about 

 IJ in. long. Calyx-tube slender, densely pubescent; lobes lanceolate, 

 obtuse, pubescent, parallel- veined, about J as long as the tube. Petals 

 opposite and about as long as the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, with a deeply cut margin, reflexed. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Misahohe, in moist shady woods, Baumann, 481 ! 

 This species is very near D. disticha^ Planch. 



10. D. pubescenSy //. //. W, Pearson. Young branches densely 

 pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves rhomboid or obliquely ovate, acumi- 

 nate, obtuse, entire, glabrous above, with scattered adpressed hairs 

 l>eneath, 'l-'2h in. h^ng, |-1 in. broad ; petioles very short, pubescent. 

 Flowers 5-merous, solitary in the leaf-axils, densely pubescent, sessile, 



