244 cxviii. THYMEiiiEACE^ (pbarson). [Dicrauolepis, 



nodding, 1-lJ in. long. Calyx-tube pubescent within above the level 

 of the ovary ; lobes ovate, obtuse, parallel-nerved, pubescent, J- J in. 

 long. Petals divided almost to the base, not exceeding the calyx-lobes, 

 glabrous; segments 10, oblong, incised at the broad apex. Ovary 

 glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. French Guine/i : Kassa, north of Sierra Leone boundary, 

 Soott-Mliot, 5066 ! 



17. D. Soyauxii, Engl, in Engl. Jakrh. vii. 337. A shrub about 

 6 ft. high, with slender branches densely pilose with shaggy hairs. 

 Leaves subsessile, obliquely oblong-lanceolate or rhomboid-lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, acute, glabrous above, densely pilose with loosely shaggy 

 hairs beneath, 2^4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad. Flowers in pairs, sessile, 

 nodding, densely pilose, about 1 J in. long. Calyx- tube slender ; lobes 

 5, linear-oblong, obtuse, about J as long as the tube. Petals equal to 

 the calyx-lobes, divided to the base ; segments linear, spreading. 

 Ovary with a few long erect hairs near the summit, otherwise glabrous. 

 Fruit ovoid-globose, about J in. long. 



^oixrer Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, i.S'ov««J", 170 ! 



18. D. parriflora, H. H. W. Pearson. A shrub about 2 ft. high. 

 Young branches pubescent, later glabrous. Leaves ovate or rhomboid- 

 ovate, caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, glabrous above, adpressed- 

 puberulous beneath, shortly petioled, about 2 in. long, J-1 in. broad. 

 Flowers white, 5-merous, puberulous, in pairs (? sometimes solitary), 

 sessile, about J in. long. Calyx- tube slender ; lobes lanceolate, obtuse, 

 parallel-veined, about 2 lin. long. Petals divided to the base, § as long as 

 the calyx-lobes, glabrous ; segments 10, linear, entire. Ovary glabrous ; 

 style slender, exserted beyond the stamens. Fruit not seen. 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Boyangi, near Ndobo, 1300 ft., Thonner, 



Imperfectly known species. 



19. D. baertsiana, De Wild, d; Dur. Contr. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 

 54. A small bush 10-14 ft. high, with the young branches sparsely 

 pilose, later glabrous. Leaves membranous, ovate-oblong, very oblique, 

 rounded or cuneate at the base, abruptly long-acuminate at the apex, 

 obtuse, quite glabrous above, paler beneath, with scattered hairs, IJ— 2 

 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad; nerves very numerous, somewhat prominent 

 on both surfaces; petiole hispid, about 1 lin, long. Flowers solitary, 

 yellowish-white, very shortly pedicelled. Calyx-tube stout; more or less 

 inflated at the base, densely pilose, IJ in. long; lobes ovate-oblong, 

 acute, green and densely pilose on the outside, white and pilose within, 

 4 in. long. Petals bipartite almost to the base ; segments oblong, entire 

 or slightly lobed at the apex, about equal to the calyx-lobes. Stamens 

 short, exserted. Style long, not exserted. 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Kabombo Forest, Cabra. 



