Feddiea,'] cxviii. thymel^^^ace-e (pearron). 251 



ovary; stigma capitate; hypogynous disc very small, cup-shaped, with, 

 an irregularl}'" crenulate margin. Fruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Bistr. German East Africa : Usafa ; Kungwe Mountains, in the- 

 forests on tlie soutlicru slopes, about 6000 ft., Ooetze, 1167 ! 



r>. P. Volkensii, Gilg in Evgl. Jahrh. xix. Beihl. No. 47, 41. A 

 tree about 50 ft. high. Leaves subcoriaceous, more or less crowded at 

 the ends of the branches, very shoitly pedicelled, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, ::)i-5 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad ; primary lateral nerves spread- 

 ing or ascending, much-branched, hardly conspicuous. Umbel terminal, 

 ];")-!> 0- flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-1 J in. long; bracts at the base 

 of the peduncle 2-4, leaf-like, persistent ; bracteole at the base of 

 the pedicel linear, caducous. Flowers " reddish-brown," 4-5-merous ; 

 pedicels J in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, 4-5 lin. long; lobes broadly 

 ovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, pubescent on the margin, erect or 

 spreading during flowering, about 1 lin. long. Anthers linear-oblong. 

 Ovary furrowed at the base, 1 J lin. long ; style J as long as the ovary ; 

 stigma capitate ; hypogynous disc cup-shaped, with a villous crenulate 

 margin, about J lin. high. Fruit ovate-globose, 2-seeded, 4 lin. long, 

 ?> lin. thick.— Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. 



Mozamb. Bistr. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, above Marangu, 7200 f t.> 

 Volkens, 1283 ! 



{'.. P. parviflora, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 20. A tree 

 15-20 ft. high. Leaves membranous, elliptic, very shortly petioled, 

 obtuse, glabrous, 2|-3Jin. long, 1-1 J in. broad; primary lateral nerves 

 spreading, much-branched, prominent. Umbel terminal, 6-10-flowered, 

 glabrous ; peduncle about h in. long. Flowers 4-5-merous, green ; 

 pedicels slender, about J in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, J in. long; 

 lobes oblong, truncate or rounded at the apex or somewhat emarginate, 

 shortly pubescent at the apex, otherwise glabrous, reflexed during 

 flowering, \-]- as long as the tube. Anthers linear. Style stout, about 

 as long as the ovary ; stigma capitate ; hypogynous disc cup-shaped, 

 irregularly lobed, ciliate on the margin, about | lin. high. Mature 

 fruit not seen. — Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 214 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebiigsfl. Trop. Afr. 310. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po : Clarence Peak, 5000 ft., Mann, 567 ! 



7. P. cyathulata^ //. H. W. Pearson. Leaves subcoriaceous, more 

 or less crowded at the apices of the branches, elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, obtuse, very shortly petioled, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, 

 |-1 in. broad ; primary lateral nerves spreading or ascending, much- 

 branched, fairly distinct. Umbel terminal, 2-5-flowered, glabrous ; 

 peduncle 1-G lin. long ; bracts oblong, minutely pubescent on the 

 margin, 2-3 lin. long, caducous. Flowers 4-merous ; pedicels J- J in. 

 long. Calyx-tube glabrous; J- J in. long, with prominent longitudinal 

 ridges ; lobes oblong or triangular, rounded or truncate at the apex, 

 densely pubescent on the margins, j-l lin. long, erect during flowering. 



