Amanoa.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 631 



ovate, slightly membranous, glabrous. Male flowers seen only very 

 younijf. Sepals 5, ovate or triangular-ovate, coriaceous, glabrous. 

 Petals oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary 

 short, tritid, glabrous. Female flowers not seen. 

 ITile land. Jur: M fky oh, Schtoeinfurth, 15441 



2. A, bracteosa. Planch, in Hook, Ic. PL t. 7\)7. A tree about 

 20 ft. high, glabrous in all parts. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtusely 

 acuminate, deltoid at the base, 3J-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, rigidly 

 coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, looped, loops extending to 

 within 1 lin. of the leaf-margin, very slightly raised below, not evident 

 above; veins lax and inconspicuous; petiole slightly wrinkled, 4-5 

 lin. long. Flowers in terminal or axillary spicate clusters; clusters 

 alternate, distichous, 9-14 to each inflorescence; bracts coriaceous, 

 outer keeled and mucronate, inner doubly keeled. Male flowers sessile 

 in bud, at length with a stout pedicel about 4 lin. long. Sepals oblong, 

 apex slightly hooded, 8 J lin. long, Ij lin. broad. Petals obovate, sub- 

 ti uncate, 1 lin. long. Disk subsinuately lobed, glabrous. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments free to the base, very stout, at first very short, at length 

 1^ lin. long; anthers nearly 1 lin. long. Rudimentary ovary trifid, 

 glabious. Female flowers solitary. Ovary 3-celled ; stigma sessile, 

 obsoletely trilobed. Capsule subglobose ; valves a little over 1 in. long, 

 very thick and hard. Seeds somewhat reniform, shining. — Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. 512; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 220; Stapf in 

 Johnston, Liberia, ii. 648. A. strobilantha, Planch, in Ho(»k. Niger Fl. 

 t. 47. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Z)o».' Liberia: Monrovia, Whyte ! SiiioBiain, 



Whyte ! 



3. A. strobilacea. Mull. Arg. in Flora., 1864, 515. A tree 30 ft. 

 high, glabrous in all parts. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 

 obtusely acuminate, deltoid at the base, 3-7 in, long, l-'i.^ in, broad, 

 coriaceous^ lateral nerves 8-12 on each side, looped, faintly impressed 

 above, conspicuous below ; veins lax, conspicuous below ; petiole smooth 

 or very slightly wrinkled, 4—5 lin. long ; stipules adnate to the base of 

 the petiole, 2 J lin. long, coriaceous. Flowers in subglobose terminal and 

 axillary sessile heads surrounded by coriaceous bracts; bracts coriaceous, 

 outer keeled and mucronate, inner doubly keeled ; bracteoles lanceolate, 

 acutely apiculate, membranous. Male flowers : Sepjils oblong, apex 

 slightly hooded, 3 lin. long, 1 lin, broad. Petals very broadly obovate 

 or suborbicular, \ lin. long. Disk undulate, glabrous. Stamens free to 

 the base; filaments about 1 lin. long; anthers Ii lin. long. Rudi- 

 mentary ovary trilobed, glabrous. Female flowers : Sepals as in the 

 male. Petals elliptic, \\ lin. long Disk as in the male. Ovary sub- 

 globose, glabrous ; stigma discoid. Immature capsule ovoid, al)Out 

 5 lin. in diam., glabrous, tipped by the persistent stigma. — Miill. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 220 ; Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. (548. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: Sino Basin, Wkyie ! Canieroons; Canicioon River, 

 Mann, 745 ! 2220 ! 



