640 cxxH. LUPHOiiBiACE^-E (hutciiinson). [6«/>«ca. 



slightly oblanceolate-eliiptic, rounded at the M[)ex, cuneate at the base, 

 2^-4| in. long, 1-2^ in. broad, entire, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 siiining on the upper surface, dull or slightly shining below ; lateral 

 nerves 8-12 on each side, looped and branched towards the margin, 

 slightly prominent on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves branched, slightly 

 prominent or scarcely visible below ; petiole slender, subterete, about 

 i lin. in diam., ^-Ih in. long, glabrous. Male flowers: Peduncle ^ in. 

 long, glabrous. Bracts cf the involucre elliptic or obovate, 3| lin. long, 

 2 lin, broad, coriaceous, glabrous. Calyx 4-r)-partite ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Stamens 4-5 ; filaments glabrous. Rudimentary 

 ovary deeply tripartite, lobes pilose on the out.side. Young female 

 flowers not seen. Fruits ;:>-celled, ovoid, with several longitudinal ribs, 

 about 7 lin. .long and () lin. in diam., glabrous, dark brown when dry. — 

 Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii, 41)1 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237, 

 and in Engl. Jahrb. :^xxiv. 370. U. mia-ophyUa^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxiii. 523. 



ZiO'Virer Guinea. Aiifjola : Malauf^e, Teusz in MecJiow, PI. AnqoL, 433 ! on 

 the ruaii from P^ilacio to Cafombe, Gosftiveiler, 956 ! in secondary thickets near the 

 lii^h-ioad to Quisanjje, Gosstcei/er, 9H2 1 on rocky situations between the rivers 

 Kutchi and Kulato, Gossiveiler, 3942 ' 



nXozaxnb. Distr. (Jennan East Africa : Lavqenhnrg, Goefze, 9>'^^\ Usagura, 

 Sluhlinnnn, HITS! and without precise locality, llollz, 961! ]{ho(lesia : Hatoka 

 Conntry, Kirk! Clioma, Rogers, H02^\ Nyai-aliind : Sliire Highlands, Buchanan, 

 254! -131! 



11. U. guineensis, Mall Arri. in Flora, 1864, 517. A tree 40-GO 

 ft. high, "with line dark foliMge'' {Barter); branchlets sulcate, glabrous, 

 rough with the scars left by the leaf-stalks. Leaves obovate, oblong- 

 obovate or oblanceolate, rounded or shortly and obtusely pointed, more 

 or less cuneate at the base, 4-13 in. long, 2^-7 in. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, margins slightly undulate, glabrous and dull on both sur- 

 faces ; lateral nerves 6-11 on each side, looped near the margin, promi- 

 nent below; tertiary nerves subparallel, distinct on the lower surface; 

 veins lax ; petiole usually stout, swollen at the apex, about 1 in. long in 

 the smaller leaves, up to 5J- in. in the larger ones, glabrous. Male 

 Hower-heads scattered towards the ends of the branches; peduncle about 

 ^ in. long, almost glabrous. Bracts of the involucre oblong to sub- 

 orbicular, coriaceous, 1 -nerved, glabrous, margins crenulate. Calyx 

 irregularly lobed, pilo.se. lludin)entary ovary columnar, pilose. Female 

 flowers: I tracts of the involucre fewer and smaller than in the male. 

 Calyx shortly cupular, pilose inside. Ovary 3 celled, glabrous ; styles 

 reflexed, fan-shaped, much divided, slightly pubescent outside towards 

 the base, Fi nits stalked, 3-celled, ovoid or subglobose, about 1 in, in 

 diam., glabrous; p\renes shallowly furrowed on the back. — Miill. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 4i)0 ; Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl.t. 12S7; Pax in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 371. IL Mole, Pax, I.e. xix. 79. U. to<joensi.% Pax, 

 I.e. xxxiv. 371. partly. U. ealaensis, De Wild, in Etudes. Fi. Bas- et 

 Moyen-Congo, ii. 272, t. Ixx. tigs. 5-8 ? U. Gniynardi, Chev. ex Beille, 

 and W. binfjei-rilleiisis, B*^ille in Bull, Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. {>{'). 

 U. rerrotii, Beille, I.c, 67, 



