Antidesma.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 645 



Calyx cup-shaped, tridentate, ciliate and pubescent. Disk short, cup- 

 shaped, surrounding the base of the ovary, ciHate. Ovary oblique, 

 tomentose ; stigmas inserted laterally. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 988, in Herb. Kew ! (according 

 to Pax, Stand f, 



4. A. leptobotryum, 3fiiU. Arg. irt Flora, 1864, 529. A small tree 

 15 ft. high ; branchlets slightly grooved, shortly pubescent when young, 

 at length almost glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, somewhat cus- 

 pidate-acuminate, acumen more or less mucronate, obtusely cuneate 

 at the base, 2^—6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous 

 and slightly shining on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, 

 looped, distinct on both surfaces ; veins lax ; petiole scarcely 1 lin. 

 long, pubescent; stipules entire, lanceolate-subulate, 2-2^ lin. long, 

 pubescent. Male racemes axillary, 1-3 in. long ; peduncle minutely 

 puberulous ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, scarcely ^ lin. long, ciliate; 

 pedicels at the time of flowering about J lin. long. Sepals 5, rounded, 

 minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Disk-glands long-pilose. Stamens 

 5 ; filaments glabrous ; anther-cells distinct, descending. Rudimentary 

 ovary truncate, papillose on the top. Fruits not known. — Miill. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 250. 



TTpper Guinea. Cameroons : Lolodorf, forest region, Standi, 342 ! Ef ulen» 



Bates, 428 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon: Mfoa, 85 miles east of Gaboon, Bates, 513 

 Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1714! Lower Congo, Smith !^ 



5. A. vogelianum, Milll. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 529. A shrub ; 

 branchlets shortly pubescent when young, at length glabrous ; bark 

 smooth, slightly glaucous-grey. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceo- 

 late, cuspidate-acuminate, acute at the base, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad, papery, glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib, which 

 is pubescent above and below ; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side, looped 

 near the margin, very slightly impressed above, prominent below; vein* 

 lax ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, slightly wrinkled, very sparingly pubescent 

 or glabrous ; stipules entire, linear-lanceolate, subacute, 2-3 J lin. long, 

 pubescent. Female spikes in the fruiting stage 5-6 in. long, axis 

 minutely puberulous. Flowers not known. Fruits sessile, elliptic, 

 somewhat acute at both ends, compressed, 3-4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 

 tipped by the persistent styles, sparingly adpressed-pubescent. — Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 260. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigei'ia : Ibu (Abo), Vogel, 22 ! 



6. A. membranaceum, Miill. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 68, excl. 

 pnTt of var. molle. A tree 20-30 ft. high ; branchlets slender, pubes- 

 cent or at length glabrous. Leaves elliptic, oblong- elliptic or oblanceo- 

 late, more or less caudate-acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base, 

 3-8 in. long, lJ-3 in. broad, membranous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous 

 above except on the pubescent midrib, glabrous or very sparingly 

 pubescent on the nerves and veins beneath; lateral nerves 6-8 on each 



