Eymenocardia.] cxxii. euphor:biace^ (hutchinson). 649 



sparingly hairy when } ouug. Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic oi- lanceolate, 

 obtusely acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, about 1 J in. long, 

 6-8 lin. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both burfaces ; 

 lateral nerves 3-6 on each side, inconspicuous ; petiole slender, 2-4 lin, 

 long, sparingly pubescent ; stipules toon falling ofl*. Male spikes 

 racemosely arranged on short lateral branchlets crowded towards the 

 ends of the branches, about J in. long; axis very slender, puberulous; 

 bracts broadly spathulate, ciliate. Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, 

 densely ciliate. Anthers; with a small gold-coloured gland on the back, 

 Kudimentary ovary equalling the filaments, entire, glabrous. Female 

 racemes axillary; bracts oblong, pubescent. Calyx -lobes 5, linear, 

 subequal, membranous, about 1^ lin. long. Ovary oblong, compressed, 

 emarginate, glabrous, with a few scattered yellow glands ; styles distinct, 

 linear, flattened, glabrous, about 2 lin. long. Fruits broadly obovate or 

 suborbicular, apex emarginate, base rounded or acute, wings joined at 

 the base and decurrent on the stipe, J-| in. in diam., glabrous, mem- 

 branous ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, glabrous ; stipe 1-2 Tin. long. — Pax 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236, and in De Wild. & Durand, Contr. Fl. 

 Congo, i. 41) ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 966 ; De Wild. & 

 Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 207 ; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 127, and 

 Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 269. H, Poggei, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 528 ; Duiand k Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 243. 



Xiower Culnea. French Congo; Brazza\ ille, TAoZ/on, 592 ! Kitabi, iecci»n^«, 

 12! Lower Congo: Kisaiitu, Q'dlet, 461, 483. Angola: banks cf the River 

 Ci;ango, Welwitsch, 410 ! Alto Queta, Welwitsch, 410b ! bank of the River Luinha, 

 1800 ft., Welwitsch, 411 ! 



Mozamb. Slstr. German East Africa : Mandcra, Sacleux, 1837 ! Dar-es- 

 Salaani, Kirk, 117! Stuhlmann, 7332 ! Holtz, 345! 936! Hedde, 28! Pangani, 

 Sluhlmann, 1H5 ! Ngeiegere, Bnsse, 3022 ! Kwa-Sisumbi, JBusse, 28i;3 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Lunda; Mukenge, Pogge, 1361! 1362! 

 Saukuru, Lede^mann, 45! Eala, Laurent, 844; Kiri, Laurent I various localities 

 along the Congo, Dew^vre, 588, 671, 727, 731a, 1027. 



2. H. grandis, Hutchinson in Keiv Bulletin, 1011, 184. A large 

 tree 80-160 ft. high; branches terete, covered with light grey bark; 

 young branchlets nearly glabrous, angular. Leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic 

 or ovate-lanceolate, shortly and obtu&ely acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 2i-4 in. long, |-2 in. broad, entire, membranous or thinly chartaeeous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 5-8 on each side, slightly 

 rnised below ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, slender, glabrous ; stipules minute. 

 Male and female flowers not known. Fruits broadly obovate or orbi- 

 cular, rather deeply emarginate, very shortly cuneate at the base, Ij- 

 1| in. long, l-l| in. broad; fruit body oblique to the axis, placed in 

 the lower half of the wings, obovate, about J in. long and 4 lin. broad ; 

 wings membranous, each about J in. broad in the middle, minutely and 

 sparingly puberulous, striately marked with numerous lines radiating 

 from the body of the fruit ; styles persistent, tomentose, nearly J in. 

 long; pedicels 4-5 lin. long, minutely and sparingly puberulous; stipfr 

 about 2 lin. long. 



