054 cxxii. eupuohbiacea: (hutciiinsok). [Cyathvgyne 



cuneate at the bape, \-\ in. lonjr, 3-5 lin. broad, membranous, entire, 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves and veins not or hardly visible ; petiole, 

 stipules and inflorescence as in P. spathidi folia. Calyx-lobes 5, oblong, 

 obtuse, ciliate, membranous. Disk-glands oblong or obconic, pilose in 

 the upper half. Rudimentary ovary columnar, expanded and fleshy at 

 the top, glabrous. Filaments flattened, thin, glabrous. Female flower* 

 not known. 



Mozamb. Bistr. German East Africa : Usamb:ira ; in mixed open forest on 

 tlie Mssindjewe Kiver, Busse, 1042! 



3, C. Dewevrei, Pax in De Wild, d: Durand^ Cantr. Fl. Congo,. 

 i. 49. Leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, acuminate, acute at the base, 

 lJ-2 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, membranous, "margin repand, subre- 

 volute " (Pax) ; petiole 2 lin. long ; stipules linear, equalling the petiole. 

 Male flowers not known. Female racemes J-J in. long ; axis pilose ; 

 pedicels short ; bracts persistent, small. Sepals H, oblong, acute. Ovary 

 3- or 4-celled ; styles very thick, linear, shortly bifi^d. — Pax in De Wild. 

 & Dnrand, Reliq. Dewevr. 207. 



South Central. Belginn Congo: Eastern Province; Wnbundii, Detvevre, 

 1142. 



4. C. viridis, Midi. Ary. in Flora, 18G4, 53G. A herb about 1 ft. 

 high, erect from a perennial rhizome ; stem hard, usually unbranched, 

 glabious or with a few crisped hairs. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 

 very shortly and obtusely acuminate, narrowed to an acute base, lJ-5 

 in. long, %--\ in. broad, subentire or the margin undulate and very 

 minutely denticulate, papery, glabrous or nearly so on both surfaces, 

 midrib pubescent below ; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side, looped near 

 the margin, inconspicuous on both surfaces ; veins very lax, scarcely 

 visible ; petiole 2-5 lin. long, pubescent ; stipules subulate or almost 

 filiform, acute, about 2 lin. long, pubescent. Male racemes geminate 

 on an axillary peduncle ; peduncle about ^ in. long; racemes about 

 j in. long ; axis puberulous ; bracts about \ lin. long, acute ; pedicels 

 very short. Calyx-lobes 5, obovate, about J lin. long, membranous, 

 ciliolate and sparingly pubescent. Anthers parallel and attached at 

 the top, pendulous in bud, afterwards spreading almost at right angles. 

 Disk-glands fleshy, pilose. Rudimentary ovary large, funnel-shaped, 

 glabrous. Female racemes about 1 in. long, few-flowered ; axis and 

 bracts as in the male ; pedicels about 1 lin. long, tomentellous. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate, subacute, spreading, pubescent. Disk annular, crenulate,. 

 sparingly pubescent. Ovary pubescent or nearly glabrous ; styles 

 distinct, thick, glabrous, very shortly bifid. Capsule trilobed, 4 lin. in 

 diam., shortly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Seeds rounded on the 

 back, Ij lin. long, faintly many-striate, shining. — Miill. Arg. in DC. 

 P. odr. XV. ii. 226 ; Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1278 ; De Wild. & Durand, 

 PI. Thonner. Congol. 21 ; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, 

 ii. 268. 



Jtower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Coiisco Bay, Mann, 1868! Gaboonr 



