Protoniegabaria.] cxxii. euphoubiace.e (uutchinson). 657 



and lateral nerves beneath ; lateral nerves 10-17 on each side, diverging 

 from the midrib at an angle of 45°, looped and branched near the 

 margin, prominent only on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves ]iarallel. 

 rather slender ; veins scarcely visible ; petiole 1 J-2 in. long, swollen and 

 wrinkled at the top, glabrous ; stipules not seen, soon falling oft'. Male 

 racemes about 2 J in. long ; axis sulcate, glabrous ; outer bract ovate- 

 rotundate, slightly ciliate ; inner bract in the shape of a cup enclosing 

 the three closely packed flowers whilst in bud, central flower over- 

 topping the two others ; bracteoles at the base of each pedicel ovate, 

 ciliate and pubescent ; pedicels short. Sepals 5, oblong, inflexed and 

 fringed at the apex. Stamens 5 ; filaments about half as long as the 

 sepals. Disk-glands 5, large and fleshy, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary 

 bipartite, segments slightly papillose towards the apex. Female racemes 

 about 1 J in. long ; axis sulcate or angular, glabrous ; bracts ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, Ij lin. long, J lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous. 

 Sepals 5, one smaller than the rest, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, 

 coriaceous, glabrous on both sides. Disk adnate to the base of the 

 sepals, glabrous. Ovary slightly trilobed, glabrous ; styles 3, free to 

 the base, at first erect, at length recurved, bifid or bilobed, glabrous. 

 Capsule subglobose or oblong-ellipsoid, IJ-lJ in. in diam., septicidal, 

 exocarp partially splitting from each end into six pieces, the cocci falling 

 away and leaving the persistent central axis ; exocarp crustaceous, thin ; 

 endocarp horny, nearly J lin. thick. Seeds not seen. — Megabaria obova- 

 tum, Pierre ex Hutchinson in Hook. Ic. PI. sub t. 21)29. Mcesobotrya 

 stapjlana, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Ivi. Mem. viii. 121. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Malamalasso, Chevalier, 16249 \ Gold Coast: 

 Eastern Akim ; Kankan, Johnson, 596 ! Kwaliu district, Thompson, 92 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon: in the neighbourhood of Libreville, Klaine (coll. 

 Aug. 1897 and 1898, May 1899, and Jan. 1902), 575 ! without date, 2314 ! 



2. P. macrophylla, Hutchinson in Hook. Ic. PI, sub t. 2929. 

 A small tree about 20 ft. high ; branchlets stout, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic or elongate-obovate, shortly acuminate, slightly rounded 

 at or narrowed to the base, 7-15 in. long, 2-3J in. broad, rather 

 rigidly chartaceous, entire, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 

 10-20 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45"^, looped 

 and branched near the margin, prominent only on the lower surface ; 

 tertiary nerves subparallel, rather faint ; petiole l\-^^ in. long, swollen 

 and slightly wrinkled at the apex, glabrous ; stipules net seen, evidently 

 soon falling ofi'. Male inflorescences solitary or geminate, 4-5 in. long ; 

 axis angular or deeply sulcate, glabrous ; outer bract broadly ovate, J lin. 

 long, glabrous ; intermediate bract cupular as in 1\ stajjfiana, innermost 

 bracts obovate or oblanceolate, membranous, margin minutely ciliolate ; 

 pedicels very short, glabrous. Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous outside, 

 very sparingly pilose within towards the base. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 short. Disk-glands 5, large and fle^-hy, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary 

 very short, columnar, entire, glabrous. Female inflorescences as in the 

 male. Flowers solitary in the axil of each bract, with two connate brac- 

 teoles at the middle of the pedicel ; bracts ovate, obtuse, J lin. long, 



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