Thecacoris.] cxxii. EUPiiORBiACEit: (hutchinson). 659 



Ovary quite glabrous 7. T. gymnogyne. 



**Leaves more or less rounded at both ends or slightly 



obtusely pointed at the apex . . . . . 8. jT. manniana. 



1. T. stenopetala, Midi. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 246. A shrub ; 

 branches puberulous when young, at length glabrous ; bark grey or 

 greyish-brown. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, acuminate, cuneate 

 at the base, 3i-6J in. long, IJ-SJ in. broad, acumen J-j in. long, sub- 

 acute, membranous, glabrous and somewhat dull on both surfaces ; 

 lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, looped, slightly raised below ; veins lax ; 

 petiole 2-d lin. long, stout, slightly wrinkled, minutely puberulous or 

 glabreseent. Male spikes slender, almost 2 in. long ; bracts acute from 

 a broad base, densely pubescent. 8epals suborbicular, ciliate. Petals 

 oblanceolate, subterete, ciliate at the apex. Disk-segments thick, 

 sparingly pubescent. Anther -cells distinct. Rudimentary ovary 

 truncate, entire, very sparingly pubescent. Female racemes ^-"6 in. 

 long ; bracts lanceolate, acute, 2 lin, long, pilose on the outside, ciliate. 

 Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals lanceolate, ciliate in the upper part. 

 Disk short, sparingly pilose. Ovary subglobose, glabrous ; styles connate 

 at the base, tripartite, glabrous. Fruit trilobed, about 2J lin. in diam., 

 glabrous; pedicels in fruit 3 lin, long, minutely pubescent. — Pax in 

 Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 159. Antides7na stenopetalum^ Mlill. Arg. in Flora, 

 1864, 520. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel, 228 ! 



Jkower Guinea. Princes Island, 3Iann ! Island of St. Thomas ; Monte 

 Cafe, 4000 ft., Moller Sf Quintas. 



A specimen collected by Dinklage, 1939, near the River Ces«, in Grand Biissa,. 

 Liberia, seems to be a form of this species. The leaves are more narrowed towards 

 the base than those of the type. 



2. T. Batesii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 58. A small 

 shrub about 2 ft. high ; branches glabrous. Leaves obovate, acutely 

 acuminate, more or less cuneate at the base, 3-5 in. long, 1 J-2^ in. broad, 

 membranous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 5-6 on 

 each side, looped, slightly raised below, loops 2-3 lin. distant from the 

 margin; veins lax, inconspicuous; petiole stout, 2-3 lin. long, glabrous 

 or only minutely puberulous above ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 acute, 2J lin. long, glabreseent or minutely puberulous when young. 

 Male spikes scarcely over | in. long, glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, acute, 

 shortly ciliate. Sepals suborbicular, minutely ciliate. Petals lanceolate, 

 very acute. Disk-glands truncate, fleshy, glabrous or minutely and 

 sparingly puberulous. Rudimentary ovary obconic, truncate, entire, 

 glabrous. Young-female flowers not seen. Fruit trilobed, nearly 4 lin. 

 in diam., glabrous ; cocci obtuse. Seeds 2 lin. long, more or less flattened 

 on one side, dark brown, shining; pedicels in fruit stout, 2 J lin. long, 

 minutely puberulous ; bracts ovate, acute, almost 2 lin. long, ciliate. — 

 T. gymnogyne, var. reticulata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 21. 



Upper Guinea. Caiueroons : bush along the path from the liatanga Missiuu 

 to Bongahela, Bates, 1741 Ebea Falls, Dinklage, 204! 



