662 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE.E (hutchinson). [Thecacoris. 



7. T, gymnogyne, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 20. A shrub or 

 small tree; branches pubescent. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, 

 cuspidate-acuminate, narrowed to the base, 4-9 in. long, 1 J-'H in. broad, 

 membianous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 8-11 on each side, looped, pro- 

 minent below, loops extending to within 3 lin. of the margin ; veins very- 

 lax ; petiole very stout, 1-2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent : stipules 

 lanceolate, acute, about twice as long as the petiole. Male inflorescence 

 2J-3 in. long, pubescent ; bracts lanceolate, acute, ciliate, J lin. long. 

 •Sepals suborbicular, ciliate. Petals minute. Disk-segments densely 

 pilose. Rudimentary ovary glabrous, truncate. Female inflorescence up 

 to 5 in. long ; pedicels | lin. long, densely pubescent ; bracts triangular, 

 acute, ciliate. Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals minute. Disk densely 

 pilose. Ovary globose, glabrous ; styles short, bifid, glabrous. Fruits 

 trilobed, about 8 lin. in diam., glabrous ; lobes rounded or very slightly 

 keeled; styles persistent; pedicels in fruit about 4 lin. long, pubescent. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Bipincle, Z6«A;e/-, 1642 ! 1788! 2276! 2276a! 

 3021! 3231! 35!)6! 3783! Kbea Falls, Z>i/zA-%e, 233. Gross Batangn, Dm^/a.V?, 

 1024 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Klaine, 1998 ! 



8. T. manniana. Mull. Arg. in DC. Prudr. xv. ii. 24 G. A tree 

 40 ft. high ; bark greyish and somewhat sulcate when dry, glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic or slightly obovate-elliptic, somewhat rounded at both 

 ends, 4-7 in. long, 2J-4J in. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous and 

 somewhat dull on both sides; lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, looped, 

 eliglitly grooved above, rounded and elevated below ; veins lax, not 

 prominent ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, very stout, slightly wrinkled, glabrous 

 or minutely puberulous when young. Male flowers in short axillary 

 isim{)le or forked spikes or racemes, sessile or on pubescent pedicels up 

 to \\ lin. long; bracts ovate, acute, membranous, ciliate. Sepals ovate, 

 subacute, J lin. long, ciliate. Petals lanceolate, ciliate towards the 

 apex, nearly as long as the sepals. Disk consisting of 5 distinct seg- 

 ments opposite the petals; segments fleshy, villous in the upper part. 

 Stamens 5 ; filaments free, inserted between the segments of the disk ; 

 anthers suborbicular. Rudimentary ovary fles'hy, truncate, annular 

 and scarcely lobed, sparingly pubescent. Female racemes 1-2^ in. long; 

 bracts small, ovate, acute, about \ lin. long, pubescent; pedicels 1^-2 

 lin. long, spre iding, rather densely pubescent. Sepals ovate-triangular, 

 subacute, J lin. long and broad, rather sparingly rusty-puberulous on 

 the outside. Petals obovate, acute, ciliate in the upper half, | lin. lonjj. 

 Staminodes small, subulate, opposite the sepals. Disk fleshy, thick, 

 densely rusty-pubescent. Ovary depressed-globose, pubescent ; styles 

 spreading, nearly glabrous, minutely bifid at the apex. Capsule oblong- 

 ellipsoid, 7 lin. long, about 5 lin. in diam. ; exocarp glabrescent, thin ; 

 endocarp yellowish-white, horny, about h lin. thick. Mature seeds not 

 seen. — Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 158. Antidesma numnianum, Miill. 

 Arg. in Flora, 1864, 519. 



IiOwer Guinea. Peak of the Island of St. Tliomas, J\rayin, ]073! MoUer, 

 122! 124! Quititas, 12^1 124a! 126! Eolas bhiiid, Q;a«^a^, 162 ! 



