670 c\x[i. EuruoKBiAcE.*: (iiutciiinson). [J}I(esobotri/a. 



looped and reticulate near the margin ; tertiary nerves and veins lax, 

 scarcely conspicuous ; petiole ^-^2 in. long, channelled above, slightly 

 wrinkled at the apex ; stipules subulate, acute, subterete, glabrous. 

 Male racemes clustered, arising from the old wood, 2J-3-J in. long ; axis 

 grooved, puberulous ; flowers in fascicles ; pe<licels slender, about J lin. 

 long, puberulous ; bracts ovate, pubescent. Calyx deeply 5-G-partite ; 

 lobes ovate, subacute, pubescent and ciliolate. Disk-glands large and 

 fleshy, transversely ellipsoid, shortly pubescent. Stamens 5-G ; fila- 

 ments glabrous. Rudimentary ovary equalling the stamens, subpeltate, 

 shortly pubescent. Female racemes clustered, \)-'20 in each cluster, 

 arising from the older wood, 2|-4 in. long ; axis somewhat sulcate, 

 densely puberulous or tomentellous ; bracts minute; })edicels about 

 J lin. long, tomentellous. Calyx as in the male. Disk shortly cupular, 

 surrounding the base of the ovary, ciliolate. Ovary tomentose ; styles 

 bipartite, recurved, acute, subglabrous. Fruits ovoid-globose, 4-5 lin. 

 in diam., reddish-brown when dry, very sparingly pubescent, 2-4-celled. 

 Seeds usually solitary. — Fierardia grijfoniana, Baill. Adansonia, iv. 136. 

 Baccaurea (jriffoniana, jVIiill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 4G4. 



Kower Guinea. Gaboon: Klaine,^\b\ 1267! 1268! Griffon du Bell ay, 12Q. 



12. M. longipes, Hutchinson. A shrub or small tree 7-12 ft. 

 high ; branchlets terete, glabrous ; bnrk grey. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, acute at the base, 4-10 in. long, 

 1-2^ in. broad, entire, firmly membianous, glabrous and dull on both 

 surfaces ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, reticulate and fciintly looped 

 near the margin, slightly prominent on the lower surface only ; tertiary 

 nerves distant, subparallel, faint; veins scarcely visible ; petiole 1-2 in. 

 long, with a broad shallow groove on the upper side, glabrous ; stipules 

 lanceolate-subulate, setulose in a young state, soon falling ofl". Male 

 racemes about 2J in. long ; axis rather stout, sulcate, glabrous ; bracts 

 small, ovate, acute, glabrous ; pedicels about h lin. long, glabrous. Calyx- 

 lobes 5, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, J lin. long, scarcely J lin. broad, quite 

 glabrous and not ciliate. Disk-glands 5, contiguous, pubescent. Stamens 

 5 ; filaments at length long and exceeding the sepals ; anther-cells 

 parallel. Rudimentary ovary columnar or subobconic, entire, pubes- 

 cent. Female racemes lax, apparently arising from the okl wood, about 

 2h in. long when in fruit ; axis slightly flattened and grooved, very 

 minutely puberulous ; bracts about half the length of the pedicels, 

 subulate ; pedicels J lin. long, sparingly puberulous. Calyx-lobes 5, 

 strongly imbricate, triangular, subacute, J lin. long, minutely ciliolate. 

 Disk shortly cupular, ciliate. Ovary 2-celled, ovoid, sparingly setulose ; 

 style.s 2, very short, minutely bifid, sparingly setulose. Fruits with 

 a pedicel 1 lin. long, ellip.soid or obliquely ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, 2 lin. 

 in diam., glabrous except for a very few setulose hairs towards the 

 base, brownish-red when dry. — Antidesma longipes^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 XV. 520, not of Hook. f. 



XiOwer Guinea. Gaboon: ^lunda district; Sibange Farm, Soyaiix, 264! 

 400! 



