678 cxxii. EUPiioRBiAOEiE (hutchinson). [Dr]/])etes . 



ciliolate. Dijskcupular, densely tonieiitose. Ovary tomento^e ; stigmas 

 i), flat, closely adpressed to the top of the ovary, reniform, about IJ lin. 

 broad, their margins crenulnte. Frnit ovoid, entire, nearly ]J in. long, 

 a little over 1 in. in diam., pubescent ; exocarp h:ird, nearly 2 lin. thick ; 

 endocarp bony, | lin. thick, shining inside. Seeds as in JJ. pierreana. — 

 Cyclostemon verrucosus^ Pierre, Icon. 



Iso-wer Guinea. Gaboon : in the iieiglibourliood of Librevillo, Klaine, 2382 

 2482! 2589! 



3. D. magnistipula, Ihitchinson. A shrub?; bra nchlets glabrous 

 bark light grey, with numerous lenticels. Leaves elongate-obovate-oblong, 

 ncuminate, unequal and rounded on one side at the base, 12-14 in. long, 

 :5J_4l in. broad, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, margin 

 subentire or obscurely and remotely serrate ; lateral nerves 9-10 on each 

 side, slightly oblique, reticulate towards the margin, fairly distinct 

 below ; tertiaiy nerves reticulate, lax ; petiole 4-0 lin. long, glabrous 

 and more or less wrinkled ; stipules foliaceous, very large and imbricate, 

 1 J-2 in. long, | in. broad, rigidly membranous, with a distinct midrib 

 and lateral nerves, glabrous. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers 

 produced on the woody branches, sessile, about 4 lin. in diam. Sepals 4, 

 rounded-ovate, very obtuse, concave, yellowish. Disk annular, glabrous. 

 Ovary tomentose ; stigmas 2, reflexed, entire, thick, glabrous. — Cyclo- 

 steinonmaynistipnliLs, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 7G. 



Upper Guinea. Canierouiis : HipiiKlo, ZewA-er, 3367 ! 



4. D. Mildbrsedii, IlutcJiinson. A large shrub ; branches sub- 

 terete, glabrescent, covered with a light giey bark ; young branchlets 

 angular, puberulous. Leaves oblong or elliptic, abruptly acuminate, 

 subcuneate and slightly unequal at the base, 4-8 in. long, H-3 in. 

 broad, chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces except on the pubescent 

 midrib and lateral nerves, dull or slightly shining, margin entire or 

 minutely and remotely serrate ; lateral nerves G-H on each side, spread- 

 ii g and anastomosing towards the margin, slightly impressed above, 

 prominent below ; veins rather close and prominent below ; stipules 

 large, foliaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, | in. long, P)-4 lin. 

 broad, minutely puberulous ; petiole 2-4 lin. long, densely puberulous. 

 Flowers of both sexes produced on the two-year-cld branchlets or to- 

 wards the base of the young shoots ; pedicels very short, about 1 lin. 

 long, tomentellous. Male flowers : Sepals 4, suborbicular, 2 lin. in 

 diam., ciliate, sparingly puberulous on both sides. Stamens about 10; 

 filaments glabrous; anthers J lin. long. Disk fleshy, slightly lobed ; 

 lobes protruding between the filaments, hairy in the middle. Female 

 flowers : Sepals 4, a little larger than those of the male. Disk annular, 

 thick, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly bilobed, densely tomentose ; 

 stigmas flat and spreading, bifid, lobes crenulate. — Cydostemon M'dd- 

 brcedii, Pax in En«;l. Jahrb. xliii. oi8. 



Soutb Central. Ho'i,''iiiii Coiifjo : Niainniain ; by tbe Yum Kiver, Srhwein- 

 furth, 32C6! Itiui; Mokoko, Mildbraed, 2947! Kalondo, Mildhracd, 3033! 

 Ibulu, Mildbraed, 2988! Kasaiiira, Militbrued, 3090 I 



