J)ri/petes.] cxxii, EuruoiiBiACE/E (hutchinson). 679 



T). D. glomerata, Ifotchinson. A sl»rub about 20 ft. high ; brancli- 

 lets terete, glabrous; bark grey. Leaves obloiig-elli[)tic, sliortly acumi- 

 nate, une(|ual-sicled at the base, sul)cuneate, 7-1) in, long, 2}^-^^ in. broaH, 

 coriaceous, margin entire or undulate, glabrous and somewhat dull on 

 both surfaces; lateral nerves 7-1) on each side, distinctly looped and pro- 

 minent below ; tertiary nerves and veins very lax ; petiole J-| in. loi:g, 

 glabrescent, longitudinally wrinkled ; stipules soon deciduous. Male 

 fiowers subsessile in clusters in the axils of the leaves of the young 

 branchlets ; bracts very small, pubescent ; pedicel very short, scarcely 

 J lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 4-5, green, strongly imbricate, rounded, 

 about ]^ lin. in diam., coriaceous, shortly ciliate, minutely puberulous 

 outside, shortly and adpressed-pubescent within. Stamens 1) ; atjthers 

 subsessile. Disk glabrous. — Gyclostemon (jlomeratus, Miill.Arg. in Flora, 

 18G4, 532, and in 1)0. Prodr. xv. ii. 485 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 

 278. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 278 ! 



6. D. similiSy Ilutchinson. A tree ; branchlets terete, covered 

 with a grey bark, glabrous. Leaves large, oblong-elliptic, shortly 

 pointed, cuneate or subobtuse at the base, 12-14 in. long, 8J-5 in. 

 broad, coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 

 8-9 on each side, spreading or ascending, branched near the margin, 

 slightly impressed above, prominent below ; veins very lax, slightly 

 raised on the lower surface ; petiole thick, \ in. long, glabrous j stipules 

 subpersistent, lanceolate, obtuse, 4-6 lin. long, very thick, sometimes 

 nearly subterete, glabrous. Male flowers produced from the older parts 

 of the branchlets ; pedicel about 2 lin. long, rather stout, angular or 

 sulcate, glabrous. Sepals 5, rarely 4, oblong-oblanceolate, 1 J lin. long, 

 I lin. broad, coriaceous, toothed in the upper part, glabrous. Stamens 

 4 or 5, inserted around the disk ; filaments rather thick, glabrous ; 

 anthers rounded, J lin. long. Disk in the centre of the flower, saucer- 

 shaped, thick, undulate, glabrous. Female flowei-s few together or sub- 

 solitary towards the ends of the branchlets ; pedicel stout, at length 

 about -|- in. long when in fruit, glabrous. Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse, 

 nearly 2 lin. long, coriaceous, glabrous. Disk thick, annular, glabrous. 

 Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous ; style short; stigmas rounded, entire. Fruits 

 ellipsoid, about J in. long and 5 lin. in diam. Mature seeds not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: \V\\mii\e, Zenker, Z\M\ 3527! 3721! Ileudi 

 Ledermami, 654 ! 



7. D. bipindensis, Ilutchinson. k. shrub or small tree 1 8-20 ft. 

 high ; branchlets slender, subterete, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, subcuueate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1;^- 

 1 J in. broad, rigidly papery, entire, glabrous on both surfaces, shining 

 on the upper; lateral nerves G-7 on each side, looped and reticulate 

 some distance from the margin, prominent on the lower surface only ; 

 veins lax, distinct below ; petiole very short, about 1 J lin. long, glabrous ; 

 stipules lanceolate-fnlcate, subncute, 3-4 lin. long, al out \\ lin. broad, 

 pub^ruloas when young. Male flowers fasciculate in the axils of the 



