Drt/petes.] cxxii. eupuokbiace.e (uutchinson). 683 



above, prominent below ; veins very lax, raised on the lower surface ; 

 petiole stout, 2-5 lin. long, slightly wri>ikled, glabrous ; stipules small, 

 (le(5iduous. Male flowers fasciculate and axillary on the young branch- 

 lets and also on the older wood ; pedicel rather slender, o lin. long, 

 very sparingly puberulous. Sepals 4, broadly imbricate, ovate-elliptic, 

 obtuse, l\ lin. long, 1 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent outside, margin 

 shortly ciliate, pilose within. Disk small, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; tila- 

 ments 1 lin. long, stout, glabrous; anthers nearly | lin. long, glabrous. 

 Female flowers: pedicel | in. long, puberulous, becoming stouter and 

 reaching \\ in. when in fruit. Sepals as in the male, but sparingly 

 puberulous outside. ])isk annular, thick, entire, glabrous. Ovary 

 ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, IJ lin. in diam., glaucous, glabrous; stigmas 

 sessile, cushion-shaped, entire, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, nearly 1 lin. 

 long, 7 lin. in diam., glabrous. — Cyclostemon glaber. Pax in 15olet. Sec, 

 Brot. X. 157. 



Xiower Guinea. Isle of St. Tliomas, Quintas, 132! Ilolas Islaiul, Quintas, 

 131! 



17. D. Dinklagei, Hutchinson. A small tree, 12-20 ft. high; 

 branches somewhat flexuous, glabrescent and subterete when older, 

 hirsute and somewhat angular when young. Jjeaves oblong or oblong- 

 elliptic, rarely lanceolate, somewhat caudate-acuminate, cuneate or 

 somewhat obtuse and slightly unequal at the base, G-10 in. long, 

 l|-3 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, entire, glabrous on both surfaces 

 except on the midrib and lateral nerves, which are puberulous below ; 

 lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, ascending, elongated and running 

 parallel with the margin, slightly impressed above, prominent below ; 

 veins somewhat lax, distinct below ; petiole 4-G lin. long, rather stout, 

 hirsute ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, about ?> lin. long, adpressed-hirsute, 

 deciduous. Male flowers in axillary clusters on the young branchlets 

 and also on the older parts of the branchlets from which the leaves 

 have fallen, sessile or subsessile. Sepals 4, suborbicular, 1| lin. in 

 diam., shortly pubescent on both sides, ciliate. Stamens 8 ; tilaments 

 glabrous; anthers J lin. long. Disk thick, lobed, densely hairy in the 

 middle. — Cyclostemon Uinklagei, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 520. 



Upper Guinea. Camerooiis: 13atang«, Binklage, 798! Lolodorf, Standi, 

 143 ! iJcbai, Tessmann, 550 ! 



18. D. occidentalis, Hutchinson. A tree about 20 ft. high ; 

 branchlets densely rusty-puberulous or tomentellous, deeply grooved. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, more or less caudate- 

 acuminate, rounded and slightly unequal at the base, 4-6^ in. long, 

 \\-d in. broad, ■ thinly coriaceous, coarsely crenate-serrate, rusty- 

 puberulous on both surfaces when quite young, at length glabrous and 

 shining on the upper ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, distinct below, 

 looped and faintly reticulate towards the margin ; tertiary nerves faint 

 and subparallel ; petiole stout, ;3-5 lin. long, densely rusty-tomenlellous ; 

 stipules lanceolate, rusty-tomentellous, 8 lin. long, soon falling off. Male 

 flowers nut knowu. Female flowers axillary, bolitary or subsolitary on 



