684 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [JJrypetes. 



the younger bianchlets ; pedicel stout, swollen towards the top, rusty - 

 tomentellous, about 3 lin. long. Sepals ovate, 2 Hn. long, rusty- 

 tomentellous outside. ])isk cupular, deeply crenate, thin, glabrous, 

 about J lin. high. Ovary 2-celled, villous-tomontose, 1| lin. in diam. ; 

 styles 2, linear, swollen and bifid at the apex, IJ Hn. long, glabrous. 

 — Cyclostemon occidentalism Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 517, and in DC 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 481 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 280. 

 Upper Guinea. Fernando To, Mann, 1158 ! 



19. D. inaequalis, Hutchinson. Young branchlets yellowish- 

 pubescent, anejular. Leaves ses-ile, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acutely 

 caudate-acuminate, very unequal-sided at the base, one side rounded, 

 the other narrowed to the base, 2-4^ in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, 

 chartaceoiis, glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib and lateral 

 nerves, which are more or less pilose on the lower surface, margin 

 sharply serrjite ; lateral nerves 5-G on each side, anastomosing freely 

 well within thfe margin, slightly impressed above, prominent below ; veins 

 somewhat close, raised below ; stipules small, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, pubescent, 1 J lin. long. Male flowers not known. Female flowers 

 axillary, solitary on the young brnnchlets. Sepals 5, ovate-orbicular, 

 yeliow-tomentose. Disk densely yellow-pilose. Fruit ovoid-globose, 1 in. 

 long, about | in. in diam., densely yeliow-tomentose ; stigmas spreading, 

 flat, erenate. — Cyclostemon leonensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 280. 



Upper Guinea. Siorra Lconc: Niiiia, Tallu Hills, SvottElliot, 4895! and 

 witliout pncise locality, Afzelius 1 



20. D. Principum, Hutchinson. A small tree ; branchlets spar- 

 ingly pubescent when quite young, soon becoming glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, very shortly acuminate, subacute 

 and slightly unequally-sided at the base, 3J-7J in. long, 1 J-3 in. broad, 

 1 epand-denticulate in the upper third, rigidly membranous, glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; lateral nerves G-9 on each side, looped and reticulate 

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

 forming a somewhat close network ; petiole 2-l> lin. long, wrinkled, 

 glabrescent ; stipules subulate, scarcely 1 lin. long, hirsute, soon falling 

 off. Male fascicles in the axils of the leaves of the young branchlets, 

 3-6-flowered ; bracts very small, pubescent ; })edicel 2 lin. long, 

 minutely puberulous. Sepals 4, suborbicular, 2 lin. in diam., margin 

 rather densely ciliate, minutely puberulous outside, adpres.^ed-pubescent 

 inside. Stamens 8-10; filaments glabrous, as long as the sepals. 

 Disk small, nearly glabrou.s, except in the centre, which is long-pilose. 

 Female fascicles produced from the old wood ; flowers shortly pedicellate. 

 Sepals as in the male. Disk thin, cupular, crenulate at the top, 

 glabrous towards the outside, with a line of dense hairs towards the 

 base of the ovary. Ovary densely villous ; stigmas sessile, flat, semi- 

 circular, entire, glabrous on the upper surface. — Cyclostepium Principum, 

 Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 531, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 483 ; Pax in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 279. 



Iiower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 11361 



