(jg(5 cxxii. EUPiioKDiACE.t: (iiutciiinson). [Drt/peies. 



24. D. usambarica, IlutcJiinson, A large forest tree, U)0-:i()O ft. 

 hif'h, with horizontally spreading branches ; branchlets somewhat angular 

 or subterete, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 gradually acuminate to the obtuse apex, cuneate and unequal at the 

 base 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, aubcoriaceous, entire or undulate, 

 <ylabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves about' 7 on each side, spreading, 

 looped and anastomosing some distance from the margin, distinct on 

 both surfaces, especially below ; veins somewhat close and distinct on 

 both surfaces ; petiole 1-2 J lin. long, pubescent ; stipules small, deci- 

 duous. Male fascicles produced on the old wood ; pedicel J-| in. 

 long, slender, glabrous. Sepals r>, suboibicular, 2 lin. in diam., coria- 

 ceous, glabrous on both surfaces, margin minutely ciliolate. Stamens 

 10, inserted outside the disk; anthers IJ lir.- long. Disk fleshy, flat, 

 glabrous, undulately lobed, lobes protruding between the bases of the 

 tilaments. Female flowers not known. — Cyclostemon nsamharkus, Pax 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 271). 



Mozaznb.' I>istr. (lonnan Kiist- Afiica: Usiiiiil):irn ; Sjikare, Busse, 350! 

 JIollz, 702 ! y///c// ; in the evoi-<,'re(n forest, Enrjltr, 1008a ! Kwai, Alhers, 21 ! 

 Ukinga, Goetze, 1205! 



25. D. Preussii, llatcliinHon. A tree, 12-20 ft. high ; young 

 branchlets densely hirsute, subterete. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic or 

 cb!oi;g-elliptic, caudate acuminate, subcuneaie or slightly rounded at 

 the base, 2-|-G in. long, tliinly chartaceous, senate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces except on the pubescent midrib below; lateral nerves ()-7 on each 

 side, looped and anastomosing some distance from the margiu, slightly 

 impressed above, prominent below ; veins somewhat lax, not at all 

 prominent; petiole 2-1^) lin. long, den.sely pubescent; stipules subulate, 

 acute, 1?> lin. long, villous, deciduous. Male and female flowers pro- 

 duced in" clusters on the old wood ; male pedicel J in. long, glabrous, 

 female 3-4 lin. long. Male flowers : Sepals 5, orbicular, 2 lin. in 

 diam., coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, margin shortly ciliate. 

 Stamens about 1'); anthers J lin. long. Disk flat, fleshy, glabrous, 

 margin lobed, lobes protruding between the bases of the filaments. 

 Young female flowers not seen. Disk annular, entire, glabrous. Fruits 

 3-celled, trilobed, ellipsoid, | in. long, 7 lin. in diam., glabrous ; stigmas 

 spreading and recuived, oblinuely lanceolate. — Cyclostemon Preussii, 

 Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 320. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : \iin\mih\, Treuss, 231 liiinndc, Zenker, 2257! 

 2257a ! 2839 ! 2850 ! Tibate, Ledermami, 2329 ! 



2G. D. pierreana, J/utchinson. A tree 20-25 ft. high ; branchlets 

 subterete, densely puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, caudate- 

 acuminate, subcuneate and very unequal at the base, 4-7 in. long, ^l^'S 

 in. broad, thinly coriaceous or chartaceous, denticulate in the upper 

 half, glabrous on both surfaces except on the pubescent midrib on tlie 

 lower side, slightly shining on the upi)er surface, dull below ; lateral 

 nerves about 9 on each side, spreading, looped and anastomosing some 

 distance from the margin, slightly impressed above, prominent below ; 



