Ij7ypetes.\ cxx[i. liUPUoiiuiACKyE (iiutoiiinson). G87 



veins somewhat indistinct on both surfaces ; petiole 2 lin. long, densely 

 puberulous or almost tomentellous ; stipules subulate, about IJ lin. 

 long, densely pubescent, deciduous. Male and female fascicles produ(;ed 

 on the old wood ; pedicel of the male slender, J in. long, glabrous, 

 that of the fem ile a little stouter. Male fi nvers : Sepals suborbicular, 

 2 lin. in diam., thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, margin 

 minutely ciliolato. Stamens about 15, inserted around the disk ; anthers 

 I lin. long. Disk-folds slightly pubescent. Fema,le flowers : Sepals 

 more or less as in the male. Disk cupular, glabrous outside, mar<nii 

 pubescent. Ovary trilobed, densely tomentose ; stigmas spreading and 

 recurved, bilobed, lobes acuminate. Fruit trilobed, ellipsoid or obovoiJ, 

 IJ in. long, I in. in diam., pubescent. Seeds rather elongate-ellipsoid, 

 J in. long, 4 lin. broad ; testa shining, crustaceous. — Cydostemon 

 klainea7ius, Pierre, Icon, (not DryiMes Klainiit Pierre ex Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xliii. 219). 



Itower Guinea. (Jiiljoon : in tlie iiei<?lib()urhood of Libreville, Klaine, 572 ! 

 1241! 1426! 1811! 2191! 2239! 2786! 3232! 



27. D. ugandensiSy Hutchinson. A low tree with grey bark. 

 L3aves oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly unequal 

 and a little narrowed to the base, 4-fiJ in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, thinlv 

 coriaceous, glabrous and slightly shining on both surfaces ; lateral 

 nerves 0-7 on each side, diverging almost at right angles from the 

 midrib, much branched and fairly prominent ; veins lax, conspicuous 

 below; petiole Ij lin. long, finely wrinkled, glabrous; stipules soon 

 falling olf. Male fascicles produced on the old wood ; pedicel 4-G 

 lin. long. Flowers about 3J lin. in diam. Sepals 5, suborbicular, 

 glabrous. Stimeus numerous. Female flowers similar to the males. 

 Ovary globose ; stigmas dilated, retuse. Young fruits blackish, with 

 a hard pericarp. — Cydostemon ttgandensis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXX vii. 211. 



Nile Xiand. Uganda: Island of IJuviuna, in Lake Victoria, Bugahatve, 613! 



28. D. floribunda, Hutchinson, A small tree ; young branehleta 

 rather slender, puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, subcuneate at the base, 2J -4J in, long, 

 1-2 in. broad, rather rigidly membranous or slightly coriaceous, serrate, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, slightly shining above, dull below ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 on each side, distinct below, looped and anastomosing a 

 considerable distance from the margin ; veins close, distinct ; petiole 

 1-2 lin. long, densely puberulous ; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, 

 puberulous, very soon falling off. Male fascicles produced on the older 

 wood ; bracts very small ; pedicel very slender, glabrous, about 4 lin. 

 long. Sepals suborbicular, about \\ lin. in diam., thinly coriaceous, 

 shortly ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Stamens lO-lT). Disk glabrous. 

 Female flowers not known. — Cydostemon Jloribamhcs, Miill. Arg. in 

 Flora, 18G4, 532, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 484. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Idda, Barter, 16731 



