Drypetes.'] cxxii. EurnoRBiACE^. (tiutciiinson). 689 



somewhat lax, rather faint ; petiole stout, 3 lin. long, narrowly grooved 

 on the uppsr side, closely and transversely wrinkled, glabrous ; stipules, 

 very soon falling oii", evidently very small. Male llowers subsessile, 

 produced in clusters on the older branchlets ; bracts small, scaly, 

 glabrous or very shortly ciliate. Sepals 5, strongly imbricate, sub- 

 orbicular, outer ones coriaceous, inner membranous, shortly ciliate, 

 otherwise glabrous, about 3 lin. in diam. Stamens about 20 ; filaments 

 glabrous. Disk very slightly pubescent. — Cyclostemon sjnnoso-dentatuSy 

 Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xhii. 76. 



Upper Guinea. Camcroons : Bipindo, Z^«A:e/% 2328 ! 3398! 3398a; 3712! 



32. D. major, Uutchinson. A tree 10-20 ft. high ; branches sub- 

 terete, with a yellowish-grey bark, glabrous; young branchlets slightly 

 puberulous, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elongate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat rounded and slightly une(iual at the base, 

 4-10 in. long, 1^-3| in. broad, thinly coriaceous, repand -dentate or 

 denticulate, glabrous, brightly shining on the upper surface, duller 

 below; lateral nerves 9-10 on each side, spreading, looped and anasto- 

 mosiijg freely some distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces, 

 prominent below; veins somewhat lax; petiole 3 lin. long, deeply 

 grooved above, closely wrinkled, glabrous ; stipules linear, small, 

 scarcely 1 lin. long, pubescent, soon deciduous. Male flowers sub- 

 sessile or sessile, produced in clusters on the older wood ; bracts 

 puberulous. Sepals 5, suborbicular, 2 J lin. in diam., slightly coriaceous, 

 margin membranous and minutely ciliolate, otherwise glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Stamens numerous; anthers IJ lin. long. Disk flat, 

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

 filaments. — Cyclostemon major ^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 369. 



IVIozainb* Dlstr. German East Africa: Usambara; lower part of Mbalu 

 Mountain, 2600 ft., Engler, 1504! Mombo, Engler^ 3267! Zimmermann^ 945! 

 Eick, 75 ! Kilimanjaro, Uhlig, 1072 ! 1236 ! 



Imperfectly known species. 



33. D. euryodes, Hutchinson. A tree with the habit of Eurya^ 

 glabrous except the inflorescence ; branches and branchlets spreading, 

 rather slender. Leaves ovate-oblong, narrowly acuminate, somewhat 

 unequal, broad sCnd cordate at the base, 2-4 in. long, f-lj in. broad, 

 chartaceous, undulate and serrulate-crenulate on the margin, with 

 slender and not conspicuous venation ; stipules lanceolate, ciliate near 

 the apex. Male flowers not known. Female flowers axillary, yellowish, 

 subsessile. Sepals 5, rounded, 2-2J lin. in diam., densely and shortly 

 pubescent on both sides, shortly ciliate, coriaceous. Disk fleshy, un- 

 equally 5-lobed, shortly ciliate, lobes broad, obtuse. Ovary tomen- 

 tellous, \\ lin. long; styles short; stigmas thick, dilated, \ in. in diam. 

 — Cyclostemon euryodes, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 961. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Pnnf,'o Andongo ; wooded rocky parts of Barraiico 

 da Pedra Songue, Weltcitsch, 1268 1 



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