704 cxxii. KUPHORiJiAci:.K (iiUTCiiiNSox). [rht/lla/Uhas. 



I'nyoio, Uganda, represents a species evidently very closely allied to P. p/it/socarpus. 

 Tlio i-iipsnles are very lar^^e (l\ in. in diani.)> •'V'd the seeds, aklumgli very siinilnr, are 

 not »inite identical, the jjortion near the middle on the ventral side not being con- 

 tnutedas in that species. It may possibly be P. polyanthus, Pax, which I have 

 not seen. 



] 1 . P, profusus, N. E. Br. in Journ. TAnn. Soc. xxxvii. 1 1 3. 

 Branches subterete, woody, glabrous; flowering branchlets produced in 

 fascicles in the axils of a sterile branchlet, up to 8 in. long, slightly- 

 flattened. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acutely acuminate, rounded 

 or slightly cuneate at the ba.se, 1-3 in. long, |-1 J in. broad, chartaceous, 

 <dabrous on b(jth surfaces, paler below ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, 

 looped and branched about half-way between the midrib and margin, 

 very slightly raised below; petiole 1 lin. long, glabrous; stipules small, 

 sli'ditly oblique, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male flowers very numerous, 

 fasciculate on crowded br;inchlets produceil from the axil or a little 

 nbove the axil of a sterile branch, whitisli or pale green ; pedicel very 

 slendei', up to 4 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 4, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 

 1 lin. long, \ lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 4, rounded 

 and sli«fhtly fleshy, faintly pitted. Stamens 4 ; fllaments free ; anthers 

 dehiscing at tlie side. b'einale fl<nvers not known. — Stapf in Johnston, 

 Lil)eiia. ii. (MS. 



Upper Guinea. Lil)eria : Siiioc H;isin, Whyfe! within a radius of 20 miles 

 from Kakatown, Wlii/lf! 



\'l. P. Tessmannii, IliitcJimsou. branches subterete, covered with 

 :i »ri-eyish-l)iown luik ; leafy bianchlets rather deeply grooved or angular, 

 •dabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, shortly and gradually acumi- 

 nate or obtuse, truncate or subcuneatc at tb«> base, 1|-1 in. long, |-2 in. 

 broad, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, pallid l>elow ; lateral 

 nerves 7-'.> on each side, looped and freely anastomosing well within the 

 niarii^in, slightly raised below; veins slender, rather lax, distinct on the 

 lower surface; petiole 1-1 J Hn. long, subterete, glabrous; stipules 

 oblong-spathulate, J-1^ lin. long, soon deciduous, margin jagged or 

 frin<^ed in the upper part. Male racemes of fascicles leafless, or slightly 

 leafy toward the top, very slender, produced in clusters on the older 

 wood, about 3 J in. long; axis of each raceme glabrous; bracts spathu- 

 late, J lin. long, slightly 4-5-lobed and fringed in the upper half. 

 Sepals 4-5, ovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, membranous, 

 with a distinct slender midrib and lateral nerves. Disk-glands 5, sub- 

 crbicular, fleshy, smooth or very slightly pitted. Stamens 4 ; filaments 

 (piite free to the base ; anther-cells distinct, parallel, dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally. Female flowers not known. — P. yracilipes, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xlv. 235, not of Miill. Arg. 



Iiower Guinea. Island of St. 'i'honias : south-west district, Chevalier, I4i62'i\ 

 Spanish Ciuiiiea: Campo region, Tessmann, 110 \ 925! 940 A ! 



13 P. meruensis, /'ax in F.iujl. Jahrb. xv. 526. A -shrub ; branches 

 atigular, glabrous; flowering branchlets up to 4 in. long, angular or 

 narrowly winged, smooth. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, slightly 

 narrowed to both end:>> mucronate, 4-7 lin. long, 2-4 lin. broad, mem- 



