894 cxxii. ECPHORDiACE.E (HUTCnixsoN). [Acalijpha. 



laciniato, segments filiform. Seeds ellipsoid, smooth, 1 lin. long, 

 } lin. in diam. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 834. Rlcinocarpus 

 ma?inicinus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 618. 



Upper Guinea. Cameioons: Cameroon Mountain, at 3000 ft., Mann, 1210 I 

 Yauiule, Zenker, 546 ! Buea, Preus-i, 614 ! 



18. A. nyasica, Hutchinson. Stems ascending or spreading, 

 woody towards the base, shortly pube.scent ; branches mostly slender, 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the base, 

 |-2 in. long, J-| in. broad, somewhat closely crenate-serrate, rigidly 

 membranous, adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces, becoming nearly 

 glabrous above with age, ')-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 

 (5-7 on each side, rai.sed on both surfaces; petiole about ^ in. long, 

 pubescent; stipules subulate, about 1| lin. long, nearly glabrous. 

 Flowers mondjcious. Male spikes axillary, solitary ; peduncle up to 

 H in. long, slender, sparingly pubescent. Buds glabrous. Female 

 ppikes terminal, solitary, subsessile, 1--J in. long, about ^ in. in diam. 

 Female bracts subreniform in outline when spread out, '^^ lin. long, 

 4 lin. broad including the teeth, deeply 16-20 -toothed, membranous, 

 nearly glabrous except on the teeth: teeth subulate, 1 lin. long, the 

 middle one much longer, pilose with whitish hairs, not glandular. 

 Sepals :?, ovate, small, very sparingly ciliate. Ovary deeply trilobed, 

 thinly pilose at the top, not glandular ; styles filiform, undivided, 

 IJ-L'i lin. long, free to the base, glabrous. Capsule deeply trilobed, 

 slightly pubescent at the top. Seeds ellipsoid, about 1 lin. long, smooth, 

 with a large membranous closely adpressed caruncle. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese East Africa: Likoma Islaiuls, in Lake Xyasii, 

 Johnson.' Britisli Central Africa: Xyasaland ; Xymkowa, 6500 ft., McClonnie, 

 25 ! near Nsessi River, Scotf ! 



10. A. polymorpha, Mall. Anj. in Jouru. Hot. 1864, oZb, partly. 

 Stems short, about 6 in. long, arising from a woody rhizome, pubescent. 

 Leaves subsessile, lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, very slightly narrowed to 

 the ba.se, 1^-2 in. long, | in. broad, serrate, rigidly coriaceous, setulose- 

 pubescent, especially on the midrib and lateral nerves on both surfaces; 

 lateral nerves 7-'.) on each side, ascending, promiuent on both surfaces; 

 tertiary nerves rather faint, parallel; stipules linear, 3-3^ lin. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers very probably monoecious, the male not seen. 

 Female spikes shortly pedunculate, | — 1 in. long. Bracts lobed to 

 about the middle, pubescent or nearly glabrous outside, lobes subulate, 

 not glandular. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, ciliate. Ovary pubescent, 

 not glandular ; styles very shortly laciniate. Seeds smooth and 

 :*hining. — A. polymorpha., vars. eUiptica, sericea, and ohlongifolia, Miill. 

 Arg. I.e., and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 885 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 

 i. 077 ; De Wild, et Th. Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 47 ; 

 De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et ]VIoyen-Congo, ii. 284. Ricinocarpus 

 pohfuiorphus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 618. 



XiO^rer Oulnea. Lower Con2:o: Kisintu, Gillet ; Yindu, Vanderygt. 



