958 cxxii. EUPnoRBiACEiE (prain). [^Pycnocoma. 



obtuse, concave, densely adpiessed-silky externally ; pedicels slender, 

 thinly puberulous, J-J in. long, 1-3 to a bract. Male : Sepals usually 4, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, reflexed in flower, glabrous except at the tip 

 externally, J in. long. Stamens numerous ; filaments slender, J in. long. 

 Female: Sepals usually 4, ovate, acute, rather densely pubescent ex- 

 ternally, reflexed in flower, \ in. long. Ovary 3-celled, pubescent, each 

 cell with two short triangular horns ; styles 3, sparingly hirsute, connate 

 in their lower half. Capsule 3-coccous, 3-dymous, | in. across ; cocci 

 2-valved, closely and finely pubescent externally, each valve with a 

 projecting triangular subacute horn-like wing, 4 lin. long, 5-6 lin. deep. 

 Seeds globose, brown, J in. across. — De Wild. A: Durand, PI. Thonner. 

 Congol. 21, t. 12 ; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 280 ; 

 Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 498. P.trilobata, De Wild. Miss. 

 E. Laurent, 132, t. 38, and in Comp. de Kasiii, INIiss. Scient. 331 ; Th. 

 tk Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 4'.J8. F. lonyipes, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xliii. 324. 



Soutb Central. IJelgian Coiijifo: Equatorial Piov. ; Ikeleinba, Efukwa-Koinbe, 

 Laurent! li:infr:ila ; Moiigalla, Xgiili, Thonner, 95! Duchesne, 22! Likiini, 

 Malchair,S2\ Yambuya, on the Kivcr Aruwiiui, ia«r6«/, 1045 ! 1046! Mildhraed, 

 3293 ! Solheid, 63 ! Kasai ; Holongula on the Kiver Sankuru, Laurent ! lllongouga, 

 <b'a^n"M, Z61 ! Belo: hoXema., Jespersen,^ \ 



4. P. cornuta, Mlill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 483. Shrub, 2-6 ft. 

 high ; branches slender, woody. Leaves clustered at the ends of the 

 twigs, sessile, rather firmly chartaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, acute or 

 acuminate, narrowed from the upper third to the very acute base, 

 margin often denticulate in the upper third, 12-18 in. long, 3-4 in. 

 vade, glabrous and sparingly rai.sed-puticticulate on both surfaces. 

 Racemes peduncled, from the axils of the upper leaves ; rhachis usually 

 rather loosely pubescent ; bracts ovate, obtuse, concave, loosely grey- 

 silky externally ; pedicels sparingly pubescent, slender, J-J in. long, 

 1-3 to a bract. IVlale : Sepals 3, ovate-triangular, acute, pubescent 

 externally especially towards the tip, reflexed in flower, J in. long. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments slender, \ in. long. Female : Sepals 5, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, loosely silky externally especially in the upper 

 half, reflexed in flower, l^ in. long. Ovary 3-celled, densely velvety, 

 each cell with two long falcate dorsal horns; styles 3, rather densely 

 hirsute, connate in their lower third. Capsule 3-coccous, 3-dymous, 

 J in. across ; cocci 2-valved, closely finely velvety externally, each valve 

 with a projecting falcate horn-like wing, 3-4 lin. long, 2 lin. deep. 

 Seeds globose, brown, J in. across. — DC. Prodr. xv. ii. \)')\. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: without precise locality, Farmar, 424! 

 Southern Nigeriu : Lagos; Abeoknta, Barter, 3385! Canieroons : Johann- 

 Albrechtshoho, Buesf/en, 49! near Majiika, Buesgen, 405! Kube, Buesgen, 535! 

 Batanga, Dinklage, 996 ! Bodjo, Ledermann, 295 ! 



Very closely allied to P. macrojfhglla, Benth., but with usually more densely 

 jjubescent rhacliis, and iipi)arently always raised-puncticulate le ives ; the dorsal horns 

 on the ovary are twice as long iu this species as they are in F. macrophylla. 



