Bonaoc.] cxxxiv. scitaminejs (baker). 317 



at the base, glabrous on both sides ; sheaths glabrous, the lower 3-4 

 in. long ; thickened free apex of petiole, | in. long. Inflorescence of 

 two branches subtended at the base by large leaves ; sheaths cylindrical, 

 glabrous, J in. long; flowers in pairs, one nearly sessile, the other 

 pedicellate. Ovary silky. Sepals lanceolate, J in. long. Outer stami- 

 nodia obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit globose, shining, 

 2-seeded, glabrous, | in. diam. 



Ziower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda, Sibange Farm, margin of the forest, Soi/aux, 

 241! 



6. D. congensis, Schitmann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 439. Stems 

 tall, suflfruticose, glabrous, terete or flattened. Leaves oblique-oblong, 

 glabrous on both sides, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad ; cusp subulate, rather 

 eccentric; sheaths glabrous except the ciliate apex; thickened free 

 petiole pubescent on the face. Inflorescence little branched, terminal, 

 subtended at the base by a large leaf ; bracts above J in. long. Flowers 

 small, yellow. Ovary silky. Sepals lanceolate-oblong, acute, \-l in. 

 long. Petals oblong, acute. Outer staminode oblong, acute. Fruit 

 pubescent, oblique, 2-seeded. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Lower Congo : Msuata, Bueitner, 547 ; forest at Zenze, 

 Laurent. 



South Central. Lunda : Bashilange ; Mukenge, in forest, Fogge, 1451. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



7. D. ugandensiSy Schitmann in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 150. Stems 

 moderately stout. Leaves oblong, grey-green, 4-G in. long, 2-3.^ in. 

 broad above the base ; cusp eccentric ; nodes and sheaths glabrous ;" the 

 latter 4-5 in. long ; free petiole J-J in. long. Branches of the panicle 

 }, ft. long ; peduncles and pedicels moderately stout ; bracts cylindrical, 

 glabrous, 1\ in. long. Flowers J in. long. Ovary silky. Fruit globose, 

 2-seeded. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Uganda ; Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7390 ! 

 Manyonyo, Stulilmann, 1390. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Ibangiro, Stuhlmann, 896 ! 



f^. D. leucantha, Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 43G. Stem 9-12 

 ft. long, stramineous, glabrous, except the nodes, which are finely 

 pubescent. Leaves oblong, moderately firm, glabrous, 4-8 in. long, 2-3 

 in. broad, rounded at the base, not variegated ; cusp ^-1 in. long, very 

 eccentric; sheaths glabrous, 2-4 in. long; thickened free tip of petiole 

 under 1 in. long. Inflorescence copiously panicled, erect ; lower branches 

 subtended by large leaves; sheaths cylindrical, glabrous, 1-1 A in. long; 

 flowers in pairs, whitish, one nearly sessile, the other on along pedicel. 

 Ovary densely hairy. Sepals lanceolate, \ in. long. Outer staminodia 

 obovate, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit globose, glabrous, J in. diam., 

 usually 2-seeded. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroons : near Barombi, Preuss, 354 ! Nortli bank of 

 Elephant Lake, Preuss, 495 ! 



