Phrynium.'] cxxxiv. scitamine^ (baker). 323 



4. P. Hensii, Baker. Whole plant 5-G ft. long. Petiole long, 

 subradical ; cylindrical apical callus above 1 in. long ; blade oblong, 

 cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, rounded at the base, 9-10 in. 

 long, 4-5 in. broad. Panicle small, shortly pedunculate, produced from 

 the petiole some distance from the blade ; bracts linear-oblong, glabrous, 

 1-1 J in. long; peduncle shorter than the bract. Sepals lanceolate, 

 J in. long. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : woods at Bangala, 1000 ft., Hens, 140 ! 



T). P. velutinum. Baker. Whole plant 6 ft. high. Petiole long, 

 radical, with an apical callus 2-3 in. long ; leaf oblong, firm, glabrous, 

 acute, lJ-2 ft. long, 1 ft. broad low down. Inflorescence panicled, 

 arising from the petiole some distance below the blade ; branches 

 densely clothed with dark brown velvety pubescence ; bracts oblong- 

 spathulate, f-1 in. long, pubescent on the back and ciliated. Flowers 

 white, in sessile pairs on short velvety peduncles. Calyx \ in. long ; 

 sepals lanceolate, membranous. Corolla less than twice the length of 

 the calyx ; petals oblong, pubescent outside. Ovary globose. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Caraeroons : Efulen, at Forest Hill, Bates, 276 ! 



6. P. macrophylluxn, Baker. Whole plant 6-7 ft. high. Petiole 

 long, radical, with a very large apical callus ; leaf broadly oblong, firm, 

 glabrous, unequal-sided, 15-20 in. long, 7-10 in. broad, rounded 

 unequally at the base. Inflorescence panicled, arising from the petiole 

 some distance below the blade ; bracts ovate, subacute, glabrous ; 

 flowers in pairs on a peduncle J-J in. long. Calyx \ in. long. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminodia subulate. Fruit bright 

 red, globose, 3-seeded, J-| in. diam. Seeds irregularly rugose and 

 foveolate, J in. diam. — Phyllodes macrophyllum, Schumann in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 444. 



Upper Guinea. Togo, Saumann, 174 ! Cameroons : between Ninga village 

 and Kake, near Barombi, Preiiss, 382 ! 



7. P. Benthami, Baker. Whole plant 15 ft. high. Petiole very 

 long, subradical ; cylindrical apical callus 3 in. long ; leaf broadly 

 oblong, firm, glabrous, 15-18 in. long, 9-10 in. broad, much rounded 

 at the base. Panicle of two branches with peduncles 3-6 in. long 

 springing from the petiole a short distance below the blade ; internodes 

 of rhachis \-\ in. long ; bracts oblong-navicular, J-1 in. long ; peduncle 

 2-flowered, \ in. long. Fruit globose, 3-seeded, J in. diam. Seed J in. 

 long, with a smooth dorsal rib and cupular aril. — P. tuacrostachyum^ 

 Benth. Gen. PI. iii. 653 (not of Wallich). Phyllodes inacrostachyujn, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 445. 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Assin-Yan-Coomassie, Cummins, 206 ! Lagos, Millen, 

 19 of 1896 collection ! Cameroons : Ambas Bay, Mann, ] 335 ! 



