324 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE^ (baker). [Phrynium. 



8. P. adenocarpum, ^(d'g?-. Whole plant 9-12 ft. high. Petiole 

 long, subradical ; cylindrical apical callus 2-3 in. long ; leaf oblong, 

 cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 12-1(1 in. long, G-10 in. broad, 

 unequally rounded at the base. Inflorescence panicled, arising from 

 the petiole some distance from the blade ; bracts oblong-navicular, 

 J in. long, peduncle and pedicels short. Sepals oblong, acute, J in. 

 long, adnate for nearly their whole length to the corolla-tube. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminode bidentate. Fruit globose, 

 trisulcate, h in. diam. Seed I in. long, irregularly foveolate and 

 tubercled. — Phyllodes adenocarpum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 

 442. 



ITpper Guinea. Cameroons : between Barombi and Ninga village, Preiiss, 343 ! 



9. P. oxycarpum, Baker. Whole plant 12 ft. high. Petiole 

 long, subradical ; cylindrical apical callus 2 in. long ; leaf oblong, 

 cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 10-1 G in. long, 6-10 in. broad, 

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

 some distance below the blade ; bracts oblong-navicular, nearly 1 in. 

 long ; flowers 2 to each bract. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, \ in. long. 

 Petals twice as long as the calyx. Outer staminode bidentate at the 

 apex ; central cusp long. Fruit globose, subtrigonous, 1 in. diam. 

 Seeds tubercled, I in. long. — Phyllodes oxycarjmm, Schumann in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 443. 



tipper Guinea. Cameroons : between Ninga village and Barombi, in low 

 forest, Preuss, 381 ! 513. 



10. P. monophyllum, Baker. Whole plafit Ij ft. long. Petiole 

 slender, radical, 1 ft. long ; cylindrical apical callus ^ in. long ; leaf 

 oblong, subacute, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, pinnately varie- 

 gated with white streaks, deltoid at the base. Inflorescence panicled, 

 arising from the sheaths that invest the lower part of the petiole ; 

 bracts linear-oblong, glabrous, above J in. long ; peduncle longer than 

 the bract, bearing 2 flowers, one on a short, the other on a longer 

 pedicel. Ovary villous. Sepals lanceolate, \ in. long. Petals under 

 ^ in. long. Fruit globose, 2-seeded, J-J in. diam. ; pericarp thin. 

 Seed globose, \ in. diam. — Phyllodes mono'phyllimx., Schumann in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 440. 



Iio^irer Guinea. Gaboon : Munda, Slbange Farm, Soyaux, 176 ! 



11. P. leiogonium, ^aXe?'. Petiole very long; cylindrical apical 

 callus nearly 3 in. long ; leaf oblong, acute, moderately firm, glabrous, 

 12-10 in. long, 5-6 in. broad, rounded at the base. Panicle large, lax, 

 pedunculate, springing from the side of the petiole a long distance below 

 the blade; bracts oblong-navicular, 1-1 J in. long; peduncle as long as 

 the bract, having 2 perfect and some abortive flowers ; pedicels very 

 short. Flowers under ^ in. long. Fruit globose, ^ in. diam., 6-angled, 

 3-seeded. Seed i in. ong, quadrangular, with smooth ribs and the 

 intermediate faces also smooth. — Phyllodes leiogonium, Schumann in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xv. 442. 



