Phrynium.'] cxxxiv. scitamine^ (baker). 325 



South Central. Lunda : Bashilange ; in a swamp by the River Luachim, 

 Pogge, 696 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Cameroons : Efulen, Bates, 375 ! 



Phyllodes haccatum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 442, gathered in Lunda, 

 Bashilange country, at Mukenge, by Pogge, 1439, and the Lake region by Stuhlmann, 

 1200, is said to differ from P. leiogonuim by its 6-angled seeds, honeycombed between 

 the entire ribs. 



12. P. villosniu, Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 653. Petiole long, sub- 

 radical, densely villous; cylindrical apical callus 1^—2 in. long; leaf 

 oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate, 6-12 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, moderately 

 firm, glabrous, rounded at the base. Inflorescence panicled, springing 

 from the petiole some distance below the leaf ; branches and erect o- 

 patent bracts very hairy, the latter oblong-navicular, f-1 in. long ; 

 peduncle longer than the bract, bearing 2 perfect and several rudimen- 

 tary flowers. Ovary glabrous. Sepals oblong, \ in. long. Corolla \ in. 

 long. Staminodia not longer than the petals. Mature capsule 

 unknown. — Phyllodes villosum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 445. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 1032 ! 



13. P. prionogonium, Baker. Whole plant 6 ft. high. Petiole 

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

 cuspidate, moderately firm, glabrous, 12-18 in. long, 5-7 in. broad, 

 rounded at the base. Panicle ample, lax, sometimes a foot broad, 

 springing from the petiole some distance below the blade ; bracts 

 oblong-navicular, 1:|-1J in. long; peduncle as long as the bract or 

 exserted, bearing 2 perfect and some rudimentary flowers. Sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, i in. long. Petals scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Outer staminodia orbicular, unguiculate. Fruit globose, red, 



1 in. diam. Seeds 4-angled ; ribs serrated ; faces foveolate. — Phyllodes 

 prionogonium, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 441. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : in the forest of Barombi-ba-Mbu, Preuss, 458 ! 



14. P. bisubulatum. Baker. Petiole long ; blade oblong, shortly 

 cuspidate, 16-20 in. long, 12-14 in. broad, rounded at the base. In- 

 florescence panicled; ultimate branchlets IJ in. long, much thickened 

 at the nodes ; bracts ovate, acute, above h in. long and broad ; flowers 



2 to a bract ; peduncle very short. Sepals oblong, obtuse, \-\ in. long. 

 Petals oblong, 2-3 times the length of the calyx. Outer staminodia 

 subulate, not protruding beyond the petals. Fruit unknovni. — 

 Phyllodes bisubulatum, Schumann in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xi. 83. 



Soutb Central. Lunda : between the River Luachim and Quihunbo, 2600 ft.. 

 Marques. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



15. P. insequilaterum. Baker. Stems 2 ft. long, bearing two 

 short horizontal branches. Leaf oblong, firm, glabrous, very unequal- 

 sided, 3-6 in. long, 1J-2J in. broad, obtuse, unequally rounded at the 

 base; petiole entirely sheathing, 2-3 in. long; apical callus very small. 



