STEECULiACEyE (E. G. Baker) 13 



C. rostrata K. Schum Cameroons, Nigeria. 



°° Leaflets 7-9 lanceolate or suboblanceolate, acuminate. 

 Calyx ± 20-22 mm. 



C. pachycarpa K. Schum Cameroons. 



°°° Leaflets 7-9 oblanceolate, petiolulate. Calyx 25-30 mm. 

 C. Flamignii De Wild Congo. 



B. Middle leaflets or leaflet lobed. 



t Flowers small. Calyx + 5 mm. Leaflets 5, glabrous, petiolulate, 



C. Quintasii Engler St. Thomas. 



ft Flowers larger than preceding, of medium size. 

 ° Leaflets 5, glabrous above, sessile. 



C. jpulclierrima Engler Cameroons. 



°° Leaflets 5-7-9 (ex Masters), petiolulate. 



C. digitata Masters Prince's Island, Cameroons, Nigeria. 



ttt Flowers very large. Calyx 7-8 cm. Leaflets + 5, sessile. 

 C. gigas Bak. fil Nigeria. 



Cola (Autocola) lateritia K. Schum. var. nov. nigeriea Bak. 

 fil. Arbuscula sec. cl. detectorem ; foliis coriaceis late ovatis ; 

 Jioribus 4-5-meris pedicellatis ; Jlore foemineo quam in typo 

 majori; carpidiis 4-5. 



Oban, Itaiyo River ; n. 1313. 



Tree about 10 metres high ; petioles ± 15 cm. Leaves 17-25 cm. 

 long, 15-17 cm. broad. Calyx (Fl. $) 9-10 mm. long. 



C. Screti De Wild, is evidently a close ally, but the ovary is 

 described as trimerous. 



[Centre of flower bright pink, sepals cream, stigma brown. — 

 P. A. T.J 



Cola eauliflopa Masters in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 221 is 

 founded on specimens from three localities — the Gaboon River, 

 River Kongui, and Ambas ^ny. The description states that the 

 leaves are either subsessile or with stalks 2 in. in length. 



The plant from the river Kongui is Cola flavo-velutina K. Schum., 

 and the plant from Ambas Bay is Cola micrantha K. Schum. 



Schizocola subgen. nov. Stamina in phalanges 4 disposita. 



Cola sehizandra Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ; foliis circ. 

 7-foliolatis foliolis papyraceis glabris ellipticis vel oblongis apice 

 acuminatis basi in petiolulum attenuatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 8-10 arcuatis subtus prominulis foliolis exterioribus quam inter- 

 mediis minoribus petiolo communi longo sufiultis ; Jioribus e 

 ramulis ortis ; calyce ultra medium 4-lobo lobis crassis ; jl. viasc. 

 staminibus in phalanges 4 dispositis thecis linearibus ; fructu (sec. 



