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inserta. Sepala Q 5, spathulato-lanceolata, 5 mm longa, apice cucullata, extus adpresse 

 pilosa; ovarium pubescens; styli fere ad medium in columnam pubescentem connati. 

 Capsula majuscula, brevissime pubescens, cinereo-viridis, 6-alata; alae trianguläres, basi 

 8 mm latae, 10 mm longae; columna centralis persistens 1 cm fere longa; exocarpium 

 ab endocarpio solubile. Semina globosa, brunnea, 1 2 mm diametientia. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kongobecken, Ikelemba, Efukwa-Kombe 

 (Laurent); Mongalla, Ngali (Thonner n. 95!); Yambuja, ^Patalongo am Aruwimi 

 (Laurent n. 1046, Mildbraed n. 3293!). Unterholz im Urwald. — Die Pflanze riecht 

 nach faulenden Fischen. 



Einheim. Namen: Lolema, Ikolangwa. 



6. P. trilobata De Wildem. Mission Laurent (1905) 132 t. 38. — P. Thonneri 

 Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 957 ex parte. — Arbuscula. Petiolus 10 — 18 cm 

 longus, apice leviter alatus; limbus 2 — 22 cm longus, 15 — 18 cm latus, profunde 

 trilobus, subcoriaceus, supra nitidulus; lobus terminalis ovatus, 14 — 1 5 cm longus, basi 

 2Y2 cm j medio 5 cm latus, acutus, lobi laterales elliptici, acuti, omnes integri vel un- 

 dulati et denticulati, reticulati; limbus basi in petiolum attenuatus. Rhachis racemi 

 veluüna; bracteae ovatae, concavae, extus dense velutinae, 6 mm longae. Flores ignoti. 

 Capsula velutina; cocci 4 5 cm longi, 13 — 15 mm lati, bicornuti. 



w'estafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kongobecken, Bolongula am Sankuru 

 (Laurent). 



Nota. Species incomplete nota, certissime P. Thonneri arcte- affinis, sed nobis judican- 

 tibus diversa, a cl. Prain cum P. Thonneri conjuncta. 



7. P. littoralis Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 100; in Engler, Pflzwelt. 

 Ostafr. C. (1895) 239; Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. (1912) 957. — Arbuscula vel arbor; 

 rami ramosi, glabri, cinereo-corticati. Petiolus 5 — 1 mm longus, crassiusculus; limbus 

 11 — 20 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, oblongus vel spathulato-obovatus, acutus vel acu- 

 minatus vel obtusus, integer vel subrepando-denticulatus, pallide viridis, glaber, coriaceus, 

 reticulato-venosus ; costae secundariae inter venas modice tantum prominentes; Costa 

 primaria subtus prominens. Spicae sub fructu 3 — 4 cm longae, juniores florigerae 

 abbreviatae, imbricato-bracteatae, ± 1 1 / 2 cm attingentes ; rhachis crassa, dense pubescens ; 

 bracteae concavae, orbiculato-ovatae, ± minute denticulatae, 1-florae, extus pubescentes. 

 Alabastra q^ fere 4V2 mm l° n S a j ovoidea, sessilia; sepala 3, extus dense cano-sericea, 

 intus pubescentia; stamina ± 90; receptaculum convexum, laeve, carnosum, ultra in- 

 sertionem filamentorum excrescens, filamentis delapsis quasi reticulatum. Sepala Q 5, 

 4 — 5 mm longa, obovata, acuta, extus et intus pubescentia, apice subcucullata ; ovarium 

 cum stylis dense tomentosum; carpidia dorso obtuse bicornuta; columna stylaris 

 2 mm longa, partes liberae 2 x \i mm attingentes. Capsula fulvo-tomentosa, 1 9 mm 

 lata, majuscula, 6-alata, indehiscens (?); alae acutae, basin versus cuneato-obliteratae. 

 Semina globosa, 6 mm fere diametientia. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz, Unterprovinz der Sansibarküste: Tanga 

 (Braun n. 1800!, Winkler n. 3534!), Bagamoyo (Hildebrandt n. 1300!, Sacleux 

 n. 1492, Stuhlmann n. 18!); Mombassa (Whyte). — Strandgebüsche, auf Ko- 

 rallenkalk. . 



8. P. dentata Hiern, Cat. Afr. pl. IV. (1900) 983; Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. 

 (1912) 956. — Arbor 3 — 4 m alta vel frutex, glabra; ramuli pallidi, cinerei, sub- 

 teretes, divaricati, patenter adscendentes, apice foliosi. Petiolus 3 — 6 mm longus; limbus 

 8 — 18 cm longus, 3 — 5y 2 cm latus > oblanceolatus vel elliptico-oblongus, obtusus vel 

 ± acutus, a medio basin versus cuneato-angustatus, coriaceus, tenuiter reticulatus, in- 

 teger, superne dentato-serratus, nitidulus; stipulae caducae. Spicae amentiformes, fere 

 a basi florigerae, juveniles cylindrico-oblongae, juveniles 13 mm longae, 7 mm latae; 

 bracteae late ovatae, rotundatae, 3'/ 2 mm longae, latiores quam longae, valde concavae, 

 extus adpresse pubescentes, intus glabrae, uniflorae; pedicelli calyce breviores. Sepala 

 rf 3, crassa, extus et intus pubescentia, 4 mm longa; stamina valde numerosa, recep- 

 taculo carnoso inserta; filamenta 6 mm longa. Sepala Q 5 — 6, bracteis tf similia, 



