Athroandra. 



79 



cocca Mannii Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 620; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 

 865. — Frutex ad 5 m altus; rami glabri, cinerei; ramuli tenues, glabri vel apice 

 cum foliis valde juvenilibus sparsissime pilosi. Petiolus 1 — 2Y2 cm longus; limbus 

 8 — 20 cm longus, 4 — 7 cm latus, ovato- vel elliptico-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi 

 cuneato-acutus , dentatus, membranaceus , saturate viridis; stipulae parvae, lineares. 

 Flores qP in pedunculo glabro, ± 2 cm longo, gracili, umbellatim dispositi, pauci; 

 pedicelli 6— (2 mm longi, capillacei; racemi Q pauciflori; pedicelli quam q 1 robustiores. 

 Calyx q? in alabastro 3 mm latus, conico-pyramidalis, acutus, 4-angulosus, glaber, per 

 anthesin 4-fidus; stamina 2 4 — 30; filamenta brevissima; glandulae juxtastaminales 

 exiguae, pilis subviolaceis, rigidis, granulosis obsitae. Sepala Q oblongo-ovata, sub- 

 acuta; disci hypogyni glandulae integrae, inter se liberae, sed circa ovarii basin con- 

 tiguae; ovarium glabrum; styli liberi, elongati, patuli. Capsula didyma, laevis. Semina 

 reticulato-aspera. 



Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet: Fernando Po, Clarence Peak, 1560 m 

 (Mann n. 260 !, 633). 



Sect. 2. Chloropatane (Engl.) Pax et K. Hoffm. 



Chloropatane Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 383; Perkins et Gilg in 

 Pflanzenr. Monimiac. (1901) 24; Wright in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1909) 168. — Erythro- 

 cocca Sect. Chloropatane § Rivinoides, § Rivulares, § Columnares et § Oleraceae Prain 

 in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 608, 620 et seq. — Rivinoides Afzel. in Sched. 



4. A. africana (Baill.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Trewia (?) africana Baill. Adansonia I. 

 1860) 68. — Claoxylon Barteri Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. VI. (1862) 21; Stapf 

 n Johnst. Liberia II. (1906) 64 9. — C africanum Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 1866) 777. — C. oleraceum Prain in Kew Bull. (1911) 93 ex parte. — Erythrococca 

 fricana Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 620; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 866. — 

 rutex 2 — 3 m altus; rami cinereo-albidi ; ramuli juveniles adpresse puberuli, mox 

 labrati. Petiolus 5 — 10 mm longus, tenellus; limbus 4— 6 cm longus, 2 1 /-2 — 3 cm 

 atus, ovatus vel oblongo-ovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi subacutus vel rotundalus, 

 crenato-denticulatus, membranaceus, juvenilis parce puberulus, deinde mox glabratus. 



acemi utriusque sexus inferne longe nudi, apice umbellatim vel breviter racemosim 

 florigeri, folia aequantes, satis pauciflori; rhachis q? filiformis, adpresse pubescens, Q 



aulo robustior, fructigera glabra; pedicelli q? tenelli, 5 — 8 mm longi, Q sub fructu 

 ± 3 mm attingentes. Calyx (j 1 in alabastro depresso-globosus, minute apiculatus, 

 glaber, fere 2 mm latus, per anthesin 3 — 4-partitus; stamina dr 24; disci glandulae 



uxtastaminales exiguae, obovoideae, fuscae, hirsutae. Sepala Q 2, ovata, acuminata; 



iscus hypogynus (sub anthesi) subinteger; ovarium glabrum; styli ima basi connati, 



ate trianguläres vel suborbiculares, papillosi. Capsula didyma, laevis, 6 — 7 mm lata, 



4 mm longa, pallida. Semina reticulato-aspera. 

 Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet: Senegambien, Casamance River (Perrottet 



1. 748). Sierra Leone, Crawford's Island (Afzelius!), Bafodeya Hills (Scott Elliot 

 5505!, 5647!). Liberia, Sinoe Basin (Whyte). Elfenbeinküste, zwischen 



(aou und Ayame (Chevalier n. 17 805 ter ) . Südnigerien, Lagos Island (Barter 

 n. 2223). Westlagos (Milien n. 163, Rowland!), Eppah (Barter n. 3285), Ipatu 

 (Foster n. 184), Yoruba (Barter n. 3344). 



5. A. Chevalieri (Beule) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Claoxylon Clievalieri Beule in Bull, 

 oc. Bot. France LV. (1908) 75. — Erythrococca Chevalieri Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. 



(1911) 621; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 866. — Frutex; ramuli juveniles hirti, virides, 

 deinde viridi-lutescentes, glabri. Petiolus 6 mm longus; limbus 5 cm longus, fere 2 cm 

 latus, ovato-lanceolatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi obtusus, 2-glandulosus, denticulatus, 

 membranaceus, supra atroviridis, parce pilosus, subtus viridi-velutinus. Racemi tf 4 — 



5 cm longi, glabri, inferne nudi; rhachis hirtella; racemi Q 4 cm longi, 5 — 13-flori: 



