Erythrococca. 



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E. mitis Pax in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ostafr. C. (1895) 238; in Engler's Bot. Jahrb 

 XXIII. (1897) 524; XXX. (1 90l) 339; Mildbraed, Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentralafr. Exped. II. 

 (1912) 453; Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 610; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 

 853. — Frutex 5 — 6 m altus; rami albido- vel cinerascenti-corticati; ramuli mox 



glaberrimi. Petiolus 6 — 15 mm longus, mox glabratus; limbus 5 — 12 cm longus 2 



5y 2 cm latus, ovatus vel oblongo-ovatus, acuminatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, glaber 

 crenatus, rigide membranaceus vel chartaceus, juvenilis saepe purpurascens; stipulae 



Fig. 15. Erythrococca Kirkii (Müll. Arg.) Prain. A Ramulus $. B Flos $. G Stamcn aper- 

 tum. D Ramulus Q. E Flos Q. — Icon. origin. 



parvae, lutescentes, e basi lata subito acuminatae, induratae. Flores in glomerulos 

 axillares, sessiles vel subsessiles, oblongo-pulviniformes congesti; glomeruli multiflori; 

 pedicelli tf 6 — 10 mm longi, capillacei, flexuosi, Q 5 mm attingentes, rigidiores, 

 slricti; flores q? virides, Q albidi. Calyx tf conico-subglobosus, glaber, per anthesin 

 3-fidus, 2 mm latus; lobi late ovati, acuti; disci glandulae juxtastaminales obovoideae, 

 pilosae, extrastaminales latiores, liberae vel in urceolum multilobatum, pilosum connatae; 

 stamina 8 — 13. Sepala Q 3, avata, acuta, ciliata, ceterum glabra; disci hypogyni 

 glandulae complanatae, trianguläres, obtusae, apice incrassatae, glabrae; ovarium glabrum, 

 tri- vel bicoccum. Capsula lutea vel aurantiaca, 3- vel 2-cocca, glabra, 6 — 7 mm 

 lata, 4 mm longa. Semina 3 — 4 mm diametientia, glob<j6a, scrobiculata. — Fig. 15. 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama) 147. VII. 7 



