Additamentum V. 421 



subsessiles, extrorsum longitudinaliter dehiscentes, latiusculae. Ovarii rudiinentum nulluni. 

 Calyx Q 5-lobus; lobi imbricati. Ovarium 1-loculare; Stylus brevissimus, leviter ex- 

 centris, deinde lateralis; stigma discoideum. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Fvuctus drupa- 

 ceus, indehiscens, transverse oblongum. Semina magna, pericarpio adhaerentia; albumen 

 carnosum, oleosum; cotyledones reniformi-cordatae, pianae. — Arbor vel frutex arbores- 

 cens, lactescens, glaber. Folia alterna, petiolata, penninervia. Flores racemosi - racemi 

 axillares; bracteae uniflorae, eglandulosae. 



Species unica, Africae occidentalis tropicae incola. 



P. africana (Müll. Arg.) Prain in Kew Bull. (4 912) 107. — Daphniphyllum afri- 

 canum Müll. Arg. in Flora (1864) 536; in DC. Prodr. XVI. 1. (1869) 5. — Plagio- 

 styles Klaineana Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris II. (1897) 1327; Wright in Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. VI. 1. (1909) 171; Th. et H.Durand, Syll. Fl. Cong. (1910) 487; Prain in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1913) 1001. — Arbor vel frutex 8 — 20 m altus; rami teretes, 

 glabri. Petiolus y 2 — 1 x li cm longus, basi et apice tumidus; limbus 10 — 18 cm longus, 

 3 — 6V2 cm latus, oblongus vel leviter obovato-oblongus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi late 

 cuneatus, ima basi acutus, leviter denticulatus, coriaceus, glaber, supra nitidus; costae 

 secundariae utrinque 5 — 6, arcuato-conjunctae. Bacemi utriusque sexus 3 — 5 cm longi, 

 glabri, satis pauciflori; bracteae q^ trianguläres, acuminatae, 3 mm longae; pedicelli 

 bracteas superantes, 5 mm attingentes ; pedicelli fructigeri ad 1 5 mm attingentes. Flos 

 coccineus, 5 mm diametiens. Calyx (j* cupularis, glaber, carnosus. Sepala Q basi 

 paulo saccata; ovarium glabrum. Drupa dz 1 cm longa, 2 cm fere lata; endocarpium 

 tenue. Semen transversaliter ellipticum. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Im Urwald, an sonnigen, feuchten Stand- 

 orten. 



Südnigerien: Oban (Talbot). Kamerun, Bipindi (Zenker n. 1730!, 2210!, 

 3008A!, 3539!, 4013!, 4750!), Mimfia, 230 m (Zenker n. 2789!), Barombi (Preuss 

 n. 421!), Johann Albrechtshöhe (Staudt n. 496!), Efulen (Bates n. 374), Lomie (Mild- 

 braed n. 5245!). — Spanisch-Guinea, Kongui-Fluß (Mann n. 1811), Bebai (Tess- 

 mann n. 472!). — Gabun, Libreville (Klaine n. 555!, 645!, 1010, 1095, 1096, 

 1202). — Franz. Kongo (Autran n. 738). — Unter. Kongo, Stanley Pool, Ki- 

 muenza (Gillet n. 1716), Dembo (Gillet n. 1562), Sanda (Oddon), Kwango, Djuma- 

 Tal (Gentil). Belg. Kongo, am Lulanga (Dewevre n. 855). 



Einheim. Namen: Eschula (Kampo-Gebiet), Ngue-ngue (Gabun). 



Nota. Ovula in loculis certe solitaria, nee gemina, quae cl. autor primo descripsit. Genus 

 prope Pimeleodendron inserendum. 



P. 68 mutatur autor speciei 



13. Actinostemon Schomburgkii (Klotzsch) Hochr. in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 

 VI. (1910) 278. 



P. 84 insere: 



3a. Gymnanthes jamaicensis (Britton) Urb. Symb. Antill. VII. (1913) 516. — 

 Actinostemon jamaicensis Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXXIX. (1912) 7. — Arbor 

 ad 10 m alta, omnino glabra. Petiolus 1 cm longus vel brevior, gracilis; limbus 5 — 

 7 cm longus, 2 — 3^2 cm latus, ovatus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi rotun- 

 datus vel angustatus, supra nitidus, subtus pallidus; stipulae minutissimae, subulatae. 

 Spicae terminales, bisexuales et q?; bracteae q? cucullatae, subtus dorso biglandulosae, 

 saepe 5-florae. Sepala 2, lanceolato-subulata, saepe in eodem bracteae nullae; stamina 

 2 — 3; filamenta connata. Bracteae Q basi inflorescentiae bisexualis paucae, basi bi- 

 glandulosae, semiorbiculares, uniflorae. Sepala 3, libera; ovarium 3-loculare; styli in- 

 ferne connati. 



Westindien: Jamaica, bei Yakah Bay, Grants' Pen (Harris u. Britton 

 n. 10643); Albion Estate (Harris n. 10826, 10936). 



