Cleistanthus. 



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longa, inter se saepe inaequalia, oblongo-oblanceolata, obtusiuscula, extus dense fulvo- 

 sericea; petalaO(?); discus prominens; flores Q incomplete noti; ovarium subglobosum, 

 2 mm longum, dense rufo-pubescens. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Gazaland, Jihu, ungefähr 800 m, am 

 Zona river (Swynnerton n. 150). 



Nota. Species a me non visa, petalis nullis valde insignis esse videtur. 



97. C. caudatus Pax ex Wildem, et Th. Dur. in Ann. Mus. Congo, II. 1. (4 899) 

 49; Hutchins. in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 623. — Arbor parva. Stipulae deciduae; 

 petioli 4 — 5 mm longi, villosiusculi; limbus ovatus, caudatus, basi rotundatus, 6 — 8 cm 

 longus, 2,5 — 4,5 cm latus, subcoriaceus, pallide viridis, utrinque opacus; costae secun- 

 dariae 5 — 6, dictyodromae, distantes. Flores q? racemosi(?), 4 — 6 flores in quoque 

 racerno, apetali(?); calyx glaber; rudimentum ovarii subcylindricum. Flores Q ignoti. 

 Capsula subcylindrica, 6 — 7 mm longa, 8 — 9 mm diametiens, trilobata, glabra; inflores- 

 centia Q glomerata; glomeruli in ramulos subfiliformes dispositi; pedicelli tenues, ± 

 5 mm longi, glabri. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Congo, Benue-Kamba (Dewevre n. 1099!). 

 Nota. Flores nonnisi paucos vidi; eorum structura adhuc incerta remanet. 



98. C. Mildbraedii Jabl. n. sp. — Frutex monoicus(?), ramulis tenuibus, pen- 

 dulis, breviter pubescentibus. Stipulae lineares; petioli breves, crassi, 4 — 5 mm longi; 

 limbus oblongus, basi cordatus, apice longe acuminatus, 14 — 17 cm longus, 4 — 6 cm 

 latus, chartaceus, utrinque glaberrimus; nervus medius subtus tantum prominulus; costae 

 secundariae 6 — 9, dictyodromae, basin versus paulo actinodromae. Flores 5 — 10 mm 

 longe tenuiterque pedicellati, 10 — 15 in fasciculo communi; glomeruli ad rhachin 

 tenuem, 10 — 20 cm longam dispositi; rhachis et pedicelli tenues, saepe sparse pubes- 

 centes; glomeruli basi bracteis exiguis, pilosis et hinc inde foliis bracteaceis suflulti; 

 inflorescentiae axillares, biternatim congestae, pendulae. Receptaculum planum, intra 

 discum pilosum; calyx 5 — 6 mm longus; sepala lanceolata; petala ±: trilobata, glabra, 

 vix 1 mm longa; discus dr in glandulas 5, petalis oppositas solutus; antherae inlrorsae; 

 ovarii rudimentum apice trilobatum, glabrum. Flores Q et Capsula ignola. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kongo, Jambuja am Aruwimi, Hochwald, 

 an einem Bach (Mildbraed n. 5309. — Mai 1908; großer Slrauch mit etwas hängen- 

 den dünnen Zweigen und hängenden Trauben blaß grünlichgelber Blüten). 



Nota. Species valde insignis; sed flores g et fructus ignoti. 



Sect. 10. Lebidieropsis (Müll. Arg.) Jabl. 

 Lebidieropsis Müll. Arg. in Linnaea (1863) V. 80; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 509; 

 Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 35 — Andrachne Roth, Nov. pl. sp. 

 Ind. or. (1821) 364 ex parte; Wall. Cat. n. 7887D. — Emblica Wall. Cat. n. 7887B. — 

 Stipulae caducae. Calyx caducus; discus et ovarium glabra. Capsula non stipitala; 

 cotyledones planae, orbiculares ; radicula brevissima, globosa. 



99. C. collinus (Roxb.) Benth. in Bent.h. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 268; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 274. — Gluytia collina Roxb. PI. Coromand. II. (1798) 

 37, t. 169; Wall. Cat. n. 7890 et 7877 A et D. — G. retusa Wall. Cat. n. 7877 C. (no- 

 men nudum). — C. palula Wall. Cat. n. 7877 C. (nomen nudum). — C. collina Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. (1832) 732; Willd. Spec. pl. (1805) 883; Voigt, Hort, suburb. Calc. (1845) 

 155 — Bndelia collina Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. (1841) 21 1 ; Wall. Cat. n. 7877 

 in Herb. Kew. — Andrachne orbicularis Roth, Nov. pl. sp. Ind. or. (1821) 364; Wall. 

 Cat. n. 7877 D. — Amanoa collina Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 582; Thwait. Enum. 

 pl. Zeyl. (1864) 2 80. — Lebidieropsis collina Müll. Arg. in Linnaea V. (1863) 

 80. — L. orbicularis a. collina, ß. genuina et /. Lamberti Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 509. — Andrachne Gadishaco Wall. Cat. n. 7877 D. — Emblica Palasus 

 Wall. Cat. n. 7877 B. (nomen nudum) ex Müll. Arg. — Arbor vel frutex monoieus; ramuh 

 rigidi, duri, rufescenti-corticati, ultimi molliter villosi vel pilosi. Stipulae membrana- 

 ceae, lineares, pilosae, 2—3 mm longae, caducae; petioli rugosuli, villosiusculi, 7—8 mm 



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