IQ F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Antidesminae. 



4. T. lucida (Pax) Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 660. — Baccaure- 

 opsis lucida Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLIII. (1909)319; Mildbraed, Wiss. Ergebn. 

 Deutsch. Zentralafr. Exped. II. (1914) 449, t. 56. — Frutex magnus; ramuli juveniles 

 fulvo-pubescentes, mox glabrati, tenues, dense foliati. Petiolus 2 — 10 mm longus, 

 pubescens; limbus 6 — 14 cm longus, 2 72 — 5 ^j cm latus, ovatus vel lanceolato-ovatus, 

 obtuse acuminatus et mucronatus, basin versus angustatus, subacutus, lucidus, charta- 

 ceus, supra glaber, subtus ad costam mediam puberulus, demum glaber, integer, margine 



Fig. 4. Thecacoris lucida (Pax) Hutchinson. A Ramulus $ floriger. B Flos $. G Stamen. 

 D Flos Q. — E T. reticulata Pax et K. Hoffm. — Icon. origin. 



recurvus; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 4 1; stipulae e basi triangulari subulatae, 

 3 mm longae. Racemi dense pubescentes, [fereja basi florigeri, q 1 3 — 4 cm longi, 

 fasciculati, rarius solitarii, Q 4 — 2 cm longi,! fructigeri 5 cm attingentes, solitarii vel 

 gemini; bracteae late trianguläres, apice glanduligerae, hispidulae, concavae, durae; 

 pedicelli vix 1 mm longi. Sepala q 1 5, triangularia, acuta, pubescentia, ciliata ; petala 

 minora, oblonga vel obovata, apice longiuscule pilosa; disci glandulae pilosae ; ovarii 

 rudimentum basi stipitatum et subito valde dilatatum, truncatum, trianguläre, pilosum. 

 Calyx Q maris, sed sepala intus basi multiglandulosa ; petala nulla; discus ciliatus; 

 ovarium hispido-pilosum ; styli erecti, apice brevissime bilobi. Capsula triloba, fere 

 1 cm lata, glabra. — Fig. \A — D. 





