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



cum venis reticulatis prominentes; stipulae 3 — 4 mm longae, fere unilateraliter evolutae, 

 obliquae, obtriangulares , acutae, pilosae. Flores ignoti. Inflorescentiae fructigerae in 

 ramis vetustioribus fasciculatae, pubescentes, glabratae, densiflorae, 10 — 12 cm longae. 

 Fructus rubescens, 1 1 — 13 mm longus, ellipsoideus, acutus, 2-costatus, 2-locularis, loculis 

 abortu monospermis, glaber, pedicello gracili 2 mm longo stipitatus. Semen pyriforme, 

 9 mm longum, rubro-brunneum, longitudinaliter costatum. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kamerun, Kribi (Dinklage n. 1038!). 



Nota. Habitu accedit ad M. Staudtii, sed stipulae, etsi parvae, affinitatem cum M. Du- 

 senii et Bertramiana demonstrant. 



4. M. floribunda Benth. in Hook. Icon. pl. XIII. (1879) t. 1296. — Arbor parva 

 vel frutex; ramuli juveniles zb setuloso-pubescentes, demum glabrescentes et glabrati. 

 Petiolus 1 Y2 — 5 cm longus, zb gracilis, setulosus vel glaber vel subglaber; limbus 

 8 — 20 cm longus, 2 — 9 cm latus, oblongus vel ovatus vel leviter obovato-oblongus, ab- 

 rupte et obtuse acuminatus, basi subobtusus vel cuneatus, membranaceus vel chartaceus, 

 repando-denticulatus, glaber vel subtus ad costas zb setuloso-pubescens; costae secun- 

 dariae utrinque 6 — 9, subtus cum venis prominentes; stipulae subulato-lanceolatae, 3 mm 

 longae, pilosae, demum deciduae. Racemi Qf 1 in axillis foliorum fasciculati, 4 — ^li cm 

 longi, graciles, glabrati vel dz pubescentes; bracteae parvae, trianguläres, acutae, 1 mm 

 longae, pedicelli bracteam zb aequantes. Calyx tf 1 mm fere latus, 5 — 6-lobus; lobi 

 ovati, obtusi, ciliati vel glabri; disci glandulae zb pilosae; filamenta calycem vix exce- 

 dentia; stamina 5 — 6; ovarii rudimentum columnare, filamentis aequilongum, pilosum. 

 Racemi Q in axillis solitarii vel gemini, glabri vel pilosi, 7 — 9 cm longi, multiflori; 

 bracteae parvae, acutae; pedicelli sub fructu 2 mm attingentes. Sepala 2 ovata, obtusa, 

 glabra vel subglabra; discus hypogynus ciliatus; ovarium glabrum vel parce pilosum et 

 glabrescens; styli 2, bilobi. Fructus purpurei, pruinosi, ovoidei, 6 — 7 mm longi, glabri, 

 vel parce hirti, longitrorsum venosi. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz. Waldbaum oder Waldstrauch. 



Var. a. Sehweinfurthii Pax et K. Hoffm. — Antidesma Schweinfurihii Pax in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (1893) 530; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Gongol. (1910) 484. — 

 Maesobotrya floribunda Pax in Mildbraed, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Centralafr. Exped. II. 

 (1913) 448; Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 665, 1046. — Ramuli mox 

 glabrati. Petiolus supra canaliculatus et hie setuloso-pilosus. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus 

 numerosi. 



Niamniamland, Assika-Fluß (Schweinfurth n. 31 24!, 3322!); Monbuttuland, 

 Munza (Schweinfurth n. 3472!); Ituribezirk, Mawambi (Mildbraed n. 3083!); 

 Aruwimi, Yambuya (Mildbraed n. 3005!). 



Var. ß. sparsiflora (Scott Elliot) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Baecaurea spärsiflora Scott 

 Elliot in Joura. Linn. Soc. XXX. (1894) 97. — B. Bonnetii Beule in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France LV. Mem. 8. (1908) 58. — B. longispicata Beule 1. c. 59. — B. Qagnepainii 

 Beule 1. c. 59. — B. Poissonii Beule 1. c. 60. — B. Olaziovii Beule 1. c. 60. — 

 B. Caillei Beule 1. c. 61. — B. eavalliensis Beule in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LVI. Mem. 

 8. (1910) 121. — Maesobotrya sparsiflora Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 

 665. — Ramuli mox glabrescentes. Petiolus ± setulosus. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus 

 minus numerosi, vix ultra 1 5. 



Franz. Guinea, Futa Dschallon (Gaille n. 14699, 14770, 14846, Chevalier 

 n. 12 607, 12820). Liberia (Dinklage n. 2546!). Sierra Leone (Afzelius!, Scott 

 Elliot 4035, 4543, 4746!, 5311!, 5813). Elfenbeinküste, Chevalier n. 15227, 

 15229, 15232, 15418, 15511, 15512, 19759, 19872). Goldküste, Aburi (John- 

 son n. 1067). 



Var. y. hirtella Pax et K. Hoffm. — Maesobotrya hirtella Pax in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XXVIII. (1900) 21; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. (1910) 486; Hutchinson 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 666. — Maesobotrya rufinervis Pierre in Sched. — 

 Ramuli juveniles setulosi, demum glabrescentes. Petiolus zb setulosus. Ovarium parce 

 setulosum vel subglabrum. 



