Hymenocardia. 



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ß. Folia obtusa vel obtusiuscula. Sinus inter alas apertus, 



saepe ± rectangularis. 



I. Capsula pubescens 6. H. mollis. 



II. Capsula glabra 7. H. acida. 



Capsula exalata, sed marginem versus aliformi-compressa; 



fructus capsulas H. Heudelotii simulans 8. H. Wallichii. 



Fig. 8. Fructus specierum Hymenocardiae: A H. ulmoides Oliv. C H. Heudelotii Müll. Arg. 

 D K Chevalieri Beule. E H. Wallichii Tul. F H. lyrata Tul. G K mollis Pax. H H. 

 acida Tul. — B Holoptelea grandis (Hutchinson) Mildbr. [TJlmacea, antea ad Eymenocardiam 



reducta erat). — Icon. origin. 



4. H. ulmoides Oliv, in Hook. Icon. pl. XII. (4 873) t. 4 4 34 ; Pax in Engler, Pflzwelt. 

 Ostafr. C. (1895) 236; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. pl. I. (i 900) 966; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. 

 Fl. Congol. (4 910) 487; Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. \. (\ 94 2) 648. — H. Poggei 

 Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (4 893) 528; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. (4 9 4 0) 

 487. — H. ulmoides var. capensis Pax in Sched. — Frutex 2 — 4-metralis vel arbor 

 ad 4 m alta; ramuli graciles, glabri vel parce puberuli. Petiolus 5 — 9 mm longus, 

 parce pubescens, gracilis; limbus 3 — 6 cm longus, i 1 ^ — 2^2 cm latus, ovatus vel lan- 

 ceolatus, obtuse acuminatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, subcoriaceus, demum glaber, subtus 

 parcissime glanduloso-punctatus; costae secundariae utrinque 3 — 6, parum prominentes; 

 stipulae ± 6 mm longae, lineares, mox deciduae, pubescentes. Spicae (j* in ramulis 

 abbreviatis, tenuibus, foliosis, zb puberulis axillares, quasi paniculatim dispositae, ad 

 apicem ramulorum ± congestae, insigniter tenues, 4 Y 2 — 2 cm longae; rhachis filiformis, 

 pilis longis pubescens; bracteae spathulatae, ciliatae; pedicelli brevissimi. Flores tf albi, 

 dr 2 mm lati. Calyx cupularis, demum 5-lobus, lobis oblongis, obtusis, longe ciliatis; 

 ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, glabrum. Racemi Q % cm longi, axillares. Sepala Q 

 linearia, truncata, ciliata, 4 i / 2 mm longa ; ovarium oblongum, compressum, emarginatum, 

 glabrum, glandulis aureis paucis obsitum; styli 4 — 4 2 mm longi, glabri. Fructus sub- 

 orbiculares, ad 2 cm diametientes, emarginati, basi rotundati vel obtusi, aus circumcirca 

 evolutis, tenuibus, pedicello 3 — 9 mm longo suffulti. — Fig. 8 A. 



