304 F - Pax - — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Uapacinae. 



9. U. togoensis Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (1904) 371; Hutchinson in 

 Fl. Trop. Africa VI. 1. (1912) 6 38. — U. Chevalieri Beule in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 

 LV. Mem. 8. (1908) 6 8. — U. Guignardii Chev. ex Beule in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 

 LV. Mem. 8. (1908) 66. — U. guineensis Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 

 640 ex parte. — Arbor ad 25 m alta vel frutex; rarnuli modice robusti vel validi, 

 juveniles breviter ferrugineo-pubescentes, demum glabrescentes. Petiolus 1 — 6 cm longus, 

 subglaber; limbus 8 — 23 cm longus, 4 — 16 cm latus, obovatus, rotundatus, basin versus 

 angustatus, ima basi acutus vel obtusus, firme subcoriaceus vel coriaceus, ad nervös 

 subtus ± pilosus vel demum glabrescens; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 11, angulo 

 semirecto insidentes, cum nervis tertiariis subtus prominentes. Inflorescentiae Q 1 pedi- 

 cello ad 2V2 cm l° n g°> valido suffultae, luteae; bracteae ad 12 mm longae, latitudine 

 variabiles, obovatae vel lanceolatae, crassae, interiores ciliatae, extus dr puberulae vel 

 glabratae, extus papillosae. Calyx brevis, lobatus, extus intusque dense tomentosus; 

 filamenta cum rudimento ovarii tomentoso calycem demum triplo superantia. Pedunculi 

 Q crassi, breves, fructigeri 1 cm attingentes, in axillis foliorum delapsorum Orientes; 

 bracteae valde inaequales, ad 10 mm longae, 5 mm latae, exteriores minores, omnes 

 coriacetie, extus papillosae, carinatae, mox deciduae. Calyx cupularis, valde hirsulus; 

 ovarium dense hirsutum, 4-loculare; styli inferne pilosi. Fructus subglobosus, 3 — 4 cm 

 diametiens, glabrescens. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Von Sierra Leone bis Nordkamerun 

 verbreitet, namentlich häufig im Scharigebiet und Ubangui. — Sierra 

 Leone (Scott Elliot n. 5315!), Mount Gonkwi (Scott Elliot n. 4828!); Dahomey 

 (Poisson!); West-Lagos (Bowland ex parte!); Togo (Büttner n. 340!, v. Doering 

 n. 20l!, Kersting n. 22!, 80 ex parte!, 175!, Mildbraed n. 7223!, Graf Zech!); 

 Franz. Guinea, Fouta Dschallon (Chevalier); Ubangui (Chevalier n. 6154!); Ka- 

 merun, Banjo (Ledermann n. 2164!, 2192!), Babati (Rudatis n. 36!), Sanga Uharn 

 (Elbert n. 494!). — In der Savanne, Bäumst eppe. 



Verwendung: Liefert Brennholz. 



Einheim. Namen: Egbu, Kidgeling, Kuboto (in Togo). 



10. U. sansibaricä Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (190 4) 370; Hutchinson 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 636. — Arbor 4—12 m alta; ramuli robusti, hirto- 

 pubesccntes, mox glabrati. Petiolus 2 — 4*/ 2 cm longns, more ramulorum vestitus vel 

 glaber; limbus 10 — 1 4 cm longns, 6 — 8^2 cm latus, obovatus vel oblongo-obovatus, 

 apice rotundatus, basin versus sensim cuneato-angustatns, ima basi subacutus vel ob- 

 tusus, saepe inaequilateralis, coriaceus, supra levissime scaberulus, glaber vel subtus 

 sparse pilosus; costae secundariae utrinque 5 — 13, angulo semirecto insidentes. IVdun- 

 culus q* 13 — 25 mm longus, glaber vel pubesccns, rigidus; bracteae involucrales 8 — 

 10 mm longae, exteriores oblongae, interiores ellipticae, glabrae, coriaceae; inflorescentia 

 6 — 7 mm diametiens. Flores tf lutei. Calyx extus pilosus; filamenta applanata, 

 glabra; ovarii rudimentum obconicum, pilosuni. Pedunculus Q sub fructu 9 — lömni 

 attingens, crasse rigidus; bracteae ut in inflorescentiis <J, sed minus numerosae. Calyx 

 Q pilosus; ovarium subglobosum, verrucosum; styli 4 — 5-partili. Fructus 18 mm 

 longus, 14 mm latus, ellipsoideus, lutescens vel rubescens. Semina 12 — 14 mm longa, 

 7 — 9 mm lata; teste subnitida, aspera. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutseh-Ostafrika, Dar-es-Salaain (Busse 

 n, 3148!, Engler n. 2128a!, Holtz n. 32!, 690!), Kimbidji (Stuhlmann n. 6020!). 

 — Portug. Ostafrika, Quilimane (Stuhlmann n. 577!). — Nyassaland, Shire 

 Hochland, ohne nähere Standortsangabe (Buchanan n. 22l!), Mtoto (Buchanan n. 430), 

 Massewe (Goetze n. 1325!), Kyimbila (Stolz n. 1481!, 1686!). — Bhodesia, Mel- 

 setter Distrikt, Chirinda (Swynnerton n. 155, 6513). — Auf Sandboden, in der 

 sandigen Buschsteppe. 



Einheim. Namen: Mfugufu (Kimbidji), Mtalulu (Dar-es-Salaam), Kakuchu 

 (Kyimbila), Mbegen (Massewe). 





