Uapaca. * 307 



Liberia (Johnston!); Elfenbeinküste (Chevalier n. 15273, 15415, 16121, 16135); 

 Togo (Kersting n. 166!, Kling n. 260 !, Mildbraed n. 1289!); Nigerien (Barter 

 n. 1693, 1833, 1844). Kamerun (Preuß!, Ledermann n. 277!, 3793!, 5699!, 

 Staudt n. 593!, 826!, Zenker m 755!, 1945!, 2664!); Fernando Po (Mann n. 74!, 

 Mildbraed n. 6927!, 18098!, Vogel n. 194). Gabun (Jolly n. 4, 182, Klaine 

 n. 108, 243, Soyaux n. 229!); Oberes Kongogebiet, Mukenge (Pogge n. 1635!); 

 Ituri Gebiet, Mawambi (Mildbraed n. 3063!); Uganda (Bagshawe n. 714, Dawe 

 n. 329, 957). ■ 



Einheim. Name: Mole (bei Mukenge). 



Verwendung: Holz zu Holzkohle. Frucht eßbar. 



17. U. Seretii De Wildem. Etud, Fl. Bas- et Moy. Congo II. (1908) 27 4, t. 72; Th. 

 et H. Durand, SyiL Fl. Congol. (1910) 485; Hutchinson, Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 

 642. — Arbor 7 — 8 m alta; ramuli adulti glabri. Petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, glaber; 

 limbus 14 — 20 cm longus, 6^2 — 9^2 cm latus, obovatus, rotundato-obtusus vel bre- 

 vissime et obtuse acutatus, basin versus cuneato-attenuatus, acutus, coriaceus, glaber, 

 subtus nitidus; costae secundariae utrinque 8 — 9, angulo semirecto insidentes, prae- 

 sertim subtus prominentes. Flores qj* ignoti. Pedunculus Q axillaris, 10 — 2 2 mm 

 longus, glaber; bracteae involucrales glabrae, 7 — 9 mm longae, 4 — 5 mm latae, ob- 

 ovatae, obtusae. Calyx Q cupularis, brevis, intus velulinus; ovarium glabrescens, 

 apicem versus puberulum. Fructus ignotus. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Belgisch Kongo, bei Nala (Seret n. 778). 

 Nota. Valde affinis videtur U. guineensi, sed specifice divcrsa. 



18. U. clusioides Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXI. (1885) 441. — Arbor 

 perianthio excepto glabra; ramuli percrassi, 12 mm diametientes, lignosi. Petiolus 2y 2 — 

 4 cm longus; limbus 14 — 20 cm longus, 10 — I 2 1 / 2 cm latus, obovato-cuneatus, obtusus, 

 rigide coriaceus, utraque pagina glaber; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 8, parallelae, 

 arcuato-adscendentes. Inflorescentiae (J* globosae, 1 2 mm diametientes, pedunculo ad 

 3 cm longo suffultae; bracteae numerosae, reflexae, orbiculari-cuneatae, coriaceae. Calyx 

 (J obconicus, coriaceus, ore pilosus; stamina 5, exserta. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Madagaskar (Baron n. 2546). 



19. U. nitida Müll. Arg. in Flora XLVII. (1864) 517, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 491; Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (1904) 370; Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 VI. 1. (1912) 639. — U. mierophylla Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIII. (1897) 523, 

 XXXIV. (190 4) 371. — Arbor 4 — 15 m alta; rami pro genere haud crassi, cum ramulis 

 glabri, juveniles glutinosi. Petiolus 3 — 5 cm longus, tenuis, glaber; limbus 6^2 cm 

 longus et 3 cm latus, saepius 11 — 14 cm longus et 3 — 3Y2 cm latus, rarius ad 6^2 cm 

 latus, lanceolatus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, rarius spalhulato-oblongus, apice rotundatus 

 vel saepius obtuse acutatus, basin versus cuneatus, firmus, coriaceus, glaber, nitidus; 

 costae secundariae utrinque 8 — 15, angulo semirecto insidentes, saepe cum costulis 

 reticulatis prominentes. Inflorescentiae solitariae. Pedunculus (j* 1 — 2 cm longus, 

 glaber; bracteae lutescenti-virides, 7 — 9 mm longae, 2 V2 — S nim latae, obovatae, 

 rotundatae, basi contractae, coriaceae, glabrae; inflorescentia cum bracteis circ. 1 7 mm 

 lata, ipsa 6 — 7 mm diametiens, supra bracteas stipitata, lutea. Calyx q? glaber, mar- 

 gine crenato-lobatus; ovarii rudimentum adpresse pilosum. Pedunculus Q 4 — 11 mm 

 longus, sub fructu 1 2 — 1 5 mm attingens. Calyx g zb 1 mm longus, glaber, ad medium 

 5-lobus; ovarium glabrum, 3-loculare; styli ad medium partiti. Fructus circ. 16 mm 

 diametiens, glaber, =b globosus, viridi-lutescens. 



Ost- und südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutsch Ostafrika, Dar-es- 

 Salaam (Englcr n. 2128b!, Holtz n. 950 !, 2982!, Stuhlmann n. 8476!, Winkler 

 n. 3752!); ohne nähere Standortsangabe (Holtz n. 961 !); Langenburg (Goetze n. 833!). 

 — Nyassaland, Kyimbila (Stolz n. 1373!, 1461!, 1485', 1485a!); Shire Bergland 

 (Buchanan n.254!,43l); Blantyre (Buchanan!). — Bhodesia, Batoko (Kirk), Choma 

 (Rogers n. 8028). — Angola, Malandsche (Teuscz n. 433!), am Wege von Palacio 



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