Lychnodiscus. 1139 



Gonspectus specierum. 



A. Foliola dentata (angustiora, lanceolato-oblonga). 



a. Foliola supra medium paucidentata. 



aa. Foliola membranaceo-chartacea, reticulato-venosa; fruc- 



tus breviter pedicellatus (sp. insulae Fernando Po). . 1. L. reticulatus. 



bb. Foliola chartacea, clathrato- et reticulato-venosa; fructus 



longius pedicellatus (sp. congoensis) 2. L. pedicellaris. 



b. Foliola fere a basi serrato-dentata, rigidiuscule coriacea, 

 /clathrato- et reticulato-venosa. 



aa. Foliola utrinque laevia, supra nitida, subtus opaca (sp. 



congoensis) 3. Z. cerospermus. 



bb. Foliola supra laevia, nitida, subtus papulosa, papillis 



elongatis (sp. congoensis) 4. Z. papillosus. 



B. Foliola integerrima (largiora, elliptica vel obovata). 



a. Foliola multinervia, nervis lateralibus approximatis utrinque 



circ. 24, insigniter clathrato-venosa (sp. congoönsis) . . . 5. L. muUinervis. 



b. Foliola paucinervia, nervis lateralibus remotiusculis utrinque 



circ. 14, obscurius clathrato-venosa (sp. kamerunensis) . . 6. X. grandifolius. 

 Accedit species mihi non visa foliolis saepe sparse et obscure 

 denticulatis 1. L. Mortehani. 



1. L. reticulatus Radlk. 11. cc. (1878) 333, (1879) 605, (1895) 344; Engler, Pflanzen- 

 welt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 280; Hutchinson et Dalziel, Fl. West Trop. Afr. 1.2.(1928) 501. - 

 Eriocoelum sp. Baill. Hist. PI. V. (1874) 399! (iudicata charactere »discus annularis 

 duplex«), cf. Radlk. 1. c. (1879) 532 n.396, p. 605-606, coli. Mann n. 1422 in Hb. Paris.! 

 nom. >>Eriocoelum<< a Baill. insignita. — Arbor mediocris; rami leviter striati petiolique 

 laxe hirtello-puberuli; folia pari-pinnata; foliola 8 — 12, subopposita, oblonga vel lan- 

 ceolata, acutata vel cuspidato-acuminata, basi subacuta, supra medium paucidentata, 

 membranaceo-chartacea, supra laeviuscula nitida glaberrima, subtus reticulato-venosa, 

 subopaca, glandulis (generis) praesertim ad nervös adspersa; paniculae in ramulis late- 

 ralibus terminales, ramis 6 — 7 tomentosis leviter sulcatis dense cincinnigeris ; flores 

 generis minores; fructus breviter ellipsoideus, granulatus, tomentellus, denique ^ gla- 

 bratus, breviter pedicellatus; semen oblongum, strato carnoso tenui obductum. 



Arbor >>30-pedalis<< (t. Mann). Folia 30 — 40 cm longa; foliola 8 — 12 cm longa, 

 3—4 cm lata, petiolulis 2 — 3 mm longis. Flores 2 mm alti, 3 mm lati, pedicello 2,5 mm 

 longo. Fructus 1,7 cm longus et latus, pedicello 4 mm longo suffultus. 



Ad oram Africae tropicae occidentalis in insula Fernando Pöo: Mann n.l422! 

 (fl.; Hb. Kew., Paris.); Barter n. 3! (fruct.; Mus. Kew. oeconom.). 



2. L. pedicellaris Radlk. in Wiss. Ergebn. Afr.-Exped. 1907-1908, II. (1912) 479; 

 Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1Ö21) 282. — Arbor humilis, coma lata, vel frutex 

 arborescens (t. Mildbraed); rami sulcati, 5-costati, ut et panicula sufferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosi, costis latiusculis obtusis mox glabratis; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 8 — 13, sub- 

 opposita, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, basi acuta, sat petiolulata, supra medium re- 

 mote serrulato-dentata, rigidiuscule chartacea, supra laeviuscula nitidula glabra, subtus 

 inter nervös laterales sat approximatos oblique adscendentes clathrato- et reticulato- 

 venosa, opaca, pilis glandulisque (generis) ad nervös et venas adspersa; paniculae in 

 ramulis lateralibus terminales, amplae, multiramosae, folia aequantes vel superantes, 

 ramis interrupte cymulas multifloras glomeruliformes gerentibus; alabastra, bracteae 

 bracteolaeque adpresse flavo-tomentosa; flores majusculi, petalis densius villosis; fructus 

 (semimaturus tantum visus) obovoideus, sordide hirsuto-tomentosus, longius pedi- 

 cellatus. 



Rami 5 — 8 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 8 — 10 cm longo striato adjecto 40 — 50 cm 

 longa; foliola cum petiolulis 5 — 8 mm longis ad 20 cm longa, 6 cm lata; inferiora fere 



