Eriocoelum. 1155 



flor.), n. 6301! (Haut-Chari, petite poste des 3 marigots, m. Nov. 1902, flor. et fr. juv.). — 

 De distributione speciei confer etiam: Hutchinson et Dalziel, Fl. West Trop. Afr. I. 2. 

 (1928) 502. 



6. E. paniculatum Bak. in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 428; Radlk. in Sitzungsber. 

 bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 532 n. 393, 604 n. 2 et in Engl. u. Prantl 1. c; Engler, Pflanzen- 

 welt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 282; - non Engl, in Sitzungsber. Preuß. Akad. 1908, nee Th. 

 et H. Durand, Syll. 1909, cf. E. microspermum. — Arbor humilis, coma lata (t. Dink- 

 lage), ramis paniculis foliorumque rhachi tomento hirsuto fusco-sufferrugineo pilis se- 

 taceis intermixtis indutis; folia 3 — 6-juga, sessilia; foliola oblonga, acute acuminata, 

 basi obtusa vel subacuta, breviter petiolulata, chartacea, supra praeter nervum me- 

 dianum pilosum glabra, subtus ad nervös venasque pilis adspersa, (sicca) subfusca, 

 pellucide punctata, epidermide parum mucigera, basilaria stipulas aemulantia parva 

 ovalia vel ovata vel suborbicularia; thyrsi pauciramosi ad apices ramulorum in pani- 

 culas folia aequantes congesti, densiflori; flores mediocres, sat pedicellati; calyx fusce 

 setuloso-tomentosus; petala calyce vix duplo longiora, ovalia vel subulata; stamina 

 puberula, antheris subfuscis; fructus major, nucem Juglandis aequans, junior densissime 

 setuloso-pilosus, pilis sufferrugineis, denique glabratus, granulatus, pallide subfuscus, 

 intus basi albido-lanosus; semina majora, ellipsoidea. 



Rami 3mm crassi. Folia ad 24cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 3— 4 mm longis 

 ad 16 cm longa,5,5 cm lata, basilaria saepius vix 1 cm longa. Paniculae ad 20 cm longae, 

 ramis 5 — 10 cm longis. Flores 3 mm lati, pedicelli 3 mm vix superantes; petala 2 mm, 

 stamina 3 mm longa. Fructus fere 3 cm alti valvae 3 cm latae. Semina 1,8 cm longa, 

 8 — 9 mm lata et crassa. 



In Gabonia et in Kamerun: in Gabonia: Mann n. 976! (Banks of the Gaboon 

 River, a. 1861, fr.; Hb. Kew., Paris.); P. Klaine n. 30! 315! (ad Libreville, Gabon, 

 m. Jan. 1896, fl. et fr.; comm. ex Hb. Pierre cum ic. autogr. sub nom. non edendo); — 

 in Kamerun: Dinklage n. 1107! (Groß Batanga, m. Dec. 1891; Hb. Berol., ramus 

 foliatus cum gallis globosis in foliolorum pagina inferiore ad nervös laterales; fructus 

 in alcohol missos non vidi). 



7. E. macrocarpum Gilg sine descr. in sched. coli. Zenker n. 1549, 1564 (a. 1898) etc., 

 excl. n. 2555, 3024, 3704, cf. E. petiolare; De Wildem, (sphalm. >>E. macrospermum Gilg<<) 

 Fl. du Bas- et du Moyen-Gongo, in Ann. Mus. Gongo, Bot. ser. 5. II. Fase. 3 (1908) 296 

 sine descr., coli. Laurent; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Gongol. (1909) 112 (sphalm. 

 )>£". macrospermum Gilg<<) sine descr.; Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 284. — 

 Vulgo: Engüng in Guinea hisp. t. Tessmann in scheda. — Arbor sat magna, ramis 

 apice thyrsisque sufferrugineo-puberulis hirtellisve; folia 2 — 3-juga, sessilia; foliola oppo- 

 sita, elliptica oblongave, breviter acuminata, basi subacuta vel superiora cuneata, bre- 

 viter petiolulata, rigide chartacea, nervis lateralibus sat approximatis, praeter nervum 

 medianum supra subtusque pilis brevibus adspersum glabra, e viridi fuscescentia, nitida, 

 dense pellucide punctata, epidermide sat mucigera, basilaria stipulas aemulantia sub- 

 orbicularia; thyrsi axillares pauciramosi ad apices ramulorum in paniculas parvas foliis 

 breviores congesti, densiflori; flores parvi, sat pedicellati; calyx hirtellus; petala calyce 

 vix duplo longiora, lanceolato-oblonga; stamina puberula, antheris e coccineo sub- 

 fuscis puberulis; fructus permagnus, Aesculi fructum subaequans, junior breviter tomen- 

 tellus?, maturus glabratus, granulatus, pallide subfuscus vel subochraceus, intus basi 

 albido-lanosus; semina magna, ellipsoidea, dorso subcarinata, nigro-fusca. 



Arbor 4 — 20 m alta. Rami"3 — 5 mm crassi. Folia 2-juga 12 — 15 cm longa, rhachi 

 vix 2 cm longa, 3-juga ad 25 cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 3—4 mm longis 10 — 20 cm 

 longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, basilaria diametro 1 — 3 cm. Paniculae 7 — 10, rarius 15 cm longae. 

 Flores 2 mm lati, pedicelli 3 mm longi. Fructus 3 cm alti, valvae 3,5 cm latae, peri- 

 carpio 4 mm crasso. Semina 2 cm longa, circ. 1 cm lata et crassa. 



In Kamerun, in Gongo belgico et in Guinea hispanica: In Kamerun ad 

 Bipindein silva primaeva: Zenker n. 1549! 1564! 1755! 2059! 2653! 298a! 3412! 4083! 



