1156 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



4232! 4788! (m. Apr. fl., m. Nov. fruct., a. 1898-1911, Hb. Berol., Monac); Dinklage 

 n. 266! (bei den Ebea-Fällen des Lokundje, m. Nov. 1889, fruct.; Hb. Berol.); H. Wink- 

 ler n. 520! (Victoria, Urwald beim bot. Garten, m. Oct. 1904, fr.; Hb. Berol.); — in 

 Congo belgico: Em. et Marc. Laurent (Kitobola in distr. Gataractes et Lukolela in 

 distr. Stanley-Pool, m. Oct. 1903); — in Guinea hispanica: G. Tessmann n. 325! 

 (Nkolentangan, Mabungo, alt. 450 m, m. Apr. 1908, fl.; Hb. Berol.). — Accedit: Goss- 

 weiler n. 7254 (Congo lusitan., Buco Zau); cf. Exell in Gossweiler's PI. in Journ. of 

 Bot. Suppl. I. (1928) 84. 



8. E. petiolare Radlk. in sched. coli. Zenker; Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 

 284. — Arbor sat magna, ramulis gracilibus apice thyrsisque sordide pulverulento- 

 puberulis; folia 2 — 5-juga, sat longe petiolata; foliola subalterna, lanceolato-oblonga, 

 utrinque acuta vel superiora sensim obtuse acuminata, longiuscule petiolulata, papyra- 

 cea, nervis lateralibus parum approximatis, glabra, e viridi pallide subfusca, nitidula, 

 impunctata (cellulis secretoriis nullis), epidermide parum mucigera; thyrsi axillares 

 pauciramosi, ramis gracilibus sat elongatis; flores parvi, sat pedicellati; calyx adpresse 

 puberulus; petala calyce triplo longiora, albo-puberula; stamina cum antheris puberula; 

 germen pube perbrevi densa flavescente indutum; fructus magnu's, junior puberulus, 

 maturus glabratus, laeviusculus, pallide ochraceus, intus basi albido-lanosus ; semina 

 mediocria subobovata, dorso obtuse carinata. 



Arbor 8 — 20 m alta. Rami 2 — 3 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 3 cm longo adjecto ad 

 35 cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 5 — 8 mm longis ad 18 cm longa, 6 cm lata. Thyrsi 

 12 cm longi, ramis 8 — 10-centimetralibus. Flores 2 mm lati, pedicelli 3 mm longi. 

 Fructus 2 cm alti valvae 2,5 cm latae, pericarpio tenuiore, 2 mm crasso. Semina 1,4 cm 

 longa, 7 mm lata et crassa. 



In Kamerun: Zenker n. 2555! 3024! 3704! (Bipinde, in silva primaeva, a. 1903 — 

 1908, fl. et fr.; Hb. Monac.). — Accedit: Gossweiler n. 7739 (Congo lusitan., Mayumbe); 

 cf. Exell in Gossweiler's PL, in Journ. of Bot. Suppl. I. (1928) 84. 



Accedit species nondum descripta: 



Eriocoelum Ledermannii Gilg apud Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 282. — 

 In Kamerun. 



Species auctori ignota. 



Eriocoelum rivulare Exell in Gossweiler's PI. in Journ. of Bot. Suppl. I. (1928) 84. — 

 »Arbor ramulis primo fulvo-tomentellis demum glaberrimis; foliis subsessilibus pinnatis 

 4— 5-jugis; foliolis petiolulatis ellipticis apice acutis vel sensim acuminatis basi cuneatis 

 supra infraque nitidulis costa media puberula excepta glabris, foliolis infimis diminutis 

 aliquantum stipularum vultu, rhachi petiolulisque pubescentibus ; floribus in paniculas 

 fulvo-tomentellas dispositis; bracteis lanceolatis tomentellis; sepalis in fructu lanceo- 

 latis tomentellis; fructu subgloboso sub lente verruculoso fulvo-tomentoso intus sericeo- 

 Kirsuto.« 



In Congo lusitanico: Gossweiler n. 9198 (at sea level, near the River Zaire, 

 Sumba, Peco; fr. Aug. 1926). — >>A hydrophytic tree of 15 m height; fruits scarlet. 

 Leaves up to about 30 — 40 cm long; leaflets 12 — 25X5 — 9 cm, the lowest pair, however, 

 only 3 — 5 X 2 — 3 cm; petiolules 4 — 5 mm long; inflorescences up to 20 cm long; fruits 

 3—4 cm in diam.<< — >>This species seems to be nearest to E. macrocarpum Gilg, from 

 the Gameroons and Mayumbe, but can be at once distinguished by the tomentose fruits 

 which, when dried, are slightly rough and warty, while in E. macrocarpum they are very 

 smooth and shiny. In the species here described the lowest leaflets come off from the 

 extreme base of rhachis, so that in position they resemble stipules. Sometimes they are 

 even to be found growing from the twig itself, almost separate from the rhachis. << 



