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IV. Ein neuer Mahagonibaum aus Kamerun, 



Von 

 H. Harms. 



Entaiidropliragma Retleri Harms n. sp.; arbor magna elata, ad 

 50 m alta; folia pinnata, rhachi glabra, ad 25 cm vel ultra longa, foliola 

 5 — 7-juga (vel plurijuga?, saepe 6-juga?), brevissime petiolulata vel sub- 

 sessilia (petiolulo ad 2 — 4 mm longo) vel sessilia, oblonga vel obovato- 

 oblonga vel ovalia, basin versus saepius angustata et acuta vel obtusa 

 vel subrotundata, ima basi plerumque in petiolulum brevissimum vel 

 subnullum breviter angustata, apice obtusa et, ut videtur, saepius 

 breviter acuminulata vel mucronata, glabra, nervo medio subtus pro- 

 minente breviter pubescente usque subglabrescente, circ. 8 — 15 cm longa, 

 3,5 — 6,5 cm lata; inflorescentia ampla, ramosa, pyramidalis, multiflora, 

 rhachi et ramulis glabris vel subglabris, vel parce minuteque puberulis, 

 ramulis ultimis et pedicellis parce perbrevissime puberulis (pubescentia 

 oculo nudo vix conspicua); flores brevissime pedicellati; calyx brevis, 

 late 5-dentatus, brevissime parce pubescens; petala 5, oblonga, obtusa, 

 circ. 6 mm longa, subglabra; tubus stamineus extus glaber, apice subin- 

 teger vel saepius in lacinulas 10 brevissiraas subquadratas fissus, laci- 

 nulis apice medio ope filamentellorum perbrevium antheras gerentibus, basi 

 intus pubescens et ope lamellarum cum gynophoro lato crasso cohaerens; 

 ovarium glabrum 5-loculare; Capsula anguste oblonga vel interdum sub- 

 clavata, vel obclavata, basin et apicem versus leviter attenuata, basi obtusa 

 vel obtusiuscula, apice acuta usque obtusa vel interdum mucronata, 

 circ. 15 — 18 cm longa, in valvas 5 secedens; valvae angustae, lanceolatae, 

 basin et apicem versus angustatae, medio circ. 2,5 — 2,8 cm latae, extus 

 lenticelloso-rugulosae, lenticellis crebris majusculis suborbicularibus vel 

 oblongis et vario modo confluentibus , intus laeves brunneae nitentes, 

 impressione seminum leviter notatae; columna centralis circ. 14 — 16 cm 

 longa, anguste lanceolato- vel oblanceolato-clavata, basi ima angusta acuta 

 affixa, apice acuta, superiore longiore parte (i. e. parte seminifera) 5-alata, 

 alis ad angulos decurrentibus tenuibus 5 — 8 mm latis, basin versus 

 evanescentibus, parte columnae infima acute 5-angulata; semina in quoque 

 loculo plerumque 6, alata, corpusculo affixa, ala dependente versus basin 

 capsulae spectante (columna centrali ultra semina breviter tantum vel 

 vix producta), seminum corpusculo circ. 1,6 — 2,4 cm lato, oblique tra- 

 pezoideo usque subquadrato vel oblique subrectangulo, ala cum corpus- 

 culo 7 — 11,5 cm longo, saepius acuta vel obtusiuscula vel rarius obtusa. 



Kamerun: Station Buea (Redern. 1965). — Febr. 1910. — Einh. 

 Name: woii oder üdhu. 



