422 
May be opel by seed. 1670 its are fuere to have 
been a DUE out in the Oloke-Meji Reserve in 1908 (Col. Rep. Ann. 
No. 630, 1909, p. 14). 
Dumorta, A. Chev. 
Dumoria Heckeli, A. Chev. in Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 
exlv. (1907) p . 267. 
A tree, 100—150 ft. à irunk cylindrieal at the base, 9-6 ft. in 
diam., branching about t. from the groun eaves crowded 
towards the ends of the acca: oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 
sometimes shortly and obtusely acuminate, 24-5 in. long, 11-2 in. 
broad, chartaceous, glabrous, shining on the upper surface, dark 
rown above, light brown below, lateral nerves numerous, spread- 
ing, faint; petiole 2—12 in. lorg, slender. Flowers axillary, 2 or 3 
together, pedicellate, pedicels 3-1 in. long, slender, glabrous. 
Sepals 4, ovate, sub-acute, 1} lin. long, about 1 lin. broad, finely 
paberaious outside. Corolla ‘greenish-white, about i in. in “diam m.,. 
fragrant. Fruit 1-3-seeded, globose, about. 3-5 in. in diam. ; 
pulp soft, not edible, yellowish-apricot in Seeds very 
similar to those of M ied Djav 
Vernac. names.—[Dum Hi (hen), Mako, Makoré, Makerou 
(Apollonien), Mbaba or Mbabu ied Butusa — gras 
Ba 
Coast, Courtet).—One of the so- tee African Mahoganie 
All the specimens at Kew Herbarium are from the eeu or Gold 
Coast (Chevalier, No. 16253, 1911, and Agric. Dept. Aburi, 1911). 
Chevalier (l.c.) also mentions Liberia. Not rec corded from 
Nigeria, but as the seeds are indistinguishable from those of 
Mimusops Djave, under which name several of the Dumoria 
specimens have been sent to Kew a description has been added. 
est African frontier, chiefly by way of Axim (Chevalier, Compt. 
Renda, Acad. Sei. Paris, exlv. 1907, p. 269). Used for cabinet 
work (Courtet, Bois, Cote d'Ivoire, in L' Agric. prat. pays chauds, 
x. part 1, 1910, p. 458) ; recommended for automobiles and E 
carriages (Chevalier, Les Vég. Uti. de riq- Trop. 
v. 1909, p. 238); density 0-716 (Courtet, F: almost LS js E 
