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E. oleracea appears to take its place to the south of that river, though it also occurs 
north of the Congo in Bangala and Uelle. 
In Lake Leopold II district, according to Body, the leaves are used as a vege¬ 
table ; according to Huyghe and Ledoux, both the leaves and the flowers are 
similarly employed in the Equatorial district. 
88. E. angolensis. Folia adpresse pubescentia, basi late cuneata, 
5-8 cm. longa. Stamina ignota. Racemi feminei 4-flori. Discus hypo - 
gynus zygomorphos, utrinque breviter 2-lobus. Cocci 6 mm. lati.— Claoxylon 
angolense, Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., ii. 333 (1864), et in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 
777 (1866); Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw., 975 (1900). 
[IVb.] West Africa: Lower Guinea. Portuguese West Africa: 
Angola ; Loanda, Pungo Andonga near Luxillo, Welwitsch 399 ! 
A very distinct species. 
39 . E. flaccida. Folia adpresse pubescentia, basi late cuneata, 5-8 cm. 
longa. Stamina 34. Racemi feminei 12-16-flori. Discus hypogynus zygo¬ 
morphos, utrinque altius 2-lobus. Cocci 6 mm. lati.— Claoxylon flaccidum , 
Pax in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xix. 86 (1894); Dur. & Schinz in £tud. Flor. Cong., 
245 (1896); Dur., Syll. Flor. Cong., 491 (1909). C. Schweinfurthii , Pax in 
Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xix. 86 (1894) ; Dur. & Schinz in Etud. Flor. Cong., 245 
W). 
[V.] West Central Africa. Niam-Niamland: Nabambisso, 
Schweinfurth 3056! Congo State : Uelle ; Bomokandi, in the Monbuttu 
country, at Munsa’s dorf, Schweinfurth 3351 in Herb. Berlin! Munsa, 
Schweinfurth 3355 in Herb. Kew ! 
Very nearly allied to E. angolense , and perhaps only a form of that species, from 
which it differs in having rather longer petioles, female racemes with more numerous 
flowers, and a more prominently 2-lobed hypogynous disc. No good character is 
available whereby to distinguish the Niam-Niam plant ( Claoxylon Schweinfurthii , Pax) 
from the Monbuttu one (C. flaccidum, Pax). 
40 . E. macrophylla. Folia adpresse pubescentia, basi angustiore 
cuneata, 22-25 cm. longa. Stajnina 24. Discus hypogynus ignotus. Cocci 
ignoti.— Claoxylon macrophyllum , Prain in Kew Bull. 1911, 95 (1911). 
[IX.] East Central Africa. Congo State: Eastern Province; 
Fort Beni, Kwa Muera, Mildhraed. 2197 ! 
A very distinct species, the precise affinity of which cannot be determined in the 
absence of female flowers and fruits. It is perhaps most nearly allied to E. Dewevrei 
and E. hispida , but it is readily distinguished from both by the shape of its leaves and 
the absence of hispid hairs. 
41 . E. hispida. Folia secus nervos pilis patentibus hispida, subtus 
inter nervos glabra minute verrucosa, basi rotundata vel late cuneata, 
12-20 cm. longa. Stamina 27. Discus hypogynus zygomorphos, utrinque 
