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matis vel inermis; foliolis basilaribus plus minus reductis, 
lanceolatis usque 7-8 cm longis et 15 mm. latis, margine 
dense spinosis, spinis acutis,patulo-crectis usque 5 mm. longis, 
foliolis medianis linearibus usque ultra 4 4 cm. longis et 
25 mm. latis, apice acutis, plus minus dense ciliato-spinosis, 
spinis patulo-erectis vel recurvatis circ. 3,5 mm. longis, 
nervis longitudinalis subaequale elevatis circ. 20; inflores- 
centiis axillaribus, rachide glabro 58-60 cm. longo, ramis 
26-29, basi 4-5 mm. latis, 8-26 cm. longis; floribus gemi- 
natis, oppositis vel alternis 2-15 mm. distantibus ; calyce 
campanulato, corolla post anthesim usque circ 8 mm. longa, 
basi truncata, lobis triangulari-subacutis, marcescentibus, 
circ. 6 mm. latis; fructibus ellipsoideis vel leviter obovoideis. 
apice breviter sed plus minus late et abrupte apiculatis, 3 cm. 
circ. longis et usque 15 mm. latis, squamis 19-21-seriatis 
circ. 4 mm. latis, longitudinaliter levis.sime canaliculatis, 
uniseminatis, semina ovoideo compressa circ. 2 cm. longa, 
9 mm. lata et 6-7 mm. crassa, brunnea. 
Tbibangu, janvier 1910 (A. Sapin. — Nom. ind. : Lukody; 
Thikondo [Baluba]). 
Obs. — Nous publierons ultérieurement un projet de clef 
analytique des espèces du genre. 
Ancistrophyllum Mann et Wendl. 
Ancistrophyllum Laurenti De Wild nov. spec. 
Scandons; ramis circ. 35 mm. diam., foliis pennatis vagi- 
nantibus, vagina tubulosa dense armata, spinis recurvatis, 
basi incrassatis et brunneis,apice acutissimis et nigrescentibus, 
usque 10 mm. longis: vagina apice ligulata, ligula spinosa 
ultra 8 cm. longa. spinis usque 15 mm longis gracilibus 
recurvatis; petiolo usque ultra 50 cm. longo, supra plus minus 
profunde canaliculato, racliide apice supra plus minus acute 
carinata, dorso convexo, margine et dorso armato, spinis 
patulis, recurvatis vel suberectis usque 1 cm. longis, apice 
cirrhoso; cirrlia usque 1 m 50 longa, triangulari, margine 
acuta, spinis circ. 10-jugis, subulatis, triquetris, recurvatis, 
alternis vel oppositis usque 5 cm. longis, basi usque 25 cm. 
distantibus, superiorijbus minoribus et approximatis ; foliolis 
circ. 23-jugis oppositis vel suboppositis, elliptico-lanceolatis 
vel lanceolatis, 7-40 cm. longis et 1-4,2 cm. latis, apice 
acutis, margine breviter et sparse spinosis, spinis circ. 2 mm. 
