8. Trichoschypha imbricata Engl.

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 426 (1881).

— Type: Mann 928, Equatorial Guinea /Gabon, Gaboon R., ♂ fl. 1861 (holo-, K!; iso-, P!).

Trichoscypha nigra Lecomte, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 52: 653 (1905). — Type: Klaine 1005, 1051, 1193, near Libreville (syn-, P); lecto-, designated here, Klaine 1005, fl. July 1897 (P!).

Shrub, lianescent shrub or liana. Leaves coriaceous, (1-)3-7(-9)-foliolate; folioles densely and minutely pustulate above, usually less apparently so beneath, glabrous above, usually except for the impressed midrib, glabrous to sparsely appressedpuberulous beneath. Flowers (July-Aug.) (sub)sessile, pale-green. Petals erect to somewhat spreading, c. 1.5 mm long; stamens ≤ petals; disc hispid. Fruits (Sep.-Nov.) sparsely appressedpuberulous, subglobose to ellipsoid, dark-red at maturity, c. 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-1.5 cm. Pulp juicy; cotyledons ± white on section. — Figs 1G; 4.

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — In coastal scrub on sandy soil, from the southern border of Equatorial Guinea to southern Gabon. Alt. 0- 10 m.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — EQUATORIAL GUINEA /GABON: Mann 928, Gaboon R., fl. (K!, P!). — GABON: Breteler & Van Raalte 5534, 15 km SE Port Gentil, fr. Sep. (BR!, LBV, WAG!); Breteler et al. 14477, Nyanga R., S of Gamba, fl. July (LBV, WAG!); Breteler et al. 14491, Gamba, fl. July (LBV, WAG!); Breteler et al. 14600, Gamba, fr. Nov. (LBV, WAG!); Breteler et al. 14636, Gamba, fr. Nov. (WAG!); Fleury 26719, near Cap Lopez, fr. Sep. (P!); Klaine 230, Libreville, fl. b. July (P!); Klaine 233, Libreville, fl. July (P!, WAG!); Klaine 1005, Libreville, fl. July (P!); Klaine 1051, Libreville, fl. Aug. (P!); Klaine 1024, Libreville, fl. Aug. (P!, WAG!); Klaine 1193, Libreville, fr. (P!); Le Testu 1771, Mayumba, fl. Aug. (BM!, P!, WAG!); Reitsma c.s. 1262, 25 km N of Libreville, fl. July (LBV!, WAG!); Wieringa 1163, Gamba, fl. b. June (WAG!).