Revision and new species of the African genus Mischogyne (Annonaceae) Author Gosline, George Author Marshall, Andrew R. Author Larridon, Isabel text Kew Bulletin 2019 2019-06-30 74 28 1 23 journal article 10.1007/S12225-019-9804-7 1ed5ac34-1b70-4189-a175-7526621e1705 0075-5974 3345047 2b. Mischogyne elliotiana ( Engl. & Diels ) Le Thomas var. sericea Keay (1952: 151) . Type: Sierra Leone , River bank, Njala, 10 Feb. 1927 , Deighton 510 ( holotype K! [K000198795], lectotype B!, NSW [ NSW 459966]). Shrub or small tree to 5 m tall. Young taeigs , petioles, midrib above and below with a dense indumentum of white hairs 0.8 – 1.4 mm long. Petioles 5 – 12 mm long, 2 – 4 mm in diam. Leaf lamina narrowly ovate or ovate to narrowly obovate or obovate, 12 – 25 cm long, 5 – 8 cm wide, length:width ratio 2.5 – 4, apex acuminate or attenuate, acumen 2 – 4 cm long, 1.5 – 2.5 cm at base, both surfaces with a glabrescent indumentum of appressed white hairs 0.7 – 1.1 mm long, strongly coriaceous, drying matte brown, lighter below; midrib secondary veins 9 – 14. Fruit ellipsoid, constricted between seeds when dry, 4 cm long, 2 cm diam., apiculate. DISTRIBUTION . Guinea (Conakry) and Sierra Leone ( Map 1 ). HABITAT . Lowland forest along rivers. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. GUINEA ( CONAKRY ). Kindia Préfecture : Ouélia , Environs de Kindia , Bords de la Kolenté , 60 m , fl, [9°36'23" 12°37'1"], 1 May 1934 , H. Jacques-Félix 465 (K!, P*) . SIERRA LEONE . Southern province : Njala, R. bank, Njala., 55 m , [8°6'31" 12°5'], 8 July 1935 , F. C. Deighton 3015 (K!, SL *); ibid., 10 Feb. 1927 , F. C. Deighton 510 ( BM !, K!) . PHENOLOGY . Flowering in February, May; Fruiting July. VERNACULAR NAME . None recorded. USES . “The old leaves lose their hairs and become hard, and are used for cleaning caps and other cloth articles.” ( Deighton 510). Fig. 4. Mischogyne elliotiana var. elliotiana . A extra-axillary flower; B extra-axillary fruit ( Tonkolili Plants 1324). PHOTOS: A CAREL JONGKIND, B XANDER VAN DER BURGT. NOTES . The larger leathery leaves generally without an acumen together with the glabrescent indumentum of long hairs on the leaves make specimens of this taxon markedly distinct from other Mischogyne elliotiana specimens.