Shrub 10–15 ft. high, young parts densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 10 by 4 1/4 in.; nerves 17 pairs; petiole 1 1/2 in. long. Thyrsus 9 by 4 in., nearly without floral leaves; flower-spikes 3 by 3/4 in.; bracts in the lower part of a spike distant, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, obovate, shortly acuminate; bracteoles nearly as the sepals. Sepals 1/4– 1/3 by 1/12 in., oblong, acute, pubescent. Corolla 2/3– 3/4 in. long, white. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells at nearly equal height rounded at the base; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 longitudinal smooth bands without tubercles. Ovary very hairy. Capsule not seen.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea 3000 ft., Mann, 634!
Notes
This fine plant is closely allied in habit and characters to A. Vasica, Nees, but differs in the loose, not strobilate, spikes and the smaller bracts and flowers.
