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or oblong-obla nceolate, 2:04:0 cm. long, serrate at the margin and with 
rather numerous lateral veins and a very short petiole. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. 
ОснхА PULCHRA, Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 588. 
Madanda Forest at about 400 ft. ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 1360. A small tree, 
seeds black, calyx carmine. “lowers required to confirm this identification. 
Distrib, South Central Reg on. 
Ocuna (Schizandra) cntrinpica, E. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Arbor mediocris, ramosa ; ramulis cortice cinereo-brunneo vel cinereo- 
nigrescente tectis ; foliis interdum cum floribus coétaneis vel interdum post 
anthesin enascentibus viridibus papyraceis oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis 
utrinque attenuatis toto margine plus minus argute serratis apice ipso obtusis 
basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus arcuatim adscendentibus supra prominulis 
coste subrectangulariter insidentibus, petiolo brevissimo; floribus in apice 
ramorum abbreviatorum lateralium racemosis manifeste pedicellatis, pedicellis 
gracilibus infra partem 4 inf. articulatis ; floribus inter minores generis ; 
sepalis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis striatis in sicco olivaceo-viridibus ; petalis 
obovatis flavis basi in unguem attenuatis ; staminibus ultra 20, antheris rimis 
longitudinalibus dehiscentibus; stylo erecto apice stigmata brevia gerente; 
ovario sæpissime 5-lobo, lobis extus glabris tenuiter reticulatis. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3700 ft. ; n. 106. In flower, 9th Oct. 1905. In 
leaf, May 1906. 
А medium-sized deciduous tree, the yellow flowers preceding the leaves. 
Only one tree found. 
Arbor 15-20 m. alt. Folia juniora 8:0 cm., adultiora 9:0-13:0 em. longa, 
2:5-33 cm. lata.  Petioli 1:0-2-0 mm. longi. Pedicelli +1-2°5 em. longi. 
Sepala + 5:0 mm. longa. Petala + 6-7 mm.longa. Anthere 1:5 mm. longo. 
Stylus + 2:5 mm. longus. 
The distinguishing features of this tree are the rather small flowers, 
racemose at the ends of. short lateral branches, which are borne before the 
leaves, and the oblong, attenuate, distinetly papyraceous leaves with a very 
short petiole. 
The following are also closely allied :—n. 626, a small tree gathered on 
Mt. Umtereni, alt. 4000 ft. ; and n. 193 from the Chipete Forest Patch, 
alt. 3800 ft. 
O. chirindica differs from O. Holstii, Engler, by the flowers, which are 
smaller and preceding the leaves, and by the larger leaves. 
О. NATALITIA, Engler & Gilg in Engler Jahrb. xxxiii. (1903) 236. 
Madanda Forest at about 400 ft. ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 1357. 
Distrib. Natal. 
