132 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 
MELIACE X. 
TvRnzA VoaErm, Hook. fil. in Niger Fl. 258. 
Lake shore, Musozi. Fl. January, 75. 
Native name * Makansi." ‘ Used for posts and sticks. A 
low thin shrub; flowers white with white staminal tube; 
seeds black.” 
Distrib. Upper and Lower Guinea. 
EKEBERGIA P COMPLANATA, Sp. nov. 
Arbor ramulis fusco-pubescentibus; foliis longiuscule petio- 
latis, apice ramulorum dispositis, 6-7-jugis, foliolis oppo- 
sitis, brevissime petiolulatis, obovato-oblongis vel oblongis, 
basi euneatis, apice acute euspidatis, utrinque + pubes- 
centibus, subtus pallidioribus, nervis secundariis sub- 
patulis adscendentibus ; paniculis quam folia multoties 
brevioribus, pedunculatis, puberulis ; ealyee subeampanu- 
lato, subobtuse 5-dentato, extus puberulo; petalis 5, 
ovatis, extus pubescentibus; staminibus in tubum petalis 
paullo breviorem coalitis; antheris 10 in margine tubi 
sessilibus glabris ellipticis, disco brevi glabro annulari; 
ovario 4—5-loculari, stylo glabro ovario equilongo, 
stigmate crasso, obconico 4-5-lobulato. 
Hab. Island of Buvüma, Victoria Nyanza. Fl. March 
1904. 600. 
“ Tree with white flowers.” 
Folia 22-32 em. longa. Foliola 5:5-7:5 em. longa, 22-2-7 
cm. lata, nervo medio supra impresso. Pedunculus 13- 
17 em. longus, inferne complanatus. Petala + 4 mm. 
longa, 2 mm. lata. 
Differs from Æ. senegalensis, A. Juss., by the leaflets being in 
6-7 pairs aud more or less pubescent above and below. Fruit is 
required. 
E. SENEGALENSIS, Á. Juss. var. cortacea, C. DC.; floribus, 
5-meris ; calycis dentibus acutis; petalis 5, ovatis, 
pubescentibus, © 3:5 mm. longis; tubo urceolato tomen- 
toso, + 2 mm. longo; antheris 10, ovario glabro 5-loculari ; 
stylo glabro, stigmate capitato. 
Hab. Kitara. In flower, August 9th, 1903. 378. 
I have made the above notes, as this variety was described 
from fruiting specimens. 
