84 ix. capparidaceje (oliver). [Maraa. 



Leaves obovate or oval, small, subretuse. Flowers solitary. Fruit 



not torulose (drupaceous) 9. ? M. uniflora. 



Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, 1 in. or more. Ovary nar- 

 rowed above 10. M. Currori. 



1. M. triphylla, Rich. Ft. Abyss, i. 32 ; Ic. 7. A shrub or small tree, 

 the extremities shortly pubescent. Leaves firmly membranous, usually 3- 

 foliolate, the uppermost simple ; leaflets broadly oval ovate-lanceolate or obo- 

 vate-elliptical, rather acute or obtuse, mucronulate, more or less obtuse at the 

 base, shortly petiolulate, minutely pubescent at least on the midrib beneath 

 at first, at length glabrous, the central leaflet l|-2 in. long in our specimens. 

 Flowers in corymbose racemes terminating short axillary shoots towards the 

 extremities of the branches. Calyx tubular-infundibuliform below the free 

 minutely 4-toothed margin of the disk. Petals obovate or elliptical. Colum- 

 nar torus equalling or exceeding the calyx-tube. Ovary oblong, 1-locuiar 

 at first. Placentas 2, each with 8-12 ovules, a spurious dissepiment at 

 length nearly dividing the cavity. Fruit globose, 4-6 lines diam., few-seeded, 

 on a gynophore of about £ in. 



Nile Land. White Nile, Petherick ! Kotschy, and others. 



Much resembles M. (Niebuhria) linearis of India, an apetalous species. 



2. M. nervosa, Oliv. Shrub or small tree or a climber with slender 

 drooping branches, glabrous or the extremities puberulous. Leaves rather 

 coriaceous, usually 3-phyllous ; median leaflet varying from ovate, broadly 

 oval, oblong-oval to oblanceolate ; apex acute obtuse minutely mucronulate 

 entire or retuse, obsoletely puberulous at first or glabrous, 1-3 in. long, f~\ 

 in. broad, lateral leaflets often considerably smaller ; shortly petiolulate and 

 articulated to the petiole. Flowers in terminal or axillary corymbose ra- 

 cemes, in the latter case sometimes panicled at the end of the branches or 

 solitary; bracts minute. Petals obovate or elliptical, clawed. Columnar 

 torus equalling or rather exceeding the infundibuliform calyx-tube, which 

 is narrowly bordered with the toothed or lobed margin of the disk. Ovary 

 oblong, 1 -celled; placentas 2 (or 3), with about 15 ovules on each; stigw a 

 sessile. Fruit oblong-oval in our only fruiting specimen, 4-5 lines diam-, 

 on a gynophore of about 1 in. — Niebuhria nervosa, Hochst. in Flora 18H 

 289. Streblocarpus pubescens and 8. scandens, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossanib- 

 Bot. 165. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, Dr. Kirk t Br. Peters! (? Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk I) 



Grows also at Natal. 



Var. $. flagellaris. Leaves often 1-foliolate, if 3-foliolate the median much larger ; lead" 5 

 obtuse with a short dtcurved mucro, less veiny. Lake Nyassa and Shire river, Dr. Kirk- 



In the glabrous scandent form the leaflets are sometimes distinctly marked with looping 

 veins. 



3. M. Grantii, Oliv. Glabrous, with slender virgate branches. Leaves 

 3-foliolate or the upper simple ; leaflets narrow-linear, narrowed to the ap<*> 

 shortly petiolulate, 1-2 in. long, 1-2 lines broad. Flowers on slender pe- 

 dicels of about 1 in., axillary, solitary or a few together towards the extra- 

 mities of the branches or of short slender lateral shoots. Calyx tubular 

 below ; free margin of the disk very short, interrupted. Petals obovate ° r 

 elliptical, clawed, shortly apiculate. Columnar torus exceeding or equaling 



