Boscia.] IX. CAPPARIDACE.E (oliver). 93 



and B. reticulata, Hochst. in Sehimp. PI. Abyss. B. intermedia, Hochst. 

 (exKich.). B. Mossambicensis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 164. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Niger, Barter ! 



«xle Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others ; Kordofan, Kotschy ! Cienkowski. 



fcower Guinea. Bumba, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, Br. Kirk I 



1 his plant may prove a variety of B. senegalensis. B. angustifolia, Harv. Fl. Cap. i. 19. 



es. Up. t. 134, does not belong to the genus. The specimens from Abyssinia and the 

 fliger have smaller flowers and fewer stamens than the rest. 



1 1 sa «cifolia. Olio. A shrub, sometimes arborescent. Branches 

 glabrous or the extremities puberulous. Leaves elongate, linear linear-oval 

 or -lanceolate, acuminate acute or sometimes obtuse, minutely puberulous or 

 scabnd at first, glabrous at length or still rough to the touch on the upper 

 surface, usually 2-5 in. long, 5-9 lines broad. Petiole 3-6 lines. Flowers 

 racemose, racemes axillary, $-\ the length of the leaves or upon short lateral 

 shoots, glabrous or pubescent. Pedicels 1 or 2-6 lines ; bracteoles minute, 

 subulate, early deciduous. Sepals reflexed. Stamens 6-14, inserted within 



be annular disk. Ovary ovoid or obpyriform, narrowed into a very short 

 8t yle 1-celled with 2 placentas; gynophore *-li lines. Fruit not seen, 

 probably 1-seeded. 



*He Land. Madi, White Nile, Speke and Grant ! 

 | on ~! ower Guinea. Mossamedes, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! (a form with leaves 1-1 J in. 



Woiamb. *>iatr. Shire river, Dr. Kirk ! 

 and th S ?. ecimen fr °m Madi the flowers appear to expand as soon as or before the leaves, 

 Br K C , pcdlCels are longer, but I do not find any sufficient ground for specific distinction. 



doubtf!i ^ tates that the knott y root is boiled aud eaten ou the shire - Cau this be \ h ? 



Nik i a ^ andea with the habit of a Pine, figured and referred to by Schweinfurth (PL 

 "'• i». tt. 6 aud 14) ? 



!Di« B : micro P h yUa, Olio. A glabrous shrub or small tree, often with 

 P'nose branches. Branches terete. Leaves small, fasciculate or scattered 

 line T Un £ shoots > coriaceous, oblong-obovate or oblanceolate or nearly 

 of hlf , e ' mu cronulate, venation indistinct, 3-8 lines long, on petioles 

 y, \ lt a «ne, more or less. Flowers numerous, in lateral fascicles or um- 

 or th r ^ emes - equalling or but little exceeding the leaves, nearly glabrous 

 ?vnn\ P els P ub escent. Stamens about 4-6, inserted at the base of the 

 Stiom , 0var y globose-ovoid with a short thick style; placentas 2. 

 6 ma obtuse. F rui t not se en. 



*oZVn ni * e *- B«mbo, Angola, Dr. Welwitich I 



a Central. S.W. tropical Africa, about lat. 23°, Chapman and Barnes ! 



5 p 

 oblon,/*,, ^^j fFdw ' mss - Extremities pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 

 founuVl PtlCa1, obtuse . often mucronulate, sometimes rather pointed; base 

 Pubesn *°[ CUneate > scabrous or rugose-scabrous above, shortly hirsute- 

 vein, u beneath . i»i the rugose forms with prominent midrib and lateral 

 «0ftor l ' at len S th 2 ~H in- long, §-l| in. broad. Flowers in erect, 

 aim, J , 8 e, ongate terminal racemes, often several inches in length; bracts 

 oyat! V Ubulate - Pedi cds spreading or ascending, *-* in- 0*J**J 

 e ' h airy externally with a broad annular disk at base. Stamens 14-20. 



