116 XIII. BIXINEiE (OLIVEK). [OllCoba. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia (Schweinf. and Asch. Enum.). 



Mozamb. Distr. Shire river, Zambesia, Dr. Kirk ! 



Var. 0. angolensis, margin of the stigma divided into several lobes capitate or thickened at 

 the extremity ; Angola, di3tr. Golungo Alto and Bumbo, not infrequent, Dr. Welwitsch '., who 

 describes the flower as very fragrant. The fruit is edible. 



Also in Arabia, and at Natal, Harvey, Thes. Cap. 142. 



2. O. brachyanthera, Oliv. Shrub, with the young shoots and leaves 

 more or less hairy, armed with short, slightly curved spines. Bark minutely 

 warted with pale lenticels. Leaves rather coriaceous, more or less elliptical, 

 sometimes ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate, shortly stalked, 

 2-3 in. long, 1%- If in. broad; secondary nerves prominent on the under 

 side of the older leaves, which become at length nearly or quite glabrous. 

 Flowers about 2 in. across, terminal or upon short lateral shoots. Calyx at 

 length falling away. Anthers oblong, very short, not more than twice as 

 long as broad, cordate-based, obtuse, without a tip. Stigma with about o 

 radiate, broadly capitate, distinct lobes. Fruit globose, about 1^-2 in. diam., 

 smooth with a hard shell. 



Upper Guinea. Found on the site of an old town on the river Bagroo, Mann . 



3. O. Petersiana, Oliv. A softly pubescent shrub, with membranous 

 obovate or obovate-oblong leaves, rounded or very obtuse at the extremity, 

 slightly undulate, more or less pubescent on both sides, 3-4 1 in. long, lr"* 

 in. broad. Peduncles terminal or axillary, sometimes leafy, % in. to 2 in. 

 long. Flowers about l|-2 in. diam. Calyx deciduous. Anthers linear. 

 Ovary hairy. Lobes of the stigma about 6," subulate, ascending or slight ly 

 recurved. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoidal, obscurely ridged and furrowed or nearly 

 terete, shortly cuspidate, shortly pubeseent-touientose, at length rather sca- 

 brous and glabrescent, separating into numerous narrow valves when ripe.— 

 C/danis macrophylla, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. i. 145. 



Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Peters I also at Delagoa Bay. 

 Klotzsch's specific name I cannot adopt under Oncoba, since numerous species have m uc 

 larger leaves. 



4. O. Tettensis, Oliv. A pubescent shrub, with obovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, rather coriaceous, shortly-stalked, undulate leaves, l£-2 in. lo' 1 ?' 

 but scarcely fully grown in the specimen seen. Peduncles usually axi 

 lary, spreading or ascending, about f-l| in. long. Flowers 1-1 a ,n> 

 across. Calyx 3-partite; lobes at length deciduous. Anthers linear. Lobe 9 

 of the stigma minute, triangular-subulate, slightly spreading or recurve' . 

 Fruit ovoid-globose, with a sharp cuspidate point, shortly tomentose, wit 

 numerous rather deep longitudinal furrows. — C/danis Tettensis, Klotzsch, 

 1. c. 



This species is united with the preceding, by Dr. Hooker, in Harvey and Sonder's 'Flora 

 Capensis,' ii. 584, and perhaps rightly. 



Mozamb. Distr. Tete and Shupanga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Dr. Peters ! 



Although I have had the opportunity of comparing our specimens with those ***?£ 

 Klotzsch in the Berlin Herbarium, I cannot be quite sure that I have rightly referred 

 Kirk's plants, which alone show the two forms of fruit well grown. 



5. O. Kirkii, Oliv. A glabrous shrub, with obovate, obtuse or shorty 



