350 XXXIX. OLACIKEX (olivek). [Olax. 



9 (or 8), those opposite to the petals antheriferoiis, with complanate fila- 

 ments, the odd ones ananthevous. Ovary 3-celled at the base. Young 

 fruit wholly enclosed within the accrescent calyx. 

 Upper Guinea. Mount John, Kongui river, Mann I 



5. O. subscorpioidea, Oliv. A shrub. Decurrent lines more or less 

 marked in the leafy branches. Leaves rather coriaceous, oval-oblong or 

 from lanceolate to oval, acute, base slightly rounded or cuneate, 2-§— 3^ in. 

 long, i-l? in. broad ; petiole 1 line or less. Racemes |-f in. long, tapering. 

 Axillary flowers "white," distichous, usually turned to the upper side; pe- 

 dicels much shorter than the flowers, about equalling the caducous bracts. 

 Calyx cupuliform, entire. Stamens 8, 5 antheriferous, opposite to the petals, 

 3 anantherous, alternate. Ovary 3-celled below. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Onitscha, Niger, Barter ! 



fi. O. dissitiflora, Oliv. A small glabrous shrub. Leafy extremities 

 terete with obsolete decurrent ridges. Leaves rather coriaceous, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute or rather obtuse, base cuneate or slightly rounded, 

 1-1| in. long, \-% in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers " white," in short 

 axillary racemes or, usually, the racemes lengthening out into leafy rarauli, 

 solitary in the axils of the lower leaves or obsolete bract-scales of the shoot; 

 pedicels 4, in. more or less. Calyx cupuliform, entire. Stamens 8, 5 oppo- 

 site to the petals, anantherous, 3 alternate, antheriferous. Ovary distinctly 

 3-celled below, 1 -celled above, narrowed into the style; stigma capitate-3- 

 lobulate. Young fruit enclosed in the accrescent calyx, obovoid or ellipsoidal. 



Moiamb. Distr. Tette, Zambesi ; and Lake Nyassa, Dr. Kirk ! 



Nearly allied to, if not identical with, a Madagascar plant (Bouton in Herb. Kew). 



5. STROMBOSIA, Blame j Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 348. 



Calyx-limb small, 5-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate or deltoid-rotundate, M 

 fruit enlarged, adnate. Petals 5, perigynous, valvate. Stamens as many as, 

 and opposite and adnate to, the petals ; filaments shortly free above. Ovary 

 broad, inserted upon a disk or the base more or less immersed, 3-5-celled 

 nearly to the apex ; style short ; stigma obtuse, slightly thickened, obscurely 

 lobulate ; ovules pendulous, I in each compartment. Fruit (not seen in the 

 African plant) drupaceous, oblong. " Seed pendulous with a minute em- 

 bryo within the apex of a fleshy albumen."— Glabrous trees. Leaves alter- 

 nate, coriaceous. Flowers small, in axillary cymes or fascicles, pedunculate 

 or sessile. 



A small Indian geuns to which there is little doubt that the following species belongs, 

 although the fruit and fruit-calyx are yet wanting. 



1. S. ? grandifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nip-it. 258. A tree of 15-20 ft.; 

 leafy branches terete. Leaves ample, coriaceous, petiolate, broadly oblong- 

 elliptical, shortly acuminate or cuspidate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base; 

 veinlets connecting the principal lateral veins obscure, nearly parallel, fox- 

 ing ; 5-8 in. long, 2-4 in. broad; petiole £ in. Flowers very small, very 



