422 XLIV. sapindacejs (bakeb). [Schmidelk. 



late in the upper third, texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite glabrous, bright 

 green, the veins beneath slender and not much raised. Flowers in copious 

 elongated panicles on firm, woody, naked peduncles, 2-3 in. long, from the 

 axils of the leaves. Branches laxly racemose, the flowers slightly clustered, 

 the rachis and pedicels a little downy, the latter about equalling the flowers 

 which are | line long. Sepals green, glabrous, boat-shaped, much imbricated, 

 rather shorter than the Ungulate whitish petals, which are densely villose over 

 the inner surface. Anthers not seen. Immature fruit a round, solitary, 

 blackish, coriaceous, naked coccus. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Barter ! 

 A well-marked species. 



3. S. alnifolia, Baker. Branches woody, glabrous, smooth, brown, 

 terete. Petioles firm, slender, glabrous, 1|— 2 in. long. Leaflets 3, all obo- 

 vate-cuneate, the central one short-stalked, 2-2| in. long by half as broad, 

 the point blunt, the lower two-thirds narrowed gradually, the edge subentire, 

 the lateral ones similar, but smaller and rather unequal-sided, texture su - 

 coriaceous, both sides quite glabrous ; vein3 beneath not raised. Flowers 

 in lax, very slender simple racemes, 3-4 in. long, on peduncles about 1 in- 

 long, from the axils of the leaves ; rachis and pedicels nearly glabrous^, the 

 latter equalling the glabrous green sepals, the two larger of which are % hne 

 long, broader than long, ultimately spreading or even reflexed. Petals none. 

 Stamens not seen. Ovary globose, grey-villose, with a 2-fid naked style, 

 more than twice as long as the calyx. Fruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! 



This comes near the common Mascarene 8. integrifolia, DC, in many respects, bnt dine" 

 materially in the shape of the leaves. 



4. S. repanda, Baker. A small tree, with glabrous, terete, slender, 

 mottled, brownish, ultimate branches. Petioles 1-1 \ in, long, slender, glabrous. 

 Leaflets 3, the central one oblong-cuneate, 2-3| in. long, 1-1 i i n - Y.' 

 broadest about halfway down, the point acute, the edge conspicuously incis°- 

 repand, the lower third narrowly cuneate and entire, with a short petiole, 

 texture membranous, both sides quite glabrous, the upper deep green, the lower 

 paler, the veins fine and but little raised. Flowers in lax slender simple or 

 slightly branched racemes, 3-4 in. long, on slender glabrous peduncles 1-*®J 

 long, from the axils of the leaves ; rachis glabrous or a little downy ; JM 

 flowers in clusters, those of the lower part with a space between them. ^ J e ' 

 dicels glabrous, slender, equalling the calyx, which is not more than i » ne 

 long. Sepals round, glabrous on the back, green, with a membranous border. 

 Petals none. Ovary grey-villose, the style glabrous, exserted, 2-fid. ° ta * 

 mens and fruit not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of the Shire and Rovuma, Drs. Kirk andMeller! 

 Gathered also on the Livingstone Expedition on Mohilla Island. Agrees with S. al*f 

 folia in the flowers, but the racemes sometimes branched aud leaves very different. 



5. S. affinis, Guill. el Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 121. A tree, 20 ft. high, with 

 woody, finely grey-villose, terete, ultimate branches. Petioles firm, woody, 



.1-2 in. long. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, oblong-cuneate, the central one 



