424 xliv. SAPINDACE.E (bakee). [Schmidelui. 



nate or 2-jugate, stalked, ovate-oblong, 3-6 in. long, the point obtuse, the 

 base cuneate, the edge quite entire, texture subcoriaceous, both surfaces gla- 

 brous, the upper shining, the lower with raised veins. Flowers in a terminal 

 panicle, with racemose branches. Sepals 4, two twice the size of the other 

 two. Petals equalling the calyx, ovate, flat, pubescent at the edge. Stamens 

 slightly exceeding the corolla. Berries 2, ovate, nearly as large as a goose- 

 berry, sessile, quite glabrous, purplish, with one large seed the same shape.— 

 Omitrophe thyrsoides, Schum. et Thonn. Guin. PI. 185. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning. 



We have not seen this, and it may not really belong to the genus as here defined. 



9. S. hirtella, Hook.f. 71. Nigrit. 248. t. 25. A small tree, 15-20 ft. 

 high, with slender terete woody branches, shortly grey-downy when young. 

 Petioles |-1 in. long, erecto-patent, firm, pubescent like the branches. Leaves 

 simple, oblong-cuneate, 6-7 in. long by about half as broad, the apex acuminate 

 or acute, the edge entire or faintly toothed, the base narrowly cuneate, texture 

 membranous, upper surface dark green, both glabrous except that the veins 

 beneath have a tuft of hairs in their axils. Flowers in sessile, close, simple 

 racemes 1 in. or more long from the axils of the leaves ; rachis slightly grey- 

 downy ; pedicels equalling the globose flowers, which are under | line long. 

 Sepals boat-shaped, slightly downy, the petals shorter, obovate-lingulate, 

 densely bearded on the inner face. Stamens not exserted. Coccus s0 ^^' 

 turbinate, black, glabrous, 4 lines long. — S. monophylla, Hook. f. Ic W- 

 775, non Presl. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel ! Mann ! Ambas Bay and banks of the Ba- 

 groo river, Mann ! 



10. S. monophylla, Presl, Bot. Bern. 40. A small tree, with woody, 

 terete, glabrous branches. Petioles £-1 in. long, firm, erecto-patent, glabrous. 

 Leaves simple, oblong-cuneate, 3-4 in. long by half as broad, the point su - 

 acute, the edge subentire or slightly irregularly repand, texture subcoriaceous, 

 both sides glabrous, bright green, the main veins raised beneath, blowers i 

 moderately lax simple racemes, 2-4 in. long on firm, woody, naked peduncle 

 about 1 in. long from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels glabrous, equalling ° 

 exceeding the calyx, which is % line long. Sepals boat-shaped, glabrous. 

 Petals equalling the sepals, Ungulate, villose within. Stamens slightly ex- 

 serted. Ovary with two oblong, slightly hairy divisions ; the style gW**? 

 2-fid. Ripe fruit not seen.— Rhus monophylla, E. Meyer in Drege, PL ^ a P" 

 Exsicc. S. Meyeri, Planch, in Herb. Kevv. 8. Dregeana, Sond. Fl. wp- 

 i. 239. J 



Mozanab. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer 1 Dr. Kirk I 

 Also a plant of Natal, Madagascar, and the Comoro islands. 



11. S. oblongifolia, Baker. A small tree, 20 ft. high, with firm, gla- 

 brous, terete, woody branches. Petioles f-l| in. long, firm, glabrous. ***5 

 oblong, 5-6 in. long by half as broad, broadly rounded at the base, the p*jj 

 acuminate, the edge quite entire, texture subcoriaceous, both sides qw 

 glabrous, the main veins beneath raised. Flowers in lax, sessile, simple r - 



