] XLV. ANACARDIACE.E (OLIVER). 441 



leaflets 7-9-11, oblong or oblong-elliptical, the terminal often obovate, shortly 

 md obtusely acuminate or apiculate, base usually somewhat cuneately nar- 

 rowed to the petioliile, reticulate beneath with prominent midrib and lateral 

 nerves, 3-8 in. long, 1-3 in. broad ; petiolules 1-4 lines. Panicles fascicu- 

 late, confusedly and divaricately branched, lateral or from the old Avood, often 

 1-2 ft. long, dependent in fruit. Pedicels equalling or shorter than the 

 flowers. Calyx broadly 5-dentate. Stamens of male flower 15-20, of herma- 

 phrodite 5-7, with or without additional anantherous staminodes. Style very 

 snort and thick ; stigma with 3 very short recurved lobes. Fruit the size 

 ota "sparrow's egg," yellow, " sweet, with the taste of turpentine." 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar and E. tropical Africa, lat. 7° S., Speke and Grant ! 

 speke and Grant mention a tree having a trunk 8 ft. in circumference. 

 Also in Madagascar and cultivated in tropical Asia. 



3. S. patens, Oliv. A glabrous climbing shrub, attaining 30 ft. Leaves 

 5-7-foliolate ; leaflets scattered, rather coriaceous, oval-oblong, rather nar- 

 rowly but obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, concolorous ; lateral 

 nerves scarcely prominent and venation obscure beneath, the under surface 

 sparsely minutely tubercled or granulate ; 5-6 in. long, l|-2 in. broad ; pe- 

 tiolule 2-4 lines. Panicles terminal or subterminal, with few divaricate or 

 deflexed interruptedly racemose branches. Pedicels (of female flower) about 

 fqual to the flowers, which are l£-2 lines in diam. Calyx-lobes 4 (rarely 5), 

 deltoid. Petals convexly spreading, ovate, with somewhat revolute mar- 

 ges. Stamens (effete ? or staminodes) 4(-5), alternate with the petals, ex- 

 terior to the disk. Stigma sessile, 3-lobed ; lobes short, divergent, grooved 

 above and adnate to the ovary. Ovule suspended from a little above the 

 PQe of the cell. 



Upper Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann I 



4 - S. ? trimera, Oliv. A glabrous tree of 30 ft. {Mann). Leaves un- 

 equally pinnate, 5-7-foliolate. Leaflets coriaceous, shining above, lateral 

 °Pposite, terminal larger, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, shortly pointed or 

 fcuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base ; midrib and distant curving 

 Wml nerves prominent below, reticulation subprominent, 5-7 in. long, 

 ■H|i in. broad ; petiolules £--§- in. Panicles fascicled toward the extremities 

 ° f the branches, shorter than the leaves in our specimens, with the (male) 

 lowers irregularly clustered ; pedicels equalling the flowers or flowers sub- 

 PWe. Calyx 3-fid ; lobes broadly ovate. Petals 3, broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 Va lvate. Stamens 6, around a radiately corrugated disk; anthers small, 

 0v °id, much shorter than the filaments. 'Female flowers not seen. 



Upper Guinea. River Kongui, W. tropical Africa, Mann I 



A specimen in fruit only, labelled " Balsam of St. Thomas," from a tree 60-80 ft. in height, 

 g by Mr. Mann from the Island of St. Thomas (3000 ft. above the sea), closely resembles 

 m and is probably the same. The fruit is imperfect, apparently spherical, smooth, with a 



"aeeons epicarp, and about 1 in. in diam. . . ... 



ig e ° Pposite leaflets 8,ld 3-merous diplostemonous flowers of S. ? tnmera indicate genenc 



"action, but the female flowers are yet unknown. 



5 - S. Mannii, Oliv. A glabrous tree. Leaves 3-4 ft. long, multifo- 



