446 xlv. anacaediacejE (olivee). [Odm. 



chiefly fertile flowers l|-2 in. long, more or less densely foxy-tomentose ; 

 pedicels 1-1 £ lines. Petals elliptical, slightly concave. Anthers of the male 

 flowers oblong-elliptical, dorsally affixed, of the female smaller, effete. 

 Drupes glabrous, often retaining the remains of the distinct styles. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Capt. Pull en ! Sennar, Cienkowski. 



Nearly allied to 0. Wodier, Roxb., a common Indian species. 



2. O. fruticosa, Hochst. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 141. Extremities 



rugged, lenticellate. Leaves present at time of flowering, 9-15-foliolate, at 

 first minutely stellate-pubescent, at length glabrous, f-1 ft. long; leaflets 

 obliquely lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a rather obtuse point, base more 

 or less rounded, oblique, sessile or subsessile, 2-3* in. long, J-l in- broad. 

 Flowers usually 4-merous, in simple or once-branched, rather stout, axillary, 

 foxy-tomentose or -pubescent spikes, 1*- 3* in. long, sessile, or pedicels very 

 short and concealed. Calyx-lobes roundish-ovate, imbricate. Petals ellip- 

 tical, concave, sometimes recurved above. Filaments filiform, inserted in the 

 back of the broadly oblong anthers. Kudiment of the ovary in the sterile 

 flowers 3-4-fid. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! Dillon I Sennar, Kotschy f Cien- 

 kowski ! Madi, Speke and Grant ! 



Affords a resiu. 



Var. ? parvifolia. Leaves much smaller. Fruiting-spikes not 1 in. long. Madi, Spe e 

 and Grant I 



Odina fraxinifolia, Fenzl, known to me by name only and not described to my kn° w ' 

 ledge, may perhaps be 0. fruticosa. 



3. O. acida, Rich, (under Lannea) in FL Seneg. i. 154. A small de- 

 ciduous tree. Leaves exceeding 1 ft., 7-11-foliolate, wholly glabrous or 

 with indications of an early deciduous tomentum ; leaflets distinctly petio- 

 lulate, oval-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to an obtuse snbacuminate apex, 

 base obliquely cuneate, 2-4* in. long, H-l* in. broad; petiolule If 6 

 lines. Flowers in stellate-tomentose, ascending; spicate racemes 1-2 2 in - 

 long, clustered at the ends of the branches ; pedicels 1 line. Calyx-low* 

 ovate, at length deciduous. Petals oblong-oval. Anthers of the tert u 

 flower small, probably effete. Styles 4, distinct.— (? O. Oghigee, Hook. t. 

 Fl. Nigrit. 286. Spondias Oghigee, Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 79.) 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ; ? Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 



Barter's plant accords well with Richard's description excepting that the leaves are rather 

 larger. 



4. O. Barter!, Oliv. A small tree. Leaves f-1* ft -> 7-U- f o liolate ; 

 very shortly and softly hispid-pubescent throughout, the upper surface a 

 length minutely granular-scabrid from the tubercled hair-bases ; lateral leal- 

 lets opposite, ovate-elliptical or elliptical, cuspidate or shortly acummat , 

 more or less broadly rounded at the base, subsessile ; hairs simple (not str- 

 iate), very short and uniform above, most conspicuous on the veins beneat , 

 3* -6 in. long, l*-3 in. broad. Flower-spikes simple, fascicled, from" "* 

 of a previous year, divaricate, 3-5 in. long, pubescent or tomentose. * lowe , 

 (male) sessile or very shortly pedicellate, 4-merous. Calyx-lobes ovate, o - 



