Odina.] xlv. anacakdiace^; (olivek). 447 



tnse. Petals obovate. Rudiment of ovary 4-fid. Fertile flowers and fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 



5. O. velutina, Rich, (under Lannea) in Fl. Seneg. i. 154. t. 42. Extre- 

 mities and leaves at first covered with a short, foxy, stellate tomentum. 

 Leaves 5-9-foliolate ; lateral leaflets opposite, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 sessile or subsessile, the upper surface minutely scabrid-tubercled and with 

 scattered stellate hairs, the lower paler, covered with a short tufted or stel- 

 ae tomentum, ]i-2 in. long, f-1 in. broad (probably frequently larger). 

 Mowers in ascending, solitary, simple, axillary racemes or from the nodes 

 of the previous year, 4-6 in. long ; pedicels (of male flowers) fascicled, hairy, 

 1-2 lines long. Calyx-lobes ovate. " Fruit drupaceous, coriaceous, oblong, 

 pubescent, crowned by the short recurved styles." 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! 



6. O. obovata, Hook. f. in Herb. Kew. Branches stout, divaricate, 

 the young extremities hoary-tomentose. Leaves clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, 7-13-foliolate, small and narrow, 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. wide, more 

 °r l ess hoary with a whitish stellate tomentum, at length probably glabrous ; 

 lateral leaflets opposite, coriaceous, obovate, very obtuse, entire, \— \ in. long, 

 «~4 in. broad. Flowers very small, shortly pedicellate, in ascending, narrow, 

 noary, axillary racemes, shorter than or nearly equalling the leaves ; pedicels 



I ^el'ate-tomentose, not exceeding \-\\ lines. Calyx small, deeply 4-fid, 

 nearly glabrous. Petals oblong, obtuse, somewhat concave. Anthers of the 

 fertile flowers small, probably effete. Ovary glabrous. Styles 4, distinct. 

 Male flowers arid fruit not examined. 



Nile Land. Somali country, Col. Flayfa.tr ! 



Said to afford a resin collected by the natives. 



7- O. humilis, Oliv. A low, much-branched tree. Branches terete, 

 ftrtjier stout, with lateral and terminal tufts of tomentose leaves and flower- 

 Pkea. Leaves (partially unfolded in our specimens) under 2 in. in length, 

 ^-U-foliolate, densely whitish-tomentose beneath, scabrid-pubeseent with 

 scattered stellate hairs above ; leaflets elliptical or ovate, obtuse, not exceed- 

 IjjH in. in length. Flower-spikes £— 1£ in. long, densely tomentose; 

 Pedicels very short. Calyx-teeth shortly and broadly ovate. Petals oval, 

 ob tuse, veined. Ovary densely hairy. 



JJorth Central. Bornn, E. Vogel ! 

 w »le Land. Sennar, Kotschy ! 



8. SPONDIAS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 426. 



lowers small, polygamous. Calyx minute, 4-5-lobed. Petals as many, 

 preading or recurved, valvate or imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 8-10, 

 |J*rted under the plicate or crenate disk. Ovary free, sessile, 4-5-celled. 

 styles 4-5, short, distinct. Ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit a fleshy drupe 

 Tlth a bony, 1-5-celled, 1-5-seeded putamen. Embryo straight with piano- 



