382 LXIX. ARALIACEE (HIERN). [ Cussonia. 
Fruit ovate-urceolate, glabrescent, fleshy, } in. long; margin of calyx 
sinuoso-5-dentate, wider than the neck of the fruit; epigynous disk 
conical, continuous with style which is bilobed at the apex. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
2. CG. Kirkii, Seem. in Rev. Heder. 75. A tree about 28 ft. 
high, not quite glabrous. Leaves digitate, 7-9-foliate. Petioles 54-74 
in. long, somewhat sulcate, terete; leaflets narrowly oval-lanceolate, 
acuminate or cordate at apex, cuneate to a sessile base, crenately serru- 
late, 34-6} in. long. Spikes 8 in. long, slender, numerous from among 
the leaves; axis of spike densely covered with small flowers near the 
top, less dense downwards, and absent from the base, scattered with 
small branched hairs; bracteoles minute. Flowers globular, small, 
sessile along a considerable surface. “‘ The stem yields gum when cut.” 
Mozamb. Distr. Moramballa, 100-3000 ft. alt., Dr. Kirk! 
A glabrous digitate leaf with 8 leaflets from Zanzibar, also sent by Dr. Kirk! seems to 
belong to an allied species; the petiole is 21 in. long, leaflets 5-6 in. long by 24-3 in. 
wide, thinly coriaceous, oval-oblong, narrowed at base, suddenly acuminate at apex, 
murgins serrulate. 
3. C. Barteri, Seem. in Rev. Heder. 75. A small treé, glabrous ex- 
cept the inflorescence, with the ends of the branches very thick. Leaves 
digitate of 6 oblong-obovate leaflets cuneate at the base, narrowly and 
acutely acuminate or caudate at the apex, entire, minutely reticulate, 
7-8} in. long. Petioles terete-sulcate, 15 in. long, pithy. Spikes about 
6} in. long, with numerous sessile flowers spirally arranged. Rachis 
4-1 in. thick, pubescent ; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, glabrescent. 
Fruit subglobose, $—} in. long, glabrate, white; calyx with sinuous 
margin; epigynous disk shorth conical, continuous with style, which 
_ is bilobed at the spreading apex. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter / 
Dry rocky hills. , 
4. C. spicata, Thunb., DC. Prod. iv. 255. A glabrous tree with soft 
stems, 18 feet high. Leaves digitate, 5-9-foliate; petioles about 6 in. 
long; leaflets stalked, 3-5 in. long, simple or trifid with serrately 
notched oblanceolate lobes, coriaceous, glabrous, pale green. Spikes 
terminal and subterminal, clavate, about 3 in. long by nearly 1 in. 
thick, on peduncles 4-8 in. long, thick, tapering. Flowers sessile, 
dense, spirally arranged on the rachis; bracteoles broad, shorter than 
the flowers. Styles 3, recurved. Fruit 4 in. long. , 
Mozamb. Distr. Tshiradzura, 4500 ft. alt., Dr. Kirk! 
The specimen consists only of a terminal piece of a branch in imperfect fruit without 
leaves or flowers. The above description is taken partly from Cape specimens. 
5. ©. angolensis, Hiern. A tree, 15-30 ft. high, the trunk of 
the bigger ones 2 ft. or more in diameter, erect, tapering, bare 
for 3 of the height, terminated by a globular head of branches : wood 
white, strong, durable, and useful for many purposes. Branches more 
than an inch thick at the extremities below the inflorescence. Petioles 
