506 LXXX. SAPOTACERZ (BAKER). | Mimusops. 
Style distinctly protruded beyond the ealyx. . 
Leaves subcoriaceous, long petioled . . . . .. 6M. Kirkii. 
Leaves coriaceous, short petioled . . . . . . . 7. M. fruticosa. 
Flowers 44-5 lines long . : 8. M. Kummel. 
1. M. cuneifolia, Baker. Branchlets slender, nearly naked. 
Leaves short-petioled, exstipulate ; petiole +} in. long ; blade obovate- 
cuneate, 2-2) in. long, 1-14 in. broad above the middle, obtuse or 
slightly emarginate at the tip, narrowed gradually from the middle to 
the base, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with fine 
immersed veins. Flowers in umbels from the axils of the leaves and 
below them, on slightly ferruginous pedicels 4-% in. long, those of the 
lower umbels cernuous, of the upper erecto-patent. Calyx coriaceous, 
g in. long, thinly coated externally with brown tomentum, with a short 
campanulate tube and 6 deltoid reflexing segments. Corolla seen 1D 
the bud stage only ; tube short; segments of the outer row 12, linear, 
of the inner 6, oblong, all glabrous. Anthers lanceolate, longer than 
the short filaments, alternating with 6 linear acute entire staminodes. 
Pistil seen only in a rudimentary state. : 
Lower Gainea. Congo, Prof. C. Smiths 
2. M. multinervis, Baker. A tree 40 ft. high, with the exsti- 
pulate petioled leaves crowded towards the end of the naked slender 
branchlets. Petiole +-# in. long; blade oblanceolate-oblong, 3-4 in. 
long, 14-2 in. broad above the middle, obtuse and sometimes faintly 
emarginate at the point, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, 
with 20-30 pairs of slightly raised parallel erecto-patent veins. 
Flowers in dense umbels in the axils of the leaves and below them on 
slender pedicels 4-4 in. long, thinly coated with adpressed brown 
tomentum. Calyx subcoriaceous, } in. long, thinly tomentose, with a 
very short tube and 6 oblong-deltoid reflexing segments. Corolla with 
a very short tube and 18 linear glabrous segments as long as the calyx. 
Anthers oblong, about as long as the filaments, alternating with 6 
lanceolate entire staminodes, Ovary globose ; style slender, reaching 
to the top of the corolla segments. 
Upper Guinea. In tho N iger country at Nupe, Barter / 
3. MM. Mochisia, Baker. A bush or low tree with the habit of 
Prunus spinosa, with the leaves with the umbels in their axils mostly 
in dense lateral or terminal fascicles. Branchlets not at all tomentose. 
Petiole very short; blade oblanceolate-oblong, 1-2 in. long, §-} 
broad above the middle, obtuse, often distinctly emarginate at the 
point, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, glabrous on 
both sides, with fine immersed veins. Flowers in dense umbels from the 
Same nodes as the leaves on slender glabrous pedicels }—} in. long. 
Calyx 14 in. long, with scarcely any tube and 6 oblong reflexing seg- 
ments. Corolla with a short tube and 18 reflexing linear segments as 
long as those of the calyx. Stamens shorter than the corolla, with a 
small ovate-lanceolate anther as long as the glabrous subulate filament, 
alternating with 6 minute toothed petaloid cuneate truncate glabrous 
