508 LXXX. SAPOTACEZ (BAKER). [ Mimusops. 
than the filaments ; staminodes linear, tomentose on the back, about as 
long as the stamens. Ovary globose; style slender, glabrous, much 
exserted from the corolla. Fruit globose, glabrous, an inch long, 
eatable. 
Mozamb. Distr. Lower Shire Valley and at the junction of the Shire and 
Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Meller! and a variety with broader leaves and longer 
pedicels at Rovuma, Dr. Kirk ! 
7. M. fruticosa, Bojer; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 203. A low tree, 
with slender branchlets thinly coated at the. top with ferruginous 
tomentum. Leaves petioled, exstipulate ; petiole very short (7-3 in); 
blade obovate-oblong, 14-2 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, obtuse or obtusely 
cuspidate, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, very glossy above, 
with fine immersed main veins. Flowers in copious umbels from pa 
side and tip of the branchlets on spreading pedicels 4—? in. long coate 
with thin brown tomentum. Calyx coriaceous, campanulate, ¢ 
long, with a very short tube and 8 acute segments, the 4 outer ae 
ceolate, coated with brown tomentum, the 4 inner ones linear, thin y 
coated with drab tomentum. Corolla with a short tube and 24 linear 
segments as long as those of the calyx. Stamens 8, included ; anthe’s 
oblong-lanceolate ; staminodes linear, acute, entire, silky on the back. 
Ovary globose, silky ; style slender, glabrous, distinctly protruded from 
the corolla. Fruit small, globose. 
Mozamb. Distr. Islands of Pemba and Mombassa, Baer! Zanguebar, Dr. 
Kirk! 
8. M. Kummel, Hochst.; A. DO. Prodr, viii. 203. A large tres 
with slender nearly glabrous branchlets. Leaves distinctly petiole F 
exstipulate ; petiole }-4 in. ; blade oblong, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broa 
at the middle, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, glabrous oD 
both sides, with fine main veins. Flowers few together from the axl 
of the leaves, on arching pedicels about an inch long, thinly coated 
with brown tomentum. Calyx coriaceous, 2 in. long, with a very 
short tube and 8 segments, the 4 outer ones lanceolate, the 4 inner 
linear. Corolla with a short tube and 24 linear segments as long as 
those of the calyx. Stamens 8, rather shorter than the corolla seg- 
ments ; anther lanceolate, equalling the glabrous subulate filament ; 
staminodes 8, minute, linear, acute, silky on the back. Ovary globose, 
8-celled; style glabrous, } in. long, slender, protruded from the 
corolla. Fruit ellipsoid, glabrous, an inch long. Seed solitary, ellip- 
soid, compressed, with a pale brown glossy testa.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss: 
li, 22. 
Wile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Bruce! Schimper! Quartin Dillon and 
Petit! Beccari. Madi, Capt. Grant! ; ‘ole 
Upper Guinea. Jeba on the Kworra, Barter / (not seen in flower. Petio 
longer, leaf larger and fruit more globose than in the Abyssinian plant). 
5. IMBRICARIA, Juss. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 661. 
Calyx coriaceous with a short tube and 8 segments, arranged ae 
two distinct rows, those of the outer row firmer in texture and valv@ 
