Euclea.] LXXXI, EBENACEX (HIERN). 513 
3. B. divinorum, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p. 99. A shrub, nearly 
glabrous and somewhat glaucous; branches terete. Leaves opposite 
or subopposite, elliptical, narrowed more or less from the middle 
towards each end especially towards the base, obtuse, coriaceous, 
glaucescent above, reddish and somewhat farinaceous beneath, 14-2} 
by 3-? in.; veins inconspicuous; margins undulated ; petiole about 
sin. long. Male flowers in crowded racemes or panicles, 10 or more 
together, 4-5-merous, hemispherical ; cymes not more than 3? by 3 in., 
usually erect ; pedicels 4, in. long, spreading, longer than the small 
caducous bracts. Calyx ly in. long; lobes short. Corolla deeply 
lobed ; lobes rounded. Stamens 16; anthers oblong, hairy, longer 
than the glabrous filaments. Ovary rudimentary, represented by a 
bunch of hairs. Female plant unknown. 
South Central. Victoria Falls, Kirk! 
Occurs also at Delagoa Bay, south of the Tropic, and in Basuta Country. 
4, E. multiflora, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p. 100, t. 3. A more or 
less pubescent bush or arborescent shrub, ranging up to 10 ft. in 
height ; pubescence whitish, becoming ferruginous in the dry state ; 
branches terete below, usually angular towards the apex. Leaves alter- 
nate or subopposite, elliptical or oblong, obtuse or slightly pointed, 
wedge-shaped at the base, coriaceous, inconspicuously veiny above, 
13 by 4-1} in.; margins recurving, sometimes rather wavy ; petiole 
about } in. long. Flowers dioecious or polygamous, 4-5-merous, pa- 
uiculate and many together in the male plant; panicles 1-2 in. long. 
Calyx campanulate, cleft, hairy; lobes ovate or deltoid. Corolladeeply 
lobed, lobes oval, usually hairy along the middle line outside. Stamens 
16-20 in the male or hermaphrodite plant, inserted in pairs at the base 
of the corolla or around the ovary, none in the female plant. Ovary 
globose, hairy and 4-celled in the female plant, abortive in the male. 
tyles 2, glabrous or nearly so. Fruit globose, ferruginous-hairy or 
nearly glabrate, 4-1 in. diam., 1-celled. Seed solitary.—Diospyros (sp.), 
Salt, Voyage to Abyssinia, etc., p. 14 (1814). 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Welwitsch ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Salt / 
Occurs also in several districts of the Cape Flora. 
5. &. fructuosa, Hiern, Monogr. Eben. p. 101. A small or arbo- 
rescent shrub, with softly pubescent tawny terete branches. Leaves 
alternate or subopposite, obovate-oblong, wedge-shaped at the tee 
Coriaceous, quickly glabrescent and nitescent, 14-43 by $14 in., de r 
Cately reticulated ; margins reflexed ; petiole yo7$ In. long, pubescen ' 
‘ale plant unknown. Fruiting racemes or panicles ranging eon 
’n. long, with about 20 fruits, pubescent; pedicels short, thic ene 
"pwards to the articulation with the calyx. Calyx 5-lobed ; lobes del- 
id, acute, small ; tube consolidated in fruit. Corolla sometimes _ 
it apparently 4—5-cleft ; lobes ovate. Fruits tawny-pubescent, 
™. diam., 1-celled. Seed solitary ; albumen uniform. sort 
Zamhozamd. Distr. Between Tette and the sea-coast, Kirk! Luame movth of th 
1, Kirk! Dar Salam, Kirk! LI 
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