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4. S. platyphylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 449. A shrub 
6-10 ft. high. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate or obovate, 14-4 in. long, 
acute, rounded at the base, entire, chartaceous, glabrous above, slightly 
pubescent beneath. Cymes terminal, 2—3-flowered ; peduncles densely 
hairy; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, } in. long; lobes 
ovate-deltoid, } the length of the tube. Corolla whitish ; tube narrow, 
2-3 times the length of the orbicular lobes, which are } in. long and 
broad. Anthers reaching the throat of the corolla-tube.—Gilg in Engl. 
eunrl: xxx. 72. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe; Iringa, on an undulating 
plateau near Rugaro, 4900 ft., Goetze, 549. 
5. S. trichoclada, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 41. A shrub, 
or low tree, reaching a height of 15 ft., with slender pubescent branchlets. 
Leaves opposite, simple, oblong, acute, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm, 
green on both sides, glabrous above when mature, pubescent beneath ; 
petiole } in. long. Cymes few-flowered, terminal, slightly compound ; 
pedicels erect, very pubescent, } in. long. Calyx campanulate, pubes- 
cent, minutely and obtusely toothed, 4 in. long. Corolla-tube $—? in. 
long ; lobes obovate, } in. long. Capsule oblong-pyriform, obtusely 
4-angled, 2 in. long.— Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. Nathusia tricho- 
clada, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 412; Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 
308; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl Welw. i. 657. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambaca; among bushes at the great cave of Puri 
Cacarambola, rather rare, Welwitsch, 934; Pungo Andongo; Panda forests, between 
the River Lutete and the Presidium, and between Cazella and the Presidium, 
rather rare, Welwitsch, 935, 936! 
6. S. Welwitschii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 73. A small or 
middle-sized tree, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a 
long brvadly winged petiole and rhachis ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong or 
oblong, acute, thin, glabrous, the end one 3~4 in. long, narrowed very 
gradually to the base, the side ones shorter, unequal towards the base. 
Cymes very compound, terminal ; pedicels very short. Calyx campanu- 
late, pubescent, 4 in. long, distinctly toothed. Corolla-tube cylindrical, 
4 in. long; lobes obovate-cuneate, half as long as the tube. Fruit 
hard, pyriform, glabrous, 1 in. long.—/S. alata, Welw. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxvii. 41, partly. Nathusia alata, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 
656, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods on the south-west of 
the Presidium, Welwitsch, 937! Huilla; in forests in Morro de Lopollo, Welwitsch, 
938 ! 
7. S. alata, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 41, partly. A moderate 
sized tree with very hard wood and slender glabrous branchlets. Leaves 
5-foliolate, with a long narrowly-winged petiole and rhachis; leaflets 
oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, firm but thin, glabrous on both 
surfaces, the end one 4—5 in. long, narrowed very gradually to the base, 
the side ones much shorter, sessile, rather unequal at the base. Cymes. 
