16 LXXXII. OLEACEZ (BAKER). [ Schrebera. 
lax, terminal, very compound, peduncled ; pedicels short ; bracts lanceo- 
late. Calyx campanulate, } in. long, glabrous or pubescent, minutely 
toothed. Corolla white tinged with lilac; tube more than twice as long 
as the calyx; lobes obovate-cuneate, } in. long. Fruit glabrous, pyri- 
form, 1 in. long.—Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 73; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 333, partly. Nathusia alata, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, ii. 672; 
DC. Prod. viii. 282, 674; A. Rich Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 29; Gilg in 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 308, partly; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 
656, partly. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: in valleys near Gennia,in Memsach district, Schimper, 
245! mountains of the district of Shoata, Schimper, 540! Adowa, Petit, 320! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 700! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 91! 
8. S. obliquifoliolata, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. A small 
shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a long 
narrowly winged petiole and rhachis ; leaflets oblong, subacute or obtuse, 
glabrous on both surfaces, the end one 3-4 in. long by 14-2 in. broad, 
the side ones shorter, sessile, rather oblique at the base. Cymes lax, 
terminal, very compound ; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts small, lanceo- 
late. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 4 in. long, minutely toothed. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical, $ in. long ; lobes obovate-cuneate, } the length 
of the tube.—-Nathusia alata, Gilg in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 308, 
partly. 
ore Land. British East Africa: Taita; Ndi Mountain, Hildebrandt, 
Dou)btfully distinct from S. alata, Welw. 
9. S. goetzeana, (ily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 450, i. 8. A shrub 
9-13 ft. high. Leaves imparipinnate, 14—3 in. long: leaflets 2-jugate, 
obovate-oblong, acute, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous ; rhachis 
and petiole not winged, acutely angled. Cymes 3-5 times forked, 
dense, terminal; peduncle and pedicels short, subglabrous. Calyx 
campanulate, § in. long, irregularly 2—5-lobed. Corolla white ; tube 
cylindrical, 2-3 times the length of the calyx; lobes small, obovate. 
nae a bea . corolla-tube. Ovary globose; style long. 
apsule obovoid, woody, nearly 1 in. long, splitti 
Oeig in Be bUAnIE ee 2. co ee 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: Ukami; Uluguru Mountains, 3200 ft 
Goetze, 210. i sf 
10. S. tomentella, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx.74. A shrub or small 
tree, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a short 
densely pubescent petiole and narrowly winged rhachis ; leaflets oblong 
obtuse, thinly pubescent on the upper surface, densely pubescent 
beneath, the end one 2-3 in. long, narrowed very gradually to the base 
the side ones shorter, sessile, siightly oblique at the base. Cymes 
dense; pedicels short, pubescent ; bracts obovate, obtuse, membranous. 
