246 CXVIII. THYMELAACEA (PEARSON). [ Synaptolepis. 
Calyx-tube cylindric below, abruptly dilating above 
the middle. 
Fruits 3-4 in. long : . : : ° . 5. 8. Kirkis. 
Fruits ? in. long . : 2 : : : . 6. 8. macrocarpa. 
1. S.longiflora, Gilg in Lngl. Jahrb. xix. 276. Branches smooth, 
dark brown, lenticellate. Leaves alternate or opposite, shortly petioled, 
membranous, ovate or elliptic, shortly apiculate, slightly cuneate at the 
base, glabrous, $-14 in. long, }-} in. broad; primary lateral nerves 
12-15, spreading, prominent beneath. Flowers pedicelled, 8-15, in 
terminal umbellate bracteate cymes, Calyx-tube slender, funnel- 
shaped, glabrous, $—? in. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, about 14 lin. long. 
Petals oblong, fimbriate at the broad apex, about 4 lin. long, free or 
connate at the base. Stamens short, those of the upper whorl slightly 
exceeding the petals; anthers about as long as the filaments, oblong. 
Ovary glabrous, shortly stipitate, surrounded at the base by a minute 
ciliated ring. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Macuri (? Macuse), Rodrigues de 
Calvatho ! near Lake Nyasa, Johnson, 451! Pemba Flats, Kassner, 392! 
2. S. alternifolia, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1194. A shrub. 
Branches slender, ascending, angular when young, with brown or black 
lenticellate bark. Leaves opposite or alternate, subcoriaceous, oval or 
elliptic, shortly petioled, obtuse, minutely mucronate, cuneate at the 
base, glabrous, 3-14 in. long,,about 4 in. broad; lateral nerves numerous, 
obscure, parallel, spreading; marginal nerve stout, distinct beneath. 
Flowers pedicelled, in few-flowered terminal peduncled cymes, $—% in. 
long ; pedicel ;',-4 in. long. Calyx-tube slender below, dilated above 5 
limb with ovate or ovate-elliptic obtuse lobes. Petals scale-like, ciliate 
at the apex, connate below the middle, about } lin. long. Stamens of 
the upper whorl slightly longer than the petals ; filaments about as long 
as the anthers; anthers oblong. Ovary shortly stalked, glabrous, with 
a ring of minute ciliate scales at the base; style terete, 4-6 lin. long ; 
stigma capitate, covered with small papille. Fruit ovoid, acuminate, 
with a bony pericarp, about 4 in. long. 
Mozamb, Distr. Zanzibar? Kirk / German East Africa: Kilwa, Kirk! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8642 ! 
The only fruits seen are detached. 
3. S. pachyphylla, Gilg in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 284. Branches 
slender, black, \enticellate. Leaves shortly petioled, alternate or sub- 
opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate, somewhat narrowed at the base, acute, 
minutely apiculate, quite glabrous, thickened along the margin, 1-1} in. 
long, 3-} in. broad. Flowers on short ‘slender glandular pedicels, in 
few-flowered axillary or terminal cymes.’ Calyx-tube slender, funnel- 
shaped, glabrous, about 5 lin. long; lobes triangular, spreading, 1-1} 
lin, long. Petals scale-like, ciliate, about 4} lin. long. Anthers 
oblong. Ovary shortly stalked, very sparsely pilose ; hypogynous scales 
about 4, free, deeply laciniate; style 3-4 lin. long; stigma capitate. 
