Synaptolepis. } CXVIII. THYMELEACEX (PEARSON). 247 
Fruit (immature) 3—? in. long, }—} in. thick, covered at the base by the 
fleshy lower part and crowned by the thickened upper part of the 
persistent calyx-tube ; exocarp woody or bony. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar? Kirk ! German East Africa: Usaramo, Rukinga, 
Stuhlmann, 6897 ! 
Thave not seen the type of this species. Dr. Gilg has kindly identified Kirk’s 
specimen by comparison with the type. 
4. S. retusa, H. H.W. Pearson. A shrub. Branches terete, with 
reddish bark, glabrous, Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or 
obovate, very shortly petioled, retuse or emarginate, sometimes apiculate 
at the apex, narrowed towards the base, with a thickened revolute - 
margin, glabrous, glaucous above, tawny beneath, with the venation 
prominent on the lower surface, 1-24 in. long, $—-1 in. broad. In- 
florescences few-flowered, axillary ; flowers shortly pedicelled ; pedicel 
smooth. Calyx-tube glabrous, widening slightly and gradually from 
the base upwards; lobes oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1-2 lin. long. Fruit 
ovoid, # in. long (? mature), crowned by the persistent calyx-tube. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Farmar! 
5. S. Kirkii, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1074. A climbing or 
spreading shrub. Branches divaricate, terete, with black lenticellate 
bark. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, subsessile or 
very shortly petioled, more or less acute, minutely mucronate, rounded 
at the base, glabrous, pale beneath, ?-1} in. long, 5-9 lin. broad; 
lateral nerves numerous, parallel, spreading, obscure ; marginal nerve 
distinct beneath. Flowers white, axillary, fascicled or solitary, shortly 
peduncled, 6-8 lin. long; bracteoles minute, scale-like. Calyx-tube 
very slender below, dilated above; lobes oblong, spreading or recurved. 
Corolla forming a short erect glabrous entire or lobed ring at the base 
of the calyx-lobes. Stamens of the upper whorl slightly exceeding the 
corolla-ring ; anthers oblong; filaments slender, exceeding the anthers. 
Ovary shortly stalked, glabrous, with a ring of minute scales at the 
base ; style 3-4 lin. long. Fruit dry, ovoid, glabrous; pericarp bony, 
thickened above and below. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Boivin / 
. Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar: at the graveyard outside the town, Kirk, 37! 
ast ! 
6. S. macrocarpa, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 284. A shrub 
(? climbing) with terete glabrous dark-coloured branches, Leaves 
opposite, subcoriaceous, ovate, rounded at the base, acute or shortly 
acuminate at the apex, quite glabrous, much thickened at the margin. 
Flowers pedicelled, fascicled in the leaf-axils. Fruit oblong, with a 
woody exocarp, 3 in. long, 3-4 lin. thick. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usaramo; Vikindo, Stuhlmann, 6098. 
I have not seen a specimen, Dr. Gilg states (J.c.) that the large size of the fruit 
separates it from S. Kirkii. 
