432 CXX. SANTALACEH (BAKER AND HILL). | Osyridicarpos. 
1. O. schimperianus, 4.DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 635. An 
undershrub ; branchlets long, slender, green, glabrous, sarmentose, 
sulcate. Leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate, rather thick, dull dark 
green and glabrous on both surfaces, the lower 4—1 in. long, } in. broad, 
the upper growing gradually smaller. Flowers in terminal racemes pro- 
duced down into the axils of the upper leaves, 1-3 from a node on a 
short erecto-patent peduncle; bracteoles lanceolate, minute. Perianth 
green, ¢ in. long; lobes oblong, whitish, 3-4 the length of the tube.— 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 199; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
iv. App. ii. 152; Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1448, partly. Zhesvwm 
schimperianum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 235. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: around Acrur, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1034 ! 
Mogod Valley, 4500 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1605! Keren, Steudner, 1367 ! 
Abyssinia: Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 404! Hildebrandt, 672! Beccart, 212. 
British East Africa: Uganda; Eldama Ravine and Mau, 7000-7500 ft., Whyte! 
Lykipia, Von Héhnel. 
2. O. scandens, Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 29. An under- 
shrub; branchlets long, green, sulcate, slender, pubescent towards the 
tip. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, 3-3 in. long by half as broad, 
obtuse with a mucro, narrowed to the base, comparatively thin, dull 
green and pubescent on both surfaces, 3—5-nerved. Flowers solitary 1n 
the axils of the upper leaves on short erecto-patent pubescent pedicels ; 
bracts minute, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth } in. long above the 
ovary ; lobes ovate, } the length of the tube. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 3500 ft. 
Volkens, 1723! 
3. O. Kirkii, Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 30. An undershrub ; 
branchlets long, slender, sarmentose, conspicuously sulcate, gree? 
glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately 
thick, dark green, glabrous, triplinerved, the lower 1-2 in. long; 3 
in. broad, the upper growing gradually shorter. Flowers 1n long 
terminal racemes produced down into the axils of the upper leaves; 
pedicels short, erecto-patent, mostly 1-flowered ; bracts minute, er 
late. Perianth green, } in. long ; lobes ovate, whitish, } the length 2 
the tube. Berry globose, the size of a pea.—0O. schimperianus, Oliv. 1D 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1443, partly. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usagara; Mlali, Stuhlmann, 200. 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; between Shibisa (Chikwawa) and Tschinmuz0, 
2000-4000 ft., Kirk ! 
4, O. linearifolius, Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 385. A shrub 6-7 ft. 
high ; branches long, virgate, longitudinally sulcate. Leaves linear, 
3-1 in. long, ;4-} in. broad, slightly narrowed to the base, sabi 
with a cartilaginous apiculus. Flowers 3-7 in lax cymes; eyed 
lanceolate ; pedicels shorter than the flowers. Perianth-lobe seepaii 
Anthers sessile at the base of the lobes. Style as long as the turbina 
ovary. 
