Ehretia. | LXXXIX. BORAGINEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 23 
8. E. angolensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894,29. A shrub 4-6 
ft. high, branched from the base; branches glabrous, Leaves oblong, 
shortly acuminate, 3—4 in. long, 14-2 in. wide, coriaceous, evergreen, 
pallid beneath; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Panicles terminal, many-flowered ; 
branches puberulous. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long, 5-partite; lobes 
ovate, ciliate. Corolla blue (Welwitsch), funnel-shaped; tube 2} lin. 
long ; lobes shorter than the tube, oblong, obtuse, recurved. Stamens 
inserted in the corolla-throat ; filaments about as long as the corolla- 
lobes, glabrous. Ovary ovoid; style 3 lin. long, arms linear; stigmas 
more or less capitate. Fruit deep orange, the size of a small pea; 
pyrenes 4,—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 716. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambriz, Monteiro! . Loanda: in thickets about 
Lounda, Cacuaco, and Quifandongo, Welwitsch, 5444! at Quicuxe, Welwitsch, 5463 ! 
Libongo: in thickets about Banza de Libongo, Welwitsch, 5446. 
9. E. abyssinica, 2. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. |xiv., name only. 
A small tree; branchlets glabrous or slightly hairy. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong, shortly acuminate or obtuse, acute or rounded at the base, 
entire, glabrous except for tufts of hairs in the axils of the nerves 
beneath, 24-5 in. long, 141-24 in. wide; petiole 6 lin. long, glabrous or 
slightly hairy. Panicle terminal, 3—5 in. across; branches more or less 
pilose. Calyx pubescent outside, 1 lin. long; lobes ovate, acute, ciliate. 
Corolla white; tube campanulate, 1$ lin. long; lobes ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 24 lin. long, 1} lin. broad. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 
throat; filaments as long as the corolla-lobes ; anthers oblong. Ovary 
ovoid; style 24 lin. long, arms short, obtuse. Fruit 3 lin. in diam.— 
Fres. in Flora, 1838, 608; DC. Prodr. ix. 506; A Rich. Tent. FI. 
Abyss. ii. 82; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 351. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, 2900-3400 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 2179! 
Abyssinia: near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1907! near Adowa, Schimper, 307! Efat, 
Roth, 430! Begemeder Province, Schimper, 1442! and without precise locality, 
Parkyns! Quartin Dillon SF Petit, 62! 
10. E. silvatica, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 46. A 
shrub or tree ; branches pubescent or puberulous above. Leaves ovate, 
acute or acuminate, obtuse at the base, entire, glabrous above, 
puberulous beneath, 3-6 in. long, 14-34 in. wide; petiole 4-9 lin. long. 
Panicles leaf-opposed; flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate. Calyx 
5-partite; lobes deltoid-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long. Corolla white, 
3-4 lin. long; lobes lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens longer than the 
corolla, Ovary puberulous or glabrescent; style about 2 lin. long, 
bifid, glabrous. Fruit yellowish-red. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usambara; Handei at Kwa Mshuza, 
Holst, 9067! and without precise locality, Buchwald, 164! 168! Kilimanjaro: 
Marangu, 5000 ft., Volkens, 1470. 
11. EB. Braunii, Vathe in Linnea, xliii. 315. A solitary tree, about 
30 ft. high ; bark greyish, striate; branchlets glabrous. Leaves oval 
or obovate-oblong, very obtuse or emarginate, attenuate at the base, about 
1 in. long and 9 lin. wide, quite entire, slightly coriaceous, above 
