368 XLVIII, ROSACEH (OLIVER). [ Parinarium. 
lanceolate, acute. Petals elliptical or oblanceolate, nearly equalling 
the calyx. Antheriferous stamens about 7. Drupe (dry) oblong, 
2-celled, 2-seeded, with a thick bony endocarp. 
Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! 
3. P. curatellefolium, Planch. Fl. Nigrit. 333. A small or me- 
dium-sized tree; extremities tawny-tomentose, branches terete lenti- 
cellate. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at each end; upper surface with 
a deciduous tomentum on expansion, at length glabrescent, more or less 
scabrid, tomentose and reticulate beneath, lateral nerves 14-20 ; 25-43 
in. long, 14-24 in. broad ; petiole }~-} in., eglandular or glands minute 
near the middle. Panicles tomentose, terminal or from the upper axils 
and confluent, 3—6 in. long, branches spreading. Bracts as in allied 
species, ovate-lanceolate acute, caducous. Calyx-tube campanulate, 
hollow ; teeth ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute. Petals oblong or ob- 
lanceolate, nearly equalling the calyx. Antheriferous stamens about 7, 
scarcely so long. Drupe “about the size of an ordinary plum, of a 
mealy taste, not unpleasant.” Endocarp thick and bony. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! On the Quorra, 7. Vogel! Nupe, 
Niger, Barter! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk ! 
One of the best native fruits, according te Mr. Barter. 
4. P. Mobola, Oliv. Tree of considerable size or dwarfed on the 
sea-coast; leafy extremities rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, very obtuse, rounded and obscurely or more 
distinctly narrowly cordate or subentire at base, elabrescent and usually 
subscabrid or rugulose above, closely hoary-tomentose beneath, lateral 
nerves 17-25, 24—54 in. long, 14-24 in. broad. Petiole stout, }—} in. 
with or without glands near the middle. Panicles terminal and from 
the upper axils, the cymes rather compact, silky-tomentose, in fruit lax 
or divaricate. Bracts as in allied species. Calyx-tube turbinate or 
campanulate, lobes triangular or ovate-lanceolate acute. Petals oblan- 
ceolate or oblong, shorter than calyx. Antheriferous stamens 7-8, 
scarcely so long as calyx, filaments slender, anthers ovoid, submucro- 
nate. Drupe subglobose or plum-like, with a thick bony 2- or 1-celled 
putamen ; pulp siuaborey Eka in flavour (Dr. Kirk). 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
South Central. Batoka Highlands, Dr. Kirk! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
The Mola or Mobola (Sechuana) plum of Dr. Kirk’s notes. Nearly allied to P. obtu- 
sifolium, Hook. £,, of Brazil. dot aap: Seaman 
5. P. capense, Harv. Fl. Cap. ii.597. A low shrub 2 or 3 in. to a 
foot or 18 in. in height, throwing up leafy tomentose cispitose shoots 
from a stout woody stock. Leaves from narrowly oval-oblong many 
times as long as broad to oblong-elliptical twice as long as broad, ape* 
obtuse, narrowed to the base in the stenophyllous forms, coriaceous, 
glabrate above, tomentose and reticulate beneath, lateral nerves 15-29, 
