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Tribe OLACE. 
1. XIMENIA. 
Ximenia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 477; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 346. 
_ There are four or five arboreous and shrubby species, including one in South Africa, 
one in the Pacific islands, and the following. 
1. Ximenia americana, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 497. 
Ximenia multiflora, Jacq. Am. t. 277. fig. 31. 
Ximenia oblonga, Lam. Il. t. 297. fig. 2. 
Sout Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2232); Panama, on the sea-beach, Pacific 
coast, very common (Seemann, 537).—And southward to Buzyos Ayres. Also common 
in Tropical Asta, Arrica, and Austrauia. Hb. Kew. 
2. Ximenia parviflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 7. 
Nort Mexico, Zacatecas (Hartweg, 28). Hb. Kew. 
3. Ximenia, sp. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2156). Hb. Kew. 
Probably an unarmed state of X. parvifiora. 
2. SCHCSPFIA. 
Schapfia, Schreb. Gen. Plant. p. 129; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 348. 
About twelve shrubby and arboreous species, four of which are Asiatic and the 
remainder American. 
1. Schepfia arborescens, Rem. et Schultz, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 319. 
Sourn Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann); San Satvapor, port of Acajutla (S. Hayes, 
462).—Many of the Wust-Inp1an IsLanps and VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
2. Schepfia angulata, Planch. in Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 5. 
Ramis angulatis, foliis lanceolatis obtusis brevissime petiolatis 14—2-pollicaribus, pedunculis brevis- 
simis 2-3-floris, floribus sessilibus, corollz lobis tubum fere equantibus, ovario biloculari, stylo 
crasso tubo corolla zquali. 
Frutex glaberrimus, valde ramosus, ramulis angulatis foliosis. Folia brevissime petiolata, coriacea, 
lanceolata, obtusa, 14-2-pollicaria, venis immersis. Flores (lutei, Linden) sessiles ad sesquilieam 
longi, pedunculis axillaribus, 1-2 lin. longis, 2-3-floris. Corolla sepissime (an semper ?) 4-loba, 
lobis ovatis, obtusis, tubum fere zquantibus, medio pone antheras breviter barbatis. Ovarium 
alte 2-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, stylo tubo corollz aquali, stigmate magno capitato. 
-Sourn Mexico, Zacuapan, Vera Cruz (Linden, 33 and 79), rivulets near Jalapa, at 
3000 feet (Galeotti, 7059). Hb. Kew. 
3. Schepfia mexicana, A. DC. Prodr. xiv. p. 622. 
Sout Mexico, Tlacolola, Oaxaca (Andrieur, 345). Hb. Kew. 
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