Drypetes.] EUPiiORBiACE/i': (Hutchinson). 405 



obtuse, up to 1| lin. long and broad, unequal, coriaceouSj puberulous 

 on both surfaces, shortly and rather densely ciliate ; stamens 15, 



inserted around the disc; filaments 1|- lin. long, glabrous ; anthers 



lin. long ; disc undulately lobed, rather thin, lobes projecting 

 between the filaments, pubescent ; female flowers : pedicel about 

 I in. long, shortly pubescent ; sepals similar to those of the male 

 but larger ; disc fleshy, densely rusty-tomentose ; ovary 2-celled, 

 densely rusty-hirsute ; styles 2, spreading, puberulous, split down 

 the inner face and with two broad spreading fleshy lobes ; fruits 

 2-celled, ellipsoid, about f in. long, brown, tomentulose ; seeds 

 6 lin. long, longitudinally striate. Cydostemon argiitiis, MillL Arg, 

 h DC. Frodr. xv. ii. 485. 



Eastern Region: Pondoland ; St. Johns, Flanaqan, 2518! Nat.al ; near 

 Durban, Gueinzius, S8 ! Westville, Wood\ Inanda, Wood, 631! 632! 1125! 

 Tougaat, Gcrrard, 19! Cooper, 3479! Tugela, Gerrard, 1630 1 Delagoa Bay ; 

 Lorenzo Marques, SchUcJiter, 11638! 



3, D, Gerrardii (Hutchinson) ; branches shortly pubescent, at 

 length nearly glabrous ; flo^vcring branchlets subterete, yellowish- 

 tomentose; leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, gradually 

 acuminate to an obtuse apex, slightly rounded or subcuneate 

 and unequal sided at the base, l|-3^^- in. long, f-l| in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous or chartaceous, remotely crenate or subentire, 

 rather densely pubescent on both sides of the midrib especially 

 in the lower half, otherwise glabrous, shining on the upper 

 surface, dull or slightly shining below ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each 

 side, spreading and freely anastomosing, distinct on both surfaces ; 

 veins prominent on both sides, especially below, leather close ; 

 petiole 2-3 lin. long, yellowish-tomentose ; stipule.a deciduous ; 

 flowers dioecious, male axillary, several in each fascicle, female 

 axillary and solitary, pedicels of each abont 1 lin. !ong, yellowish- 

 pubescent or tomentose ; male flower: sepals 4, obovate spathu- 

 late, 1 lin. long, shortly pubescent outside, densely ciliate towards 

 the rounded apex ; stamens 4 ; filaments nearly 1 lin. long, 

 glabrous; anthers rounded, | lin. long, glabrous; disc fleshy, 

 cupular, rather long, irregularly lobed, glabrous, with a small pro- 

 tuberance in the middle ; young female flowers not seen ; disc 

 annular ; fruits scarcely lobed, obovoid-globose, about 4 lin. long, 

 yellowish-tomentose. Cydostemon argutusy Shhy For, FL Cape CoL 

 314, t. cxliii. Jig, ii, ; not of Mull, Avg. 



Eastern Region : Pondoland; Umhlagela, Bachmann, 804 ! latsubane, 

 Bftchmann, 796 I Egossa, Sivi, 2420 ! Natal; Tugela, Gerrard, 1629 ! 



XV. ANTIDESMA, Linn. 



Flowers dicecious. Fetah absent. Male Jlowers: Calyx deeply 

 3--5-lobed or partite ; lobes or segments imbricate. Disc subentire 



