440 sAPOTACE® (Harvey). [Mimusops. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate ... ... (8) oleifolia. 
Leaves minutely and closely netted or 
tessellated : 
Leaves cuneate-oblanceolate ... ... (9) dispar. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic ne ... (10) Schinzii, 
Leaves oblong or elliptic ... ... (11) concolor. 
1. M. discolor (Hartog in Journ. Bot. 1879, 358) ; a large tree; 
branches terete, ashy-grey, glabrous, marked with the scars of old 
leaves ; leaves approximate at the ends of the branches, obovate- 
oblong, recurved-emarginate at the apex, 23 in. long, about 1 in. 
wide, green above, silvery beneath, midrib prominent beneath, 
margins slightly recurved; petiole about 3 in. long ; flowers in 
axillary fascicles of about 3 each ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; 
flower-buds ovoid, puberulous ; outer sepals ovate, obtuse ; corolla- 
tube short; outer-lobes spathulate, inner sublinear; stamens 12 ; 
anthers ovoid, apiculate; ovary silky. Bazll. Hist. Pl. xi. 269; 
Hingl. Sapot. Afr. 55, t. 34, fig. A. Eichleria discolor, Hartog in 
Journ. Bot. 1878, 72. Muriea discolor, Hartog, l.c. 145. Labour- 
donnaisia discolor, Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 73. L. sericea, Benth. 
& Hook. f. Gen. Pl, ii. 660. 
Eastern Reeion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1349! Tugela, Berea and Durban, 
Gerrard, 1661! near Durban, Gueinzius! 
2. M. natalensis (Engl. Sapot. Afr. 65, t. 25, fig. B) ; a much- 
branched tree; branchlets short, shortly ashy-pilose, soon glabrous, 
rather densely leafy towards the apex; leaves oblong or oblong- 
spathulate, about 21 in. long and 1 in. wide, coriaceous, adpressed 
silky-pilose beneath ; petiole 1-1 the length of the blade, channelled 
above ; lateral nerves about 12 each side, patent, joined near the 
margin with the very slender secondary nerves; pedicels in axillary 
fascicles of 4-5, about half as long again as the ovoid buds; flowers 
3-merous; calyx rusty-pilose; lobes oblong-ovate; corolla-tube 
nearly half as long as the oblong outer segments, inner segments 
minute or none; staminodes in the female flowers epipetalous and 
episepalous, subulate, half as long as the corolla-segments; ovary 
subglobose, very shortly pilose, contracted into a style twice its 
length ; ovules fixed to the middle of the cell. Mahea natalensis, 
Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot. 10. 
EASTERN Reeion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 610! 1134! 
3. M. Woodii (Engl. Sapot. Afr. 65, t. 26, fig. A); branchlets 
very slender, sparingly leafy; leaves obovate-lanceolate, rather 
obtusely acuminate, acute at the base, subcoriaceous, shining on both 
surfaces ; petiole slender, 5-6 times shorter than the blade; lateral 
nerves many, patent; reticulations prominent beneath; pedicels 
axillary, solitary, slender, about } as long as the leaves; calyx 
shortly rusty-pilose, divided nearly to the base ; lobes long triangular, 
very acute ; corolla-tube short ; outer lobes lanceolate, acute, a little 
longer than the similar inner; filaments 1—! as long as the long 
