452 EBENACE® (Hiern). [ Royena. 
often dehiseent from the apex with 2-5 valves, based with the 
accrescent calyx ; fruiting calyx deeply 5-lobed, pubescent, { in. long 
or more ; lobes broad or oblong, erect or reflexed ; seeds 4-8. Thunb. 
Prodr, 80, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 391 ; Potr. Eneyel. vi. 321; 
Lam. Eneycl: t. 370, fig. 2; Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 47, 56, 
62, 217; Alph. DC. Prodr. viii. 212; Hiern in Trans. Cambr. 
Phil. Soc. xii. 83; Parmentier in Ann. Univ. Lyon, vi. fase. ii. 73, 
not of Jacq., nor of Sieb., nor of Eckl. Rk. angustifolia, Willd. Sp. 
Pl. ii. 633 ; Poir. Encyel. vi. 322; Alph. DC., le.; Parmentier, 
Le. 72; Willd. Herb. n. 8367!; Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 67, 
70,217. Déospyros hirsuta, Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. 449, t. 62, 
f.2; not of Linn. f. D. pubescens, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 625; not of 
Pursh. RB. microphylla, Burchell, Trav. 8. Afr. i. 348, note ; Alph. 
DG., le. R. rugosa, E. Meyer ex Drige, Cat. Pl. Exsiec. Afr.-Austr. 
7; Drége, lc. 113,217 ; Alph. DC. Le. ; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 824. 
Cf. R. media, Cels, Cat. 1817, 33, name only. Cf. R. cuneata, Poir, 
Eneyel. vi. 322; Alph. DC. Prodr, l.c. 215. Arbutus foliis lanceo- 
latis integerrimis hirsutis, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 163. Staphylodendron 
Africanum folio lanuginoso Rosmarini latiori, Boerh. Ind. alt. ii. 
235, ex Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 7, n. 3. 
Var. 8, rigida (Hiern in Journ. Bot. 1874, 239) ; habit very rigid ; branches 
patent, very numerous; leaves alternate, rather pale, 4-4 in. long, q5-% in. 
broad; flowers white; calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate ; corolla-lobes Janceolate- 
oblong, very feebly pubescent, reflexed from the middle; ovary 6-celled, 
globose ; style 4-cleft ; fruit eaten but not very palatable. 
Sourn AFRICA: without locality, Auge! Masson! Oldenburg! Thunberg! 
Verreausz ! 
Coast REGIon: Clanwilliam Div.; Clanwilliam, 300 ft., Schlechter, 8008! 
Olifants River and Brakfontein, Ecklon 5 Zeyher! Zeyher, 8351! Malmesbury 
Div.; Groene Kloof (Mamre), and between Groene Kloof and Saldhana Bay, 
below 500 ft., Drege! Cape Div.; Cupe Flats, Krauss, 1719! Herb. 
Linneus! Caledon Div.; by the Zondereinde River, Burchell, 7537! Swellen- 
dam Div.; between Swellendam and the Breede River, Burchell, 7446! Hessa- 
quas Kloof, Burchell, ‘7531! on plains and near rivers, Bowie! near the lower 
part of the Zondereinde River, Zeyher, 3350! Grootvaders Bosch and adjacent 
mountains, Ecklon § Zeyher ! Uniondale Div.; Lange Kloof, Burchell, 4898 ! 
Bowie ! Humansdorp Div.; near Humansdorp, MacOwan, 269! Albany Div. ; 
Bowie! Queenstown Div.; near Queenstown, Cooper, 212! Guildford, near 
Tylden, 3500 ft., Galpin, 1565! hills near the Zwart Kei River, Barber, 311! 
Winterberg Range, on the highest hills between Tarka and Kat Berg, Ecklon § 
Zeyher ! Bowkers Park, 4759 ft., Galpin, 2570! 
CENTRAL REGION: Calvinia Div.; Bokfontein, 2500 ft., Drége! Worcester 
Div. ; Baviaans Krantz, Rehmann, 2885! Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuweveld 
Mountains near Beaufort West, 3000-5000 ft., Drége! Somerset Div. ; Bruintjes 
Hoogte, 3500 ft., MacOwan, 1984! Graaff Reinet Div.; Oude Berg, 3000-— 
4000 ft., Drége; mountains near Graaff Reinet, 3000-4900 ft., Drege, Bolus, 
470! Aberdeen Div. ; Cambeboo, near Hamer Kuil, 3000 ft., Drége! Var. B: 
Graaff Reinet Div.; on hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500-3300 ft., Bolws, 616! 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand; between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége! near Ookiep, 3300 ft., Bolus in Herb. Norm. 
Austr.-Afr., 636! 
Katanari Re@ion: Griqualand West; Barkly West, 4000 ft., Marloth, 
1010. Hay Div.; between Wittewater and Griqua Town, Burchell, 1696! 
Urange River Colony; Bloemfontein, Kuntze; and without precise locality, 
Cooper, 2688! 844! Bechuanaland ; near the sources of the Kuruman River, 
