Euclea.| EBENACE# (Hiern). 465 
erect-patent, leafy; leaves alternate, entire, subsessile, linear- 
lanceolate or -oblanceolate, unequal, lower obtuse, upper acute 
at the apex, attenuate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, somewhat 
glaucescent, 2-2 in. long, about 1-1 in. broad, sides often un- 
equal, net-veins inconspicuous; flowers in short axillary cymes, 
nearly glabrous or puberulous, urceolate or ovoid or eampanulate, 
s—7 in. long, ;';—-} in. broad, dioecious. Male cymes 1—% in. long, 
3—5-flowered ; pedicels 1-1 in. long, minutely puberulous; bracts 
very small, ovate-deltvid, deciduous ; calyx small, cupuliform, ;';—;'5 
in. in diam., shortly 5- or 6-fid, glabrous within ; lobes ovate-deltoid ; 
corolla shortly 5- or 6-toothed at the apex, glabrous within ; stamens 
15-22, inserted at the bottom of the corolla, some united at the base 
in pairs one in front of the other, others free; styles 2, glabrous ; 
ovary rudimentary. Female cymes very short, 1—3-flowered ; pedicels 
very short ; calyx shortly 5- or 6-cleft ; corolla shortly 5- or 6-lobed ; 
staminodes 0; ovary 3-celled, shortly pubescent; styles 3, short, 
glabrous ; fruit subglobose, nearly glabrous, 1-1 in. in diam. ; seed 
solitary. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 401; Alph. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 219; Hiern in Trans. Cambr. Phil. Soc. xii. 95, 289. 
Ei. rigida, E. Meyer ex Drege, Cat. Pl. Exsicc. Afr. Austr. 7; Alph. 
DC. Prodr, viii. 217; Hiern, lc. 289; Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 
67, 71, 95, 184. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson ! 
Coast Region : Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; Gift Berg, 1500-2500 ft., Drége. 
Western Region: Little Namaqualand; between Uitkomst and Geelbeks 
Kraal, 2000-3000 ft., Drége ; mountains near Kaspars Kloof, Elleboog Fontein, 
and Geelbeks Kraal, 3000-4000 ft., Drege! between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége ! Kamies Berg, by rivulets, Niven, 46! 
6. E. Pseudebenus (E. Meyer ex Drege, Cat. Pl. Exsicc. Afr. 
Austr. 7) ; a shrub 4-8 ft. high, or a tree much branched throughout ; 
trunk 10-12 in. in diam. ; branchlets slender, pubescent or glabrescent, 
leafy; bark thin; periderm subepidermal ; leaves alternate, entire, 
linear, narrowed at both ends, coriaceous, glabrous or puberulous, 
l-nerved, moderately reticulate, 1-21 in. long, ;—-} in. broad ; 
petiole ,-+ in. long; cymes racemose, axillary, shorter than 
the leaves, pubescent; flowers diccious. Male racemes 1-1 in. 
long, 3—7-flowered ; pedicels slender, ;1,-} in. long; flowers ;';—+ 
in. long, usually pentamerous, rarely hexamerous, calyx pubes- 
cent, about half the length of the corolla, cleft half-way down ; 
lobes ovate-deltoid ; corolla globose-urceolate, shortly lobed, rather 
fleshy, white, hoary-tomentose outside; stamens 12-20, inserted at 
the bottom of the corolla; anthers erect, hirsute or glabrous ; fila- 
ments short; pistil obsolete. Female racemes very short, }—1 in. 
long, 1-3-flowered ; pedicels ,,—1 in. long; flowers 1-} in. long, 
pentamerous ; calyx shortly 5—6-lobed ; corolla urceolate-subglobose, 
very densely hirsute outside, slightly hairy inside about the throat, 
otherwise glabrous, with very short, broad obtuse lobes ; staminodes 
0; ovary sessile, globose, densely shaggy, 4-celled ; styles 2, glabrous ; 
ovules solitary ; fruit globose, glabrescent, 1-1 in. in diam., black- 
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