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4. THYLACHIUM AFRICANUM, Lour.; DC. Prod. i. 254; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 82.— 
T. ovalifolium, Juss. in Ann. Mus. xii. 71. T. querimbense et T. verrucosum, Klotzsch in 
Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 165, 164. 
Hab. M'géta River, 7° 20' S. lat., Col. Grant! Confined to East Tropical Africa. 
[A shrub, 4 to 7 feet high, common on rather dry, open ground, at 72-82 S. lat. The calyx is burst 
open by the stamina, and then lies over attached like an extinguisher fastened to some lamps.—J. A. G.] 
5. Marva Grant, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 84. Glabra; foliis trifoliolatis v. supe- 
rioribus unifoliolatis, foliolis anguste linearibus; floribus axillaribus, disco libero brevis- 
simo annulari, petalis obovatis ellipticisve apiculatis, ovario subbiloculari, stigmate sessili. 
Rami virgati, striati, glabri. Folia inferiora 3-foliolata, superiora sæpe 1-foliolata ; foliolis anguste line- 
aribus acuminatis, glabris, venulis inconspicuis, tenuiter coriaceis, 14-2 poll. longis, A — тр poll. latis, 
breviter petiolulatis. Flores axillares, solitarii v. pauci in apice ramulorum corymbosi. Pedicelli graciles, 
1-1 poll. longi. Саба tubo cylindrico basi angustato, limbo 4-partito, lobis ellipticis apiculatis tubo 
longioribus. Petala obovata v. elliptica, unguiculata, calyce breviora, breviter apiculata. “Stamina >. 
Torus tubo calycis æquilongus v. paullo longior. Ovarium ovoideum v. ellipsoideum, Z;— poll. longum, 
subbiloculare; ovulis circa 6 parietalibus; gynophoro gracili elongato, 2—3 poll. longo. 
Hab. Mohonyera, 6° 55' 8. lat., 88232! E. long., Col. Grant ! 
Known only from Col. Grant's solitary specimen. The fruit has not been brought home. 
6. Marva OBLONGIFOLIA, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 32, t. 6; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 85.— 
Niebuhria oblongifolia, DC. Prod. 1. 244. Mærua angustifolia, A. Rich. in Fl. Seneg. 
29, t. 8. 
Hab. Keedge country, 7? N. lat., Upper Nile, Col. Grant! Extends westward into 
Senegambia, and in India has a very near ally in M. arenaria, Hook. f. & Thoms. MSS. 
in Hb. Kew (Niebuhria arenaria, DO. ; Capparis heteroclita, Roxb.). 
7. CovRBONIA DECUMBENS, A. Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vii. 901; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 
Afr. 1. 88. Physanthemum glaucum, Klotzsch in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 167, t. 29. 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant! Grows also in Abyssinia and on the Zambesi. 
[A bush about the plains of Madi, Jan. 1863.—J. A. G.] ' 
8. CADABA FARINOSA, Forsk.; DC. Prod. i. 244; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 90.—Stremia 
farinosa, Vahl, Symb. i. 20. Cadaba dubia, DO. Prod. i. 244. Streblocarpus Fenzl, 
Parlat. іп Webb, Fragm. Fl. Æthiop. 24; Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. 8 (drawn with 6 stamens). 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant! Widely spread in North Tropical Africa, and eastward 
through Arabia to India. | 
[Native name “kana,” a thornless shrub, with lead-coloured leaves, growing upon ant-houses about 
Madi; also at 3° S. lat. Тһе natives eat its leaves boiled.—J. A. G.] 
9. BOSCIA SALICIFOLIA, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 98. Foliis petiolatis, latiuseule elongato- 
linearibus acuminatis obtusisve, puberulis scabridis glabratisve; floribus apetalis race- 
mosis, racemis axillaribus v. lapsu foliorum lateralibus v. in ramulis aphyllis brevibus 
panieulatis; staminibus 6-14; ovario ovoideo v. obpyriformi breviter stipitato, stylo 
brevi apiculato. | | 
Frutex v. arbor parva. Rami teretes, pubescentes v. glabrati. Folia linearia v. anguste oblongo- 
linearia, sæpius acuminata v. interdum apice obtusissima, integra, primum puberula, deinde glabra v. sub- 
scabrida, coriacea, 22-5 poll. longa, 5-7 lin. lata, petiolus 1-3 рой. Racemi 14-2 poll. longi ; pedicelli 
