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40 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
[A woody plant, 3 feet. high, bare stem, almost past flowering in December. Flowers generally four 
upon a stalk ; corolla yellow, deciduous; or rather it stieks upon the erown of the seed-vessel like a cap 
or extinguisher. The leaves are like the softest green velvet in texture, white underneath and thick. 
Тһе whole plant is covered with a yellow mouldy hair. Found in the bare high fields of Madi, December 
1862.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XVI. fig. 1. Flower, the calyx and front petals removed; fig. 2. Pistil; fig. 8. 
Fruit, with the persistent involucre and calyx, and crowned by the withered remains of 
the corolla; fig. 4. Fruit; fig. 5. Тһе same, transverse section ; fig. 6. Seed. 
TILIACEZ. 
1. GnEWIA OCCIDENTALIS, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 511; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 246. 
Hab. Karagué, Col. Grant! Also south of the tropic. 
“ [Shrub near watercourses of Karagué hills; in flower December. Bark rough with hairs, and speckled 
with white spots. Leaves have a smooth surface, but are rough underneath ; Calyx purple inside; fine 
delicate, purplish petals, each with a claw inside, one-third of the way from their base. Berry yellow, 
pea-size, smooth surface, dry within, with a hard stone; pistil longer than the stamina.—J. A. G.] 
9. GREWIA MOLLIS, Juss.; DC. Prod.i. 510; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 248. Arbor vel 
frutex; ramis glabris, glaucescentibus, internodiis leviter compressiusculis ; foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis, acutis, denticulatis, supra obsolete scabridis, subtus breviter albido-tomen- | 
tosis, breviter petiolatis; pedunculis axillaribus, petiolo longioribus v. æquilongis, 1-5- 
floris; pedicellis tomentosis, calyci subæquilongis; sepalis ovali-oblongis, extus tomen- 
tosis ; fructus lobulis globosis. 
Ramuli virgati, glabri, glaucescentes, leviter complanati. Folia petiolata, disticha, oblongo- v. ovali- 
lanceolata, acuta, denticulata, basi oblique rotundata, triplinervia, supra scabrida v. glabrata, subtus albido- 
tomentosa, 3—4 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus 1-3 poll. longus, hirtus v. tomentosus. Stipule lineari- 
lanceolatæ, petiolum subæquantes, caducæ. Pedunculi axillares, sæpius fasciculati, pilis stellatis tomentosi 
v. hirti, 1-3 poll. longi; pedicelli }—} poll. longi. Flores I poll. diam., flavi. Sepala ovali-oblonga, acuta, 
1 poll. longa, intus glabra. Petala oblonga v. oblanceolata, sepalis breviora, basi leviter incrassata. 
Torus brevissimus, hirsutus. Filamenta filiformia, glabra. Ovarium hirsutum ; stylus glaber, stigma 
capitatum. | ! = 
Hab. 3° S. lat., February 1863, Col. Grant! 
Col. Grant’s specimen is in flower only. The ovary in the flowers which I have dissected I find 1-celled 
with few (2-5) laterally affixed ovules. The globose fruits (in West-African specimens identified by Dr. 
Masters) are 2- to 5-celled, with a bony endocarp ; and Dr. Masters found 2 cells in the ovary he dissected 
from Col. Grant’s specimen. 
[Native name “ mkoma.” Grows to a circumference of 12 feet, with straight branches. Тһе ribs of 
the leaves are rather coloured. The calyx is green outside and yellowish inside; corolla yellow. Fruit 
the size of a pea, Sometimes two and three are stuck together, edible and pleasant to taste, light-coloured 
The wood is made into very good bows, also into arrows, by the natives. The outer wood is yellow ; and. 
the heart is dark, resembling our rosewood.—J. А. С.) f 
Plate XVII. fig. 1. Flower; figs. 2 & 3. Petal, back and front view; fig. 4. Pistil 
and receptacle; fig. 5. Ovary, longitudinal section ; fig. 6. The same, EE setiap 
(all taken from the flowering specimen) ; fig. 7. Fruit, and fig. 8. Transverse section of  — 
the same, both taken from the fruiting specimen figured, collected by Barter in Nigri- d 
tania; this fruit is 3- to 5-celled, tending to separate when mature into as many 22 " | 
. 8, TRIUMFETTA SEMITRILOBA, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 507; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 256. 2 
