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A. Rich. 1. с. 141. В. Gueinzii, Sond. Е. Сар. i. 515. В, Kotschyana, Fenzl, in Flora, 
1844, 812, | 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant ! and in Abyssinia, Senaar, Zambesia, and Natal. 
[Native name *m”sangoola.” Half tree-size. Leaves and flowers are sweetly scented. Foliage 
light and airy; bark light-coloured; branches straight and thin. Calyx green; corolla white. Fruit 
green in December, and flatly round, not edible, and showing two sections. The natives scrub their 
teeth with its branches: they have a superstition that if its seeds be thrown about they will fall upon 
leaves fit for eating.—J. А. G.J 
2. RHUS VILLOSA, Linn. f. ; DC. Prod. ii. 70; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 439.— R. pyroides, 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 145. 
Над. Karagué, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia and Zambesia. 
[Thorny shrub by water, and in flower at Karagué in December, also at Madi.—J. А. G.] 
8. SORINDEIA MADAGASCARIENSIS, DC. Prod. ii. 80; Oliv. Е. Trop. Afr. i. 440. 
Arborea, glabra ; foliis imparipinnatis, 7—11-foliolatis, foliolis oblongo-ellipticis v. oblongis 
breviter acuminatis v. obtusis, penninerviis, petiolulatis; floribus polygamis paniculatis, 
4—5-meris, fl. masc. staminibus 15-20, ovarii rudimento 0: fl. hermaphroditis 5(-7)- 
andris. | 
Arbor interdum procera, omnino glabra. Катић teretes. Folia 3-13 ped. longa, petiolo communi 
subtereti ; foliolis petiolulatis, tenuiter coriaceis, oblongo- v. obovato- v. oblanceolato-ellipticis, apiculatis 
v. breviter acuminatis v. obtusis, basi sæpius rotundatis, integris v. obsolete sinuatis, penninerviis, costa ner- 
visque lateralibus utrinque 7-10 subtus prominentibus ; 3-5 poll. longis, 1—2 poll. latis, petiolulis 4-4-рой. 
Flores flavi, polygami, parvi, numerosi, brevissime pedicellati, paniculis ramosissimis divaricatis v. pendulis 
ad 1-2 ped. longis, lapsu foliorum lateralibus v. secus truncum dispositis. Calyx cupuliformis, 5(-6) -den- 
tatus. Petala 5(-6), libera, ovato-lanceolata v. elliptica, acutata, æstivatione valvata, sub anthesi 
patentia. Fl. masc.—Stamina 15-20, libera, corolla paullo breviora ; anther lineares, obtuse, muticæ, 
2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, filamento 5-6-plo longiores. Ovarii rudimentum 0. FH. fem.— 
Stamina 5-6, petalis alterna, calycis tubo inserta. Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, 1-loculare ; stylus brevis, 
crassiusculus; stigma terminale 3-lobum, lobulis reflexis adnatis; ovulum unicum lateraliter affixum. 
Fructus parvus, tenuiter drupaceus, ellipsoideus, 3-4 poll. longus, stylo subpersistente brevi apiculatus, 
monospermus. Semen exalbuminosum, radicula supera minutissima. 
Hab. Zungomero, 72-8? S. lat., Col. Grant! Also near Zanzibar and in Madagascar. 
Cultivated in the Mauritius and India. 
[Native name “ m'peeree peeree.” А lofty fruit-tree, 8 feet in circumference, found by water not 
distant from the sea. Bark dark brown; foliage dark green; calyx pale green; corolla yellow, 
twice the length of calyx. Stamina 15. Fruit a drupe, with a slightly compressed stane, more of an 
oblong than a sparrow's egg, very thin coat of pulp, of a pleasant sweet-sour mangoe taste, but acrid also. 
These drupes grow ina remarkable and interesting way, not only from the branches, but chiefly from the 
main trunk of the tree, looking as if they were air-roots with fruit upon them, or like parasites. "There 
may be 200 of the tempting fruit hanging in great bunches two feet in length. Found on the banks of 
the M’Geeta river, 6° S. lat., and in Zanzibar island, 7? S. lat.—J. A. G.] 
Plate XXIV. fig. 1. Male flower; fig. 2. Petal; fig. 3. Stamen ; fig. 4. Hermaphrodite 
flower; fig. 5. Stamen; fig. 6. Ovary; fig. 7. The same, longitudinal section; fig. 8. . 
Fruit ; fig. 9. Inner face of a cotyledon ; fig. 10. Fruit, transverse section. 
4. ODINA FRUTICOSA, Hochst. ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 141; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 446. 
Arbor; folis imparipinnatis, 9—15-foliolatis, glabratis, in apicibus ramorum confertis, 
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