50 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОҒ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
foliolis oblique lanceolatis, aeuminatis, obtusiusculis, subsessilibus; floribus polygamis, 
tetrameris, spicatis. 
Arbor, ramis crassiusculis, rugulosis, lenticellatis, glabratis. Folia alterna in apicibus ramorum conferta, 
subcoriacea, glabra v. glabrescentia, petiolo communi 6-10 poll. longo, interdum supra puberulo ; foliola 
ovato- vel lanceolato-oblonga, sessilia v. subsessilia, obtusiuscula acutata v. acuminata, basi plus minus 
rotundata nonnunquam cordata, integra, lateralia sæpius subopposita 4-7-juga, 15-8 poll. longa, 3-1 
poll. lata, terminalia æquilonga. Spice simplices v. ramosæ, axillares, 13-3 poll. longæ, tomentosæ, 
bracteatæ; bracteæ parve, squamiformes, ovate, caducæ. Flores subsessiles v. brevissime pedicellati, 
1-1. poll. diam., sepius 4-meri. Calyx minutus, 4-partitus, lobis ovato-rotundatis, imbricatis. Petala 
elliptica, concava, basi leviter angustata, apice interdum recurva, glabra, imbricata. Fl. masc.—Stamina 8 ; 
filamenta filiformia, exserta, glabra ; antheræ ellipsoideæ v. ovato-ellipsoideæ, dorsifixæ, 2-loculares, longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum 3—4-fidum. FI. fem.—Ovarium sessile 1-loculare; ovulum 
solitarium, pendulum; styli brevissimi 8-5. Fructus parvus, drupaceus, apice 3-5 apiculatus, putamine 
81008860. Semen.... 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant! Also in the same province what I take to be a small-leaved 
variety of the same, var.? parvifolia of Fl. Trop. Afr. l. с. (О. Schimperi, of Appendix to 
Speke’s Journal, p. 630). Found also in Abyssinia and Senaar. 
Odina fraxinifolia, Fenzl, known to me only by name, is probably the same. The nuts are apparently 
occasionally 2-celled. 
[Native name * m'boomboo."  Tree—trunk 3 feet in circumference. Wood heavy, small, and useless. 
Branches аге of a dirty, smoky appearance, low, thick, and not graceful in shape.  Leaf-surface of a deep 
dull green colour, beneath paler and rough. It flowers from the tips of its branches. Calyx green, 
corolla white. The tree was nearly leafless in December, but was in flower and unripe fruit. Fruit 
was green, juicy, with a dull surface; near its apex there are four curious raised marks. Its size now 
is that of an elongated pea; but it is said to become nearly walnut size. Its roots make first-rate nets, 
used in capturing wild animals.—J. А. б.) 
Plate ХХҮ. fig. 1. Male flower; fig. 2. Rudiment of the ovary from the same; fig 3. 
Female flower; fig. 4. Ovary; fig. 5. The same, longitudinal section ; fig. 6. Young 
fruit. | 
5. SCLEROCARYA BIRREA, Hochst. ; Walp. Rep. v. 418; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 449,— 
Spondias Birrea, A. Rich. in Fl. Seneg. i. 152, t. 41. 
Hab. Rocky ground, Madi, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia, Senaar, and westward in 
Senegambia. 
[Native name “m’choowee” and “m’pemboo.” Tree—trunk attains a girth of 12 feet. In fruit at 
3° N. lat. in February. Bark grey, soft, cutting red, and sticky ; branch-bark is rough, and dark brown. 
The young leaflets are notched at their tips, older ones are more pointed. 
was ш size like a small lime; sarcocarp apple-scented, green and fleshy. On being cut a tasteless sticky 
juice appears, which bites a sore. Stone large, containing one or two kernels, which are milky. and 
eaten like almonds. Its wood is made into stools and pestles for grain.—J. A. G.] d 
The “ Anacardiacea?” of Appendix to Speke’s Journal, р. 630, from Madi, is quite indeterminable. 
The flowers and fruit there referred to are not in the herbarium ; only a leafy shoot. The le 
imparipinnate, lateral leaflets 5-6-jugate, subsessile, obliquely ovate-lanceolate innast e a 
terminal leaflet ovate-acuminate from a cordate base. The bark tends to flake off as in B s Set å 
the extremities have exuded å pale resin. rn Ён 
In February the unripe fruit 
LEGUMINOS&. 
1. CROTALARIA GLAVCA, Willd. ; «DGC. Prod. H. 127; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 12 
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