104 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
68. MIcrorHYNCHUS, sp. ? (Lactuca, sp., App. Speke’ s Journ. 638). 
A glabrous glaucescent herb, too young to describe, with narrow linear-lobed pinnatipartite leaves and 
lax paniculate inflorescence. 
[This is a common, milky plant, from 71? 8. lat.; collected October 1860. The natives eat the leaves 
as а oo AG] 
SAPOTACEÆ. 
1. CHrYSOPHYLLUM, sp.; App. Speke's Journ. 639, where it is referred to as allied to 
С. magalis montanum, Sond. It appears to be specifically distinct, differing in longer, 
more slender pedicels, and minuter indumentum on the underside of the leaves; but the 
flowers of Col. Grant’s specimen are too young for analysis and description. 
Hab. Madi woods, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
ГА fig-like, milky tree on the face of the hill at Madi, where it grew like a huge bush. Leaves 5 by 2 
inches, silvery white beneath, and most numerous at the branch-tips. . Flowers (December) brown, in close 
clusters in the leaf-axils at the extreme ends of the branches. Ribs of the leaves $ of an inch apart and 
very prominent underneath. The natives say that the fruit is of the size of a pea. Met with frequently, 
but could not find any name or use made of it, except that ropes are made from the inner bark.— 
J. А. 6.) ; 
. CHRYSOPHYLLUM ? sp. (seed only); App. Speke’s Journ. 639. 
U Sog » А lofty tree 10 feet in girth; the fruit in size, colour, and skin like a greengage-plum, 
with one to three flat stones. A sweet drink is made from the pulp, which, though sweet, is dry and 
insipid. Ripens in August. The wood is used for spear-handles. 5° $. to 2^ 15' №. lat., near water 
(No. 93).—J. А. G.J 
3. Mimusors KUMMEL, Hochst. ; DC. Prodr. viii. 203; App. Speke’s Journ. 639. 
Hab. Madi, Рес. 1862, Col. Grant/ Found also in Abyssinia. 
[A lofty tree, 5 feet in circumference of trunk, growing in the rocky bed of the stream at Madi, Decem- 
ber 12. Foliage rich and beautiful; leaves soft, deep green and shining above, the ribs not sensible 
tothe touch. The calyx upon the fruit has four outer and four inner sepals, large and small. Fruit a drupe 
14 inch long, orange-yellow, sometimes red, ovate, pointed, with a shining surface, sweet-tasted, like a 
date ; one stone with three unequal angles of a shiny brown colour; the kernel unpleasant to the taste, and 
of the colour of our yellow wax-candles. 
Name and изе.—“ M’nyemvee > (Kin.). Birds are very fond of the fruit.—J, А. G.] 
4. Bassta PARKII, G. Don; DC. Prod. viii. 199. Arbor; foliis obovato- у. oblanceolato- 
oblongis, obtusiusculis, apice integris emarginatisve, glabrescentibus ; floribus ferrugineo- 
piloso-tomentosis ; calyce 8-partito, lobis biseriatis; corollæ 16-20-fidæ lobis biseriatis, 
exterioribus late ovatis v. ellipticis, interioribus brevioribus obovatis, dentatis v. apicem 
. versus laciniatis, longiuscule apiculatis ; staminibus 8-10, glabris ; antheris mucronatis ; ; 
fruetu monospermo. 
_ Arbor, succo lacteo copioso, cortice rugoso. Folia apice ramorum conferta, 5-9-poll. longa, 2-31 poll. 
lata, margine suberispato-undulata, basi szepius obtusa v. rotundata, nervis lateralibus rectiusculis subparal- 
lelis, subtus prominentibus, vernatione pilosula v. tomentella deinde glabra; petiolus 2-92 poll. longus, 
glabrescens. Flores ambellatim fasciculati, $-2 poll. lati; pedicelli 1—1 poll. longi, tomentosi. Calyx 8- 
partitus, lobis biseriatis æquilongis, lobis 4 exterioribus ovato-oblongis, 4 interioribus ovalibus. Corolla 
calycem paulo superans, Stamina 8-10, lobis interioribus corollæ alterna, glabra; anthera linearis 
infra medium affixa, apice mucronata. Ovarium dense hirsutum, 8-10-loculare. Fructus ellipsoideus 
