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mentary in male flowers. In female flowers 3 mm. long, globose, 

 hardly unequal-sided, uni-locular, 2-ovuled, glandular; style 1 mm. 

 long, terete, stigma capitate. Fruit not seen. 



Fagara Davyi, mihi, sp. n. JRamuli ^^hri, spinosis curvis armatis. 

 Folia petiolata, 8-23 cm. longa ; petiolus 1-2 cm. longus, canalicu- 

 latus glaber ; foliola sessilia, 1-10 cm. longa, -5-3 cm. lata, lanceolata 

 vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, apice obtusa et aliquando retusa, basi 

 angustata inasqualis et auriculata, discolor, glabra, infra costa con- 

 spicua et venis lateribus go (plus 20), supra distinctis, margine 

 crenato-sermto et glandula una in sinu. Iiiflorescentia paniculata, 

 3-5-6 cm. longa, omnibus vel c? vel $ ; pedunculus glaber, petiolo 

 brevior. Sepala 1 mm. longa, elliptica, apice obtusa, glabra, ali- 

 quando ciliata. Petala 3-4 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa, glabra. 

 Fl. S 4-staminis ; filamenta linearia, 2*5 mm. longa, glabra; anther* 

 globosae, 1 mm. longae. Ovarium rudimentarium. Fl. 2 staminis 

 vel squamaeformis. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, subglobosum, dis- 

 tincto-obliquum, glanduloso-punctatum, 1-locularia, 2-ovulis. Stylus 

 o mm. longus, teres, curvus ; stigma capitatum. Capsula rubra- 

 fusca, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, globosa, glandulosa. Semina nigra 

 nitidaque. 



Xanthoxylon capense Sim, 1. c. 155, ex parte ; t. xxiv. fig. 5. 

 X. Thunhergii DC. var. grandifolia Harv. in Fl. Cap. 1, 446. 



Traxsyaal : Zoutpansberg District ; Woodbush, Grenfell in 

 Colonial Herb. 1094 ! ; near stream Pototato Bush, 4750 ft., Burtt- 

 Bavi/limi; Eastivood in Col. Herb. 1298 ! 



Swaziland : Forbes's Reef Bush, Burtt-Davy 2753 ! 



ZuLTJLAND : In Woods at Qudeni, 6000 ft., Davis 53 ! Wood 

 7771 ! Wylie in Natal Govt. Herb. 7112 ! 



Transkei: Movenyane Forest, Kiviet in Herb. Dept. Forests 

 2670! 



Brandies glabrous, armed with slightly upward-curved spines 

 and with dark brown bark. Leaves petioled, compound, 4-6-jugate, 

 abruptly or imparipinnate, 8-23 cm. long ; petiole 1-2 cm. long, 

 channelled on the upper side, glabrous ; leaflets sessile, opposite or 

 alternate, 1-10 cm. long, -5-3 cm. broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, obtuse, narrowed, unequal and eared at the base, 

 glabrous, dark and shining above, paler beneath, with a prominent 

 mid-rib beneath and numerous (over 20) lateral veins distinct on the 

 upper surface ; margins crenately serrated and with a single gland in 

 the sinus. Infl,orescence a panicle, 3'5-6 cm. long, bearing either all 

 male or all female flowers ; the peduncle and branches glabrous with 

 the naked portion of the peduncle shorter than the petiole of the leaf. 

 Calyx 4-parted ; sepals free, 1 mm. long, elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, 

 sometimes ciliated. Corolla 4-parted ; petals free, 3-4 mm. long, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Male flowers: Stamens 4; filaments 2*5 mm. 

 long, linear, glabrous ; anthers 1 mm. long, globose. Ovary rudi- 

 mentary. Female flowers '. Staminodes minuie. Ovary S mm. \on<^ 

 subglobose, very distinctly unequal-sided, glandular, unilocular witli 

 2 ovules ; style '5 mm. long, terete, curved ; stigma capitate. Fruit 

 a reddish-brown capsule, 6 ram. long, 4 mm. in diameter, globose 

 glandular. Seeds black, shiny. 



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