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Gaules satis graciles, pallide viridi-cinerei, pilis pluriradiatis 

 majuscuhs brunneis subappressis conspicuis asperati. Folia ovata 

 apice acuta basi obtuse cuneata vel subrotundata, 1-5-5 cm. longa! 

 1-yD cm. lata, serrata, utriuque aspera, supra puberula, subtus 

 pubescentia, basi o-nervia ; petioli 0*5-1 cm. Jongi. Pedunmli 

 circiter 1 cm. longi, paullo infra apices articulati, brunneo-hirsnti. 

 Bracieolae 6-8, lineares, subacutae, superne haud vel vix dilatatae, 

 6-1-0 mm. longae, 0;5-l mm. latae, extra dense, intus sparse 

 antrorse hirsutae. Gahjx extra pilis antrorsis dense hirsutus, 

 mt lf n /. S ?f anneis biradiatis praesertim in nervis sitis, minoribus 

 palhdwnbiw riumerosioribus interjectis ; tubus 2-25 mm. iongus, 

 lV-nervma vel sub-15-nervius, intus glaber ; lobi ovato-triangulares, 

 obtusi, «M5 mm. longi, basi 2-2-25 mm. lati, intus minutissime 

 pubesccntes. Petala obovata, circiter 1-5 cm. longa et 9 mm. lata, 

 4'D mm. adnata. Stam ina 30, in verticillos duo disposita, quorum 

 superior icosandrus, staminibus per paria inserta, filamentellis 

 usque ad basin hberis, inferior deeandrus staminibus solitariis ; 

 nlamentella 6-7 mm. longa -, columna tota 6'5 mm. longa, supra 

 yerticillum superiorem 3 mm. producta ; verticillus superior 

 1 mm. supra inferioretn, inferior vix -5 mm. supra petala insertus. 

 Ovarmm 2-5 mm. longum, loculis 4-ovuIatis ; styli pars communis 

 b mm. longa, ramis 5-7 mm. longis, stigmatibus circiter 0'5 mm. 

 diametro, Capsula vix L cm. longa, minute puberula. 



Angola. District of Loanda, Gossweiler, 398. 



One or two of the stamens of the lower whorl may be absent 

 from their normal position and inserted along with adjoining 

 stamens, so that we then have blank spaces and pairs instead of 

 solitary stamens. The stamens of the lower whorl are normally 

 opposite the pair of stamens of the upper whorl. 



The nervation of the calyx varies slightly : the lateral nerves of 

 adjacent lobes may either unite just below the sinus or may run 

 down separately to the middle or to the base of the calyx-tube, so 

 that the latter may have from ten to fifteen more or less distinct 

 nerves. 



917. Balanites orbicularis, Sprogue [Simarubaceae] ; foliis 

 sessihbus, foliolis sessilibus orbicularibus apiculatis ab affini 

 B. aegyptiaca distincta. 



ttami leviter flexuosi, striolati, dense pubescentes. Sjinae 

 axillares, sed ad latus secundi foliorum superiorum allatae, ita ut 

 extra-axillares videntur, 2-4 cm. longae, folia et flores gerentia. 

 Folia sessilia, 1-juga, apice subulato circiter 2 mm. longo ; foliola 

 sessilia, orbicularia, 1*3-2 cm. diametro, acute apiculata, basi 

 rotundata vel subcordata, utrinque pubescentia. Cymae in 

 pseudofasciculos contractae, usque ad 5-florae. Pedicelli circiter 

 5 mm._ longi. griseo-tomentelli. Sepala ovata, 4-5 mm. longa, 



mm 



medio 



Petala 



2-2-5 mm. lata. Fi/amenta 3 - 5 mm. longa, antheris 1'5 mm. 

 longis. Disctis 2 mm. altus. Ovarium vix 1*5 mm. diametro, 

 tomentosum, circiter 1 mm. in disco immersum. 



British Somaliland. Vrake-Brockman, 336, 337. 



