ICONES PLAXTAKUM. 17 



S terminalia, sessilia, solitaria, |— J poll, longa, squamis laxe imbri- 

 catis ; $ terminalia, solitaria, ^-^ poll, longa, e sqnamis fructifcris 3-5- 

 tumidis, N^iculm 3-5 compressae, angulis rotundatis, obscure striatro. 



This tree somewhat resembles Gunningliamia lanceolata^ but that its 

 habit and foliage give it a softer appearance. Verj old trees on the 

 mountains entirely lose their large leaves, but on the lowlands they 

 are retained sometimes to tlie height of 40 feet, and occasionally both 

 kinds of leaves and fruit may be seen on the same branch. A small 

 tree, producing male catkins and entirely without its early leaves, wan 

 observed near the summit of Munga hills. — J. Kirh, 



This noble species is most nearly allied to D. Colensoi, bat differs so 

 conspicuously in the size of the foliage that there can be no difficulty 

 in recognising it.— J". B. Hooker. 



Fig. 1, Sterile bracch and !eaves» 2. Enlarged view of fertile do. S. Female 

 catkin. 4. Nucules. All but No. 1 enlarged. 



Plate 1220- 



LAMPROTHAMNUS ZANGUEBARICUS, Biern. 



RuBiACE.^ Tribe Albekte.e. 



lamprothamnus, Hiern. in Olii\ Fl. Trap. Afr., toI. iii. p. 130 ined, 



■ Calyx basi caljculatus tnbo urceolato breviter et late lobulato, lobis 

 aBstivatione imbricatis. Corolla rotata, tubo cjlindrico sursum leviter 

 dilatato, limbo 6-7-partito, lobis ovali-oblongis patentibns aestiratione 

 contortis. Stamma 6-7 exserta, fauce inserta; filamenta breria; 

 antlierfe dorso prope basin affixae, angustae lineares, recurves. Discus an- 

 nularis camosulus. Ovarium hi- (rarias uni-)loculare ; stylus elongatu- 

 clavatus exsertns superne pnberulus ; stigma minute bifidum ; ovula 

 solitaria, pendula, Fructus ignotas-— Frutex v. arborescens. Folia oppo- 

 sita ohlongo- vel elliptico4anceolafa v. -ovata obtusiuscula, femiiter coriacea, 

 venosa, nitentia. Stipulae coriacecB, deltoidece, amt(^. Flores mediocres, 

 * albi/fragr antes,' in ayrymhis multifloris dmsis suhtermivalihics dispositi. 



L. zangnebaricus, Hiem L c, sp. unica. 



Hab. Dar Salam, Zanzibar, Br. Kirk. 



Folia basi rotnndata v. plus minus cordata, brerissime petiolata, 

 2-3|-poIL longa, 1-2-polL lata. Infioresceniia folia vix snperans 

 li-2|-polI. lata. Corolla tubo f poll. longo, lobis | poll, longis.— D. 

 Olives. 



Fig. 1. Expanded flower. 2. Diagram showing the contorted aestiratiun. 3. An 

 thers. 4. Ovarj and calyx-tube, in rertical section, 



yOL. III. THIED SEKIES. ^ 



