PhLate 2287. 
COMMIPHORA CARY FOLIA, Oliv. 
BursERACER. 
C. caryefolia, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, foliis imparipinnatis, 
foliolis lateralibus 3-5-jugis oblongo-lanceolatis basi plus minus 
io . 
rotundatis apicem versus angustatis acutiusculis 
. : hie 
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sessilibus y, subsessilibus, drupis ellipsoideis pericarpio exteriore 
primum carnosulo demum j alvi secedente, pyreni 
ellipsoideis leviter compressis osseis, basi carnosulis quasi-arillatis, 
monospermis (loculo altero abortivo). . 
Has. South Africa, Natal, Wood (Nos. 1,046, 1,409, 4,095). 
Kaffraria, near Komgha, Flanagan (No. 1,107). 
Folia 10-14 poll. longa, petiolata ; foliola membranacea 25-4 poll 
longa, 2-11 poll. lata. Panicule 14-4 poll 1 
Segmentis ovatis, sstivatione valvatis. Discus adnatus tubum calycis 
vestiens. Petala flavescentia, perigyna, calycis tubo inserta, ovata, 
apice (in alabastro) mucrone incuryo, deinde obovato-elliptica, recurva, 
acu S i 
ta. Stamina biseriata, perigyna, margine disci inserta. Ovarii 
rudimentum (in fl. 3) minutissimum. Dru @ $3? poll. longa, 
Pyrenis } poll. longis osseis, basi carnoso-incrassatis rubris y, 
aurantiacis, 
of the lateral branches of the inflorescence, which has the appearance 
of 4n interrupted spike with congested flowers. (C. erythrea, Engl., 
the origina Hemprichia of Ehrenberg, from the Red Sea, has much in 
common with our species, and the uzzling description of the fruit 
given by Ehrenberg is quite intelligible on examination of that here 
figured” He describes the pericarp as ‘ sesquiplex, externum coriaceo- 
om, . . | 84 4-valve, deciduum; internum dimidiatum, 
letissime rubrum, succulentum, . . , arillum mentiens, pyrenas basi 
* Indeed, Wood’s specimen No, 1,409 is cited by Engler as C. Harveyi. 
SER. IV, VOL, II, PARY IY, , . 
