150 OLEACE^. 



(No. 4579 Fiuctus !) ; iu Montibus Centi-alibus, leg. U. MoRi, 1910 Dec. 

 (Fruct.) ; INIotsuu, leg. U. Moei, 1912, Juli. (Fr. et Fl.'). 



Near Myrdne africana Lkx. ; bnt diffei-s from it by the not exserted 

 anthers and smaller leaves with aristate sen-ature. I have examined several 

 sets of the flowei^s and frnits, but I have never been able to find either 

 ovule or seed. Tlie plant may be of polygamous character, and the speci- 

 mens may be male ones. 



Oleaceae. 



Chionanthus Liss. 



Chionanthus seiTulatus HLuata sp. nov. (Tab. XXYIII.) Puimi 

 recti fusco-cinerascentes glabri, cortice ± soU;to lenticellis et cicatricibus 

 fohorum notato, ramulis rectis gi-aciUbus iDubescentibus complanatis, facie 

 2-sulcatis cicatricibus fohomm elevatis pulviniformibus. Foha obovato- 

 oblonga rotundato-obovata usque ad 5 cm. longa 2.5-3 cm. lata apice obtusa 

 vel rotundata ad summum retusa vel emarginata basi rotundata obtusa vel 

 cimeata chartacea vel interdum membranacea margine seiTulata prope basin 

 integi-a, seiTulis obtusis, venis primariis lateralibus uti-oque latere 5-6 sub- 

 rectis apice fm-catis a costa angulo 45° divaricatis tenuibus uti-aque pagine 

 elevatis vel non elevatis, venuHs secmidariis minute reticiilatis, utraque pagiue 

 subglabra ad costas et venas leviter hireutii, petiolis circ. 1 cm. lougis supra 

 plano-sulcatis. Flores ad apicem ramulonim paniculati. Panicula termiualis 

 basi penilata, perulis minutis triangularibus apice cuspidatis, pedimcuUs pani- 

 culorum ad apicem ramitrorum solitariis vel geminis vel tematim sitis, floribus 

 ad apicem pedunculonun umbellatim 3-10 dispoditis, pedimculis gi-aciUimis gla- 

 bris 3-4cm.longis interdiun tematim-ramosis iuterdum eramosis; umbella florum 

 ad apicem pedunculorum 3-10-floraia, radiis (pediceUis) 5-10 mm. lougis 

 gi-aciUimis (bracteis nullis). Calyx alte 4-Iobus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis glabris 

 mai-gine minute obsoleteque denticulatis vel integris utraque pagine 1- 

 costatis 2 mm. longis basi l mm. latis suberectis. Corolla alte 4-Iobata, tubo 

 2|^ mm. longo subcampanulato, lobis 4 spathulato-linearibus 12-13 mm. longis 

 vereus apicem latioribas 2lmm.Iatis apice rotundatis deorsum leviter grada- 



