Schrehera.'] lxxxii. oleace^ (baker). 15 



4. S. platyphylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 449. A shrub 

 6-10 ft. high. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate or obovate, 1 J-4 in. long, 

 acute, rounded at the base, entire, chartaceous, glabrous above, slightly 

 pubescent beneath. Cymes terminal, 2-3-flowered ; peduncles densely 

 hairy ; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, J in, long ; lobes 

 ovate-deltoid, \ the length of the tube. Corolla whitish ; tube narrow, 

 2-3 times the length of the orbicular lobes, which are \ in. long and 

 broad. Anthers reaching the throat of the corolla-tube. — Gilg in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxx. 72. 



Mozamb. Dlst.> German East Africa: Ulielie; Iringa, on an undvilating 

 plateau near Rugaro, 4900 ft., Qoelze, 549. 



5. S. trichocladay Welw.in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 41. A shrub, 

 or low tree, reaching a height of 15 ft., with slender pubescent branchlets. 

 Leaves opposite, simple, oblong, acute, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm, 

 green on both sides, glabrous above when mature, pubescent beneath ; 

 petiole J in. long. Cymes few-flowered, terminal, slightly compound ; 

 pedicels erect, very pubescent, J in. long. Calyx campanulate, pubes- 

 cent, minutely and obtusely toothed, J in. long. Corolla-tube J-J in. 

 long ; lobes obovate, J in. long. Capsule oblong-pyriform, obtusely 

 4-angled, 2 in. long. — Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. Nathima tricho- 

 clada, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 412 ; Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 308 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI Welw. i. 657. 



licwer Guinea. Angola : Ambaca ; among bushes at the great cave of Puri 

 Cacarambola, rather rare, JFelwitsch, 9S4< ; Puiigo Andongo ; Panda forests, between 

 the River Lutete and the Praesidium, and between Cazella and tlie Prtesidium, 

 rather rare, Welwitsch, 935, 936 ! 



6. S. Welwitschii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 73. A small or 

 middle-sized tree, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a 

 long broadly winged petiole and rhachis'; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong or 

 oblong, acute, thin, glabrous, the end one 3-4 in. long, narrowed very 

 gradually to the base, the side ones shorter, unequal towards the base. 

 Cymes very compound, terminal , pedicels very short. Calyx campanu- 

 late, pubescent, J in. long, distinctly toothed. Corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 J in. long ; lobes obovate-cuneate, half as long as the tube. Fruit 

 hard, pyriform, glabrous, 1 in. long. — S. alata, Welw. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc xxvii. 41, partly. Nathusia alata, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 656, partly. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods on th^ south, i^^est of 

 the Praesidium, Welwitsch, 937 ! Huilla ; in forests in Morro de Lopollo, Welwitsek, 

 938'! 



7. S. alata, Welw. in Tran».Linn. Soc. xxvii. 41, partly. A moderate 

 sized tree with very hard wood and slender glabrous branchlets. Leaves 

 5-foliolate, with a long narrowly-winged petiole and rhachis ; leaflets 

 oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, firm but thin, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, the end one 4-5 in. long, narrowed very gradually to the base, 

 the side ones much shorter, sessile, rather unequal at the base. Cymes 



