16 Lxxxii. OLEACE.E (baker). [Schvebei'a. 



lax, terminal, very compound, peduncted ; pedicels short ; bracts lanceo- 

 late. Calyx campanulate, J in. long, glabrous or pubescent, minutely 

 toothed. Corolla white tinged with lilac ; tube more than twice as long 

 as the calyx; lobes obovate-cuneate, J in. long. Fruit glabrous, pyri- 

 form, 1 in. long. — Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 7?> ; Engl. Hochgebir^sfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 333, partly. N'athusia alata, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, ii. 672 ; 

 DC. Prod. viii. 282, 074 ; A. Rich Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 29 ; Gilg in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 308, partly; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 656, partly. 



irile liand. Abyssinia: in valleys near G^nnia. in Memsach district, Schimper, 

 245! uionntains of the district of Slioata, Schimper, 540! Adowa, Petit, 320 ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 700 ! 



Ittozaml)' Sist, British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 JSuehanan, 91 ! 



8. S. obliquifoliolata, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. A small 

 shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a long 

 narrowly winged petiole and rhachis ; leaflets oblong, subacute or obtuse, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, the end one 3-4 in. long by lJ-2 in. broad, 

 the side ones shorter, sessile, rather oblique at the base. Cymes lax, 

 terminal, very compound ; pedicels ^-^ in. long ; bracts small, lanceo- 

 late. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, J in. long, minutely toothed. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, J in. long ; lobes obovate-cuneate, J the length 

 of the tuhe.—I^athusia alata, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 308, 

 partly. 



xrile Xiand. Brit'sh East Africa : Taita ; Ndi Mountain, Hildehrandt, 

 2532! 



Dou'itfnlly distinct from S. alata, Wehv. 



9. S. gcetzeana, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 4.')0, t. 8. A shrub 

 9-13 ft. high. Leaves imparipinnate, IJ— 3 in. long: leaflets 2-jugate, 

 obovate-oblong, acute, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous ; rhachis 

 and petiole not winged, acutely angled. Cymes 3-5 times forked, 

 dense, terminal ; peduncle and pedicels short, subglabrous. Calyx 

 cam'panulate, \ in. long, irregularly 2-r)-lobed. Corolla white ; tube 

 cylindrical, 2|-3 times the length of the calyx ; lobes small, obovate. 

 Anthers at throat of corolla-lube. Ovary globose ; style long. 

 Capsule obovoid, woody, nearly 1 in. long, splitting down to the base. 

 — Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 72. 



lWEozaxnl>. Blst. German East Africa : Ukami ; Ulnguni Mountains, 3200 ft,, 

 Ooetze, 210. 



10. S. tomentella, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 74. A shrub or small 

 tree, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, with a short 

 densely pubescent petiole and narrowly winged rhachis ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, thinly pubescent on the upper surface, densely pubescent 

 beneath, the end one 2-3 in. long, narrowed very gradually to the base, 

 the side ones shorter, sessile, slightly oblique at the base. Cymes 

 dense ; pedicels short, pubescent ; bracts obovate, obtuse, membranous. 



