r)2(; Lxxxvi. LOGAXiACE^ (baker). [^Slvychnos. 



2G. S. panganensis, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311. An 

 erect shrub or small tree ; branchlets persistently grey-velvety. Leaves 

 ovate, very acute, rounded at the base, 1-1 J in. long, -|-| in. broad, 

 subcoriaceous, shining and gl^^brous above, velvety on the ribs beneath, 

 5-nerved from the base ; petiole yV in. long. Flowers many, in crowded 

 terminal cymes ; pedicels \-\ in. long. Calyx-segments ovate. Corolla- 

 tube very short (J lin. long) ; lobes ovate, ^-J in. long, with long hairs, 

 at the base. Fruit unknown. 



XMCozaxnb. I>ist. German East Africa : Pangani, Muhang^o, Stuhlmann, i. 596. 



27. S. xylophylla, Gilg in Kn,gl. Jahrb. xxviii. 122. An erect 

 shrub ; branchlets yellowish, acutely tetragonal. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, ovate or round-ovate, 2-4 in. long, lJ-3 in. broad, usually 

 cuneate (rarely rounded) at the base, cuspidate at the apex, very rigid, 

 shining, ^j-nerved from the base. Inflorescence an axillary panicle with . 

 long branches ; pedicels short. Sepals 5, round, very small. Corolla 

 unknown. Fruit small, 3-seeded : pericarp thin ; pulp scanty. 



XWozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usaramo ; Kikulu, Stuhlmann, 

 G853. 



28. S. euryphylla, Gilg d- Busse in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 179. A 

 small tree, 25 ft. high ; branchlets yellowish, glabrous. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, 2-4 in. long by nearly 

 as broad, shortly acuminate, 7-nerved, shining on the upper surface, 

 obscurely pilose on the ribs beneath. Flowers unknown. Fruit snb- 

 pyriform, 2J-3|^ in. in diam. ; pericarp thick. Seeds numerous, ovoid, 

 compressed, above | in. long. 



IMEozamb. 3>ist. German East Africa : Ulnguru ; near Kiroka, and Usagara ;. 

 nciir Kilussa, Busse, 146, 174, 1263. 



21). S. megalocarpa, Gilg I- Busse in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 180. 

 A small tree, 20ft. high; bark brownish-yellow; branchlets glabrous, 

 yellowish- white. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 2 in, long by half as broad 

 before they are fully developed, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, 5-Eerved, Flowers unknown. Fruit globose, 4-5 in. in diam.; 

 pericarp thick, woody; pulp copious. Seeds 50-100, oblong, much com- 

 pressed, 1 in. long. 



XMEozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Useguha ; near Kwa Sulanga, Busse, 

 323. 



30. S. usambarensis, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311. A 

 shrub, 7-8 yards high ; branchlets glabrous, w4th neither spines nor 

 tendrils. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, rigidly cori- 

 aceous, li-2 in. long by half as broad, triplinerved from above the base ; 

 petiole very short. Cymes axillary, shortly peduncled ; bracts minute,, 

 ovate. Flowers unknown. Berry small, oblong, 1-seeded, shortly 

 stipitate. 



