iStrT/chnos.] lxxxvi. loganiace.*: (baker). 527 



IMEozamb. Dlst. (Terinan East Africa : Usamhara ; Masheua, IGOO ft., 

 Hoht, 3582 ! 



ol. S. xnelastoxnatoides, Gilc/ in Enyl. Jahrh. xxiii. i^oi. A 

 shrub without tendrils, quite glabrous in all its parts. Leaves (Jistinctly 

 petioled, oblong or ovate-oblong, 4-7 in. long, \l-'.\ in. broad, acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, coriaceous, shining on the upper surface, opa(|ue 

 beneath, 5-nerved. Cymes short, axillary ; peduncle },~l in. long. 

 Flowers unknown. Berry subglobose, about 1 in. long. Seeds 1 or 

 perhaps 2, orange-yellow, much compressed, ^-| in. long, convex on one 

 side, concave on the other. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius. 



32. S. Tonga, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 575. An erect tree, with 

 branchlets clothed with brown tomentum. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 acute, 2i-3 in. long, narrowed to the base, rigidly coriaceous, brown- 

 tomentose on both sides, triplinerved from above the base ; petiole 

 yV-J in. long. Flowers apparently in terminal cymes. Fruit globose, 

 many-seeded, oi-i in. diam., with a thick bony pericarp. 8eeds 

 oblique ovoid, | in. long, imbedded in copious pulp. — Notizbl. Konigl. 

 Bot. Gart. Berlin, ii. 255. 



Mozainl). Blst. German East Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann. Portuguese 

 East Africa : Quiliinane, Stuhlmann, 103y. 



33. S. floribunda, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. h^^. An erect 

 shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, dis- 

 tinctly cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from the base to 

 above the middle ; petiole \ in. long. Cymes copious, axillary, many- 

 flowered, subsessile or shortly peduncled ; pedicels 2-3 times the length 

 of the calyx. Calyx \ lin. long ; segments ovate, much imbricate. 

 Corolla \ in. long ; segments oblong, as long as the tube. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu : by the Kiijiili (Kappil\) 

 lUver, Sehweinfurth^ 3558 ! 



The inflorescence much resembles that of .S. malifolia. Baker. 



34. S. longecaudata, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 570. A shrub, 

 glabrous in all its parts ; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from near the ba,se 

 to above the middle; petiole \-\ in. long. Cymes axillary, very com- 

 pound, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels short. Calyx smaH, broadly c.am- 

 panulate ; segments orbicular. Corolla-bud globose ; tube very short. 

 Style very short. Fruit not seen. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu; in woods by a stream near 

 Bongwa's village, Schioeinfurth. 



35. S. Moloneyi, Baker in Keio Bulleiin, 1S1)5, 97. A shrub, 

 glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, a^^ute, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, triplinerved from near the 



