Stri/chnos.] lxxxvi. LooANiACEyE (baker). 531 



47. S. cerasifera, GiUj in Engl Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 311. An erect 

 shrub or small tree ; young br.xnchlets tomentose. Leaves decussate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, opaqne, narrowed from the middle equally to the base 

 and apex, ll-2 in. long, A-§ in. broad, (^uite glabrous, 3-r)-nerved from 

 the base; petiole J in. long. Cymes terminal, 3-5-flowered. Berries 

 reddish-brown, globose, the size of a large cherry, 1 -seeded. 



IKozamb. Dist. German East Africa, Stuhlmann, 6089. 



48. S. Quaqua, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 567. An erect shrub, 

 25 ft. high ; branchlets clothed with dense yellowish pubescence. Leaves 

 obovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, giadually 

 narrowed to the base, 4-5 in. long, li-2 in. broad, coriaceous, shining 

 and glabrous above, slightly pubescent on the ribs, densely velvety 

 beneath, 5-nerved ; petiole l-{ in. long. Flowers solitary or few, 

 fasicled in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels i-l in. long. Fruit large, 

 globose. Seeds nearly 1 in. long, imbedded in pulp. — Busse, Gilg k 

 Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 17G. 



nXozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Unguru (Nguru) ; r.ear Kwediboina, 

 Btisse, 313 (ex Bnsse c^- Gilg). Portuguese East Africa: Quilimaue, Stuhlmann, i» 

 1041 (ex Gilg). 



49. S. penduliflora. Baker. An erect shrub; branchlets pubes- 

 cent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, about 2 in. long, 

 -J-| in. broad at the middle, subcoriaceous, narrowed to the base, tripli- 

 nerved from the base ; petiole J in. long. Cymes many-flowered, 

 lateral, pendulous, distinctly peduncled ; bracts ovate ; pedicels pubes- 

 cent, as long as the calyx. Calyx yV in. long ; segments orbicular. 

 Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, 

 half as long as the tube. Fruit unknown. 



Wile Iiand. Jur : Wau, Schiceinfiirth, 1072 ! 



50. S. myrtoides, Gilg d- Busse in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 1 78, u-ith 

 woodcut. A densely-branched erect shrub, 15-20 ft. high; branchlets 

 clothed with yellowish-white hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong, ]-A in. 

 long, obtuse, cuneate at the base, triplinerved from the base, shining, 

 pilose on the margin and ribs of both surfaces. Cymes terminal, 1-3- 

 flowered ; peduncles and pedicels very short. Calyx i lin. long ; lobes 

 broadly ovate, subacute, ciliate. Corolla scarcely twice as long as 

 the calyx, hairy at the throat inside ; lobes ovate, acute, as long as the 

 tube. Fruit unknown. 



IMCozamb. Bist. German Enst Africa: Usngara ? near Nymigao, on the 

 northern edge of the Mpatila Plateau, Busse, 1108. 



51. S. behrensiana, Gilg <(• Busse in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 175. 

 An erect unarmed shrub, 15-25 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, about 1 in. broad, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 5-nerved. Cymes axillary ; 

 pedicels ^V in. long ; peduncles twice as long as the pedicels. Corolla 



