Strychnos.] lxxxvi. LOGANiACE.f: (baker). 533 



lobes suborbicuiar. Corolla \ in. long ; tube longer tlian the calyx^ 

 hairy at the throat ; lobes ovate. Style long. Fruit globose, 1 in. iii^ 

 diam. ; pericarp very thick, rigid. — Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 18:3. 

 aS'. Unyuacha, var. Steudneri, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 5Go. 



Wile Xiand. Xubia, Caillaud. (xalabnt : region of Matamma, Schiueinfnrth, 

 1660! Bongo: Gir, ^chiceinfurth, 1412! iifar Addai, ^Schweitifur///, 14.32! 



56. S. Burtoni, BakeQ^ in Keiv Bulletin, 1895, 0«. An erect 

 shrub ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, o— i in. long, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, 

 triplinerved above the middle; petiole very short. Cymes many- 

 flowered, dense, lateral, nearly or quite sessile ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx ^\ in. long ; lobes orbicular. Corolla seen only in an immature 

 state. Fruit globose, 24-8 in. in diam., with edible pulp and large 

 orbicular flattened seeds that are roasted and eaten. 



XHozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Zanguebar, 300 ft., Kirk, 96 ! Por- 

 tuguese Ease Africa : Lower Zambesi j Sliupanga, Kirk, 368 ! Valley of the River 

 Shire, fValler / 



57. S. dysophylla, Benth. in Jour n. Linn. Soc. i. 103. An erect 

 shrub ; branchlets • thick, woody. Leaves obovate, obtuse, rigidly 

 coriaceous, l-j-2J in. long, pubescent, all over beneath, .')-nerved ; 

 petiole very short. Cymes dense, lateral, sessile ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx campanulate, J^ in. long ; lobes broad, obtuse. Corolla 

 J in. long ; tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx ; segments 

 oblong. Fruit black, edible. — aS'. randicEformis, Baill. in Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Paris, i. 240. ,6'. Unguacha, var. 'dysojihylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xvii. 5G4. 



IVKozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Tete, Kirk ! British Central 

 Africa: Xvasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 478! and without precise 

 locality, Buchanan, 93! 



58. S. triclisioides, Baker in Kevj Bulletin^ 1805, 98. An erect 

 shrub, 8-14 ft. high ; branchlets pallid, pubescent. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, rigidly coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, deltoid at the base,, 

 pubescent beneath, with 3 ribs arising from the base, and two strong 

 ones from the midrib a little above it ; petiole very Srhort. Cymes 

 lateral, few-flowered, shortly peduncled ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 campanulate, ~^^ in. long; lobes orbicular. Corolla yellow, \ in. long ; 

 tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx; lobes ovate. Style long. 

 Fruit 1-J in. in diam. ; pericarp very thick, rigid. Seeds poisoninis, \ in. 

 in diam. — 8. innocua, var. pubescens, Solered. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 

 556. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nnpe, on hill siiirs, Borft-r, 1160! 

 Lukuja, near the continence ot the Niger and Iknue Kivi rs, I)alton .' 



50. S. cocculoides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1805, 0«. An erect 

 shrub or low tree 10-15 ft. high ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 

 suborbicuiar or oblong, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, distinctly 5 nerved from 



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