4 cxxiii. ULMACE^ (Rendle). [Celtis. 



back, about 1 lin. long. Ovary and long linear-lanceolate stigmas 

 (IJ lin.) densely hairy, Drupe subglobose, smooth, 2J lin. long, 

 slender stalk to nearly 1 in. long. — Ilanch. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 3me 

 ser. X. 295 and in DC. Prodr. xvii. 173 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 190; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 115; 

 Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 97 ; Almagia in Ann. R. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma, viii. 119 (var. flavescens Engl, (nomen)) ; Fiori, Boschi e 

 Piant. Legn. Eritrea, 111. C. vesiculosa, Hochst. ex Planch, in 

 Ann. Sci. Nat. 3me ser. x. 295. C. austraUs, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 257 (not of Linn.). C. Bunnanni, Planch. I.e. 296. C. 

 Henriquesii, Engl. Notizbl. konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 22 ; Hiern 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Wehv. i. 1027. CrJtis sp., Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 260. 

 C. rhamnifolia, Prepl in Abhai..i K. Bohm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, iii. 

 (1845) 467, nom. abort. C. {{) lactea, Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 97. 

 t. xcvi B. — Celtis foliis subrotunchs, etc., Burm. Rar. Afr. Plant. 

 242, t. 88 ; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 298. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Gunnia and Serriro, at about 4000 ft., Scliimper, 889 ! 

 Semen, on mountains, Schimper, 1162 ! Abbena, Steudner, 1364 ! Shireh, Petit ! 

 and without precise locality, Quartin Dillon cb Petit, 91 ! Eritrea : various 

 localities, Schweinjurth and Biva, 1697 ! Schweinfurth, Terracciano d- Pappi, 

 646, 745 ! Fiori, Harar, Rohecchi Bricchdti, 151 ! British East Africa : Kipayo, 

 forest at 4000 ft., Dummer, 513 ! Mau escarpment. Baker ! Man forests, 

 Hutchins, 601 ! Uganda : Usoga, Scott Elliot, 7211 : Toro, 5000 ft., Dawe, 485 ! 

 Budongo and Bugoma forests, Dawe, 785 ! 1023 ! Mabira forest, 4000 ft., 

 Dawe, 176 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Cazengo ; Granja do S. Luiz, Gossweiler, 43G4 ! 

 4507 ! 4521 ! 4527 ! 4530 ! 4687 ! 4688 ! 4815 ! 4857 ! Golungo Alto ; 

 Quibolo, Welwitsch, 6263 ! Sange, Welwitsch, 6264 ! Luinha, Welwitsch, 6283 ! 

 River Coango near Cacarambola, Welwitsch, 6306 ! Queta Mountains, Welwitsch, 

 6286 ! Bumbo ; Chella Mountains, Welwitsch, 6307 ! 6308 ! Dekindt, 1049 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : M'Chopes, Sim, 5299 ! German 

 East Africa : Lake Victoria ; Kome Islands, Holtz, 1591 ! British Central 

 Africa : Nyasaland ; without precise locality, Buchanan, 85 ! Rhodesia : near 

 Chirinda, at 3800 ft., Swrjnnerton, 1402 ! Victoria, Monro, 394 ! 



Also in South Africa and Arabia. 



C. (?) lactea, Sim, judging from the specimen in Kew Herbarium, apparently 

 represents large-leaved sterile sucker-shoots of this species ; the leaves reach as 

 inuch as 4f in. in length by 21 in width. Similar specimens have been sent by 

 Welwitsch from Angola (6283) and by Dawe from Uganda (785, 1023). 



2. C. Durandii, Erujl. Notizbl. Unigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 22. A 

 tall decidous tree ; dioecious ; branchlets sparsely whitish-pubescent 

 when young, soon becoming glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 ultimately thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 

 long-acuminate, base unequal, acute to rounded, margin entire or 

 sometimes with a few weak teeth above, 3|-6 in. long, li-2J or 3 in. 

 wide, glabrous, 1 -nerved with 3 to 5 ascending lateral nerves on either 

 side, nerves prominent beneath, cross-veins prominulous ; petiole 

 slender, 3-6 lin. long, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, acute, sub- 

 scarious, straw-coloured, about 2 lin. long. Flowers preceding the 

 leaves ; male flowers in small branched clusters at the lower leafless 



