Celtis.] cxxiii. ULMACEiE (Rendle). 7 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Uluguru ; Tununguo, 660 ft. Stuhl- 

 mann, 8G71 ! 8968 ! Mojaba, 1200 ft., Stuhlmanti, 8703 ! IJsambara ; Muhera, 

 Zimmermann, 29 ! Morabo, Engkr, 3255 ! Kilosa, Holtz, 1768 ! 



"Timber whitish tlirougliout, not durable. Native name Cabende " 

 (Gossiveiler) . 



5. C. Tessmannii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1915, 297. Apparently a 

 deciduous tree ; shoots woody, slender, hirtellous with brown hairs, 

 ultimate shoots J lin. or less in thickness, with internodes 6-10 lin. 

 long. Leaves shortly petioled, thin and papery when dry, oblong- 

 elliptic, oblique, acuminate, apex mucronate, base very unequal, 

 margin entire, 2-4J in. long, |-1| in. wide, upper face glabrous except 

 on the shortly hirtellous midrib, lower face scabridulous with short 

 whitish hairs and hirtellous on the nerves, with 3-5 ascending lateral 

 nerves on each side, somewhat prominent beneath, cross-veins pro- 

 minulous ; petiole 1 lin. or less in length, hirtellous like the stem. 

 Stipules narrowly subulate, hirtellous, 2 lin. or less in length. 

 Sepals of fertile flowers with very short hairs on back, about J lin. 

 long. Ovary ovoid, densely clothed with greyish-brown hairs. 

 Stigmas deeply 2-fid, with spreading branches. 



Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Mabungo, 1500 ft., Tessmnnny B. 25 I 

 in Herb. Berlin. 



Distinguished from C. Zenkeri by the almost sessile unequal-sided leaves and 

 very slender stipules. 



6. C. integrifolia, Lam. Encycl. iv. 140. A large tree ; branch- 

 lets greyish, shortly hairy. Leaves shortly petioled, olive-green when 

 dry, thinly coriaceous, ovate, acute to shortly acuminate, base 

 unequally rounded to subcordate, margin entire, IJ-SJ in. long, 

 1-2 in. wide, 3-nerved, lateral nerves ascending, nerves prominent 

 below, cross-veins subparallel, prominulous, scabridulous, glabrous 

 or sometimes sparsely pilosulose on the nerves beneath ; petioles 

 2-3 lin. long, sparsely hairy. Inflorescences axillary, reaching to 

 about half the length of the leaf, or shorter. Male flowers numerous, 

 shortly stalked ; fertile ( ^ ) above, few, with longer stalks. Sepals 

 concave, elliptic, puberulous on back, about | lin. long in the 

 male, 1 lin. long in the fertile flower. Ovary bearing a dense grey 

 pubescence. Stigmas linear, 2-fid, sometimes again divided. Drupe 

 ovoid-globose, glabrate, 4-5 lin. long, on axillary stalks | in. long.- - 

 Planch, in Ann. Sci. Nat. 3me ser. x. 308, and in DC. Prodr. xvii. 

 192 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 525 ; Fiori, Bosche e Plant. Legn. 

 Eritrea, 111. Mertensia integrifolia, Roem. & Schult. Syst. vi. 313. 

 Momisia Lamarckii, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 69. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : Richard Tol, Lclievrc ! Perrotict, 298 ! and 

 without precise locality, Adarison ! Kunth ! Roger ! Dupuis ! Gambia : Albuda, 

 Pcrrottet, 711 ! Dogana Oualla, Prieux ! Bathurst, Don ! French Guinea : 

 Nialla, near Djenne, Chevalier, 1136 ! between Daliba and Lungano, Chevalier, 

 263 ! Ivory Coast : Mangu, Mellin, 15 ! Gold (^oast : Salaga, Krauze ! Togo : 

 Tshadu, Kerstijig, 12 ! Ssiu, Kersting, 201 ! 375 ! 376 ! Southern Nigeria : 

 Abeokuta, Irving, 150 ! Northern Nigeria : Borgu, Bnrlrr, 772 ! Yola, Dalziel, 



