244 XXVII. TiLiACE.E (masters). [Gretcki. 



purplish, puberulous branches. Stipules subulate. Leafstalks ^ in. lona:, 

 puberulous. Leaves oval, acute, subscabrous, crenate-serrate, lower seira- 

 tures glandular, 3-costate, veins arcuate. Cymes stalked, extra-axillary and 

 terminal. Peduncles two or three times longer than the leafstalks, dividing 

 into 3-6 pedicels. Flower-buds subglobose. Sepals leathery, stellate-to- 

 mentose. Petals oblong, emarginate. Ovary villose. Fruit 4-lobed ; lobes 

 subglobular, the size of a small pea. 



Mozamb. Distr. East tropical Africa and Mombas island, Bojer ! 



Native also of the peninsula of India. The African specimens of this species that have 

 come under observation are imperfect, so that the character of the fruit has been described 

 from Indian specimens. 



2. G. truncata. Mast. A shrub sparingly covered with stelliform to- 

 mentum. Petioles y in. long. Stipules subulate. Leaves 6-7 in. long, 3- 

 4 in. wide, thin, obliquely subcordate, oblong, retuse, shortly acuminate, 

 3-costate; venation feather-veined. Cymes terminal or opposite the leaves, 

 many-flowered. Pedicels short, not exceeding 1 in. in length. Petals broadly 

 ovate, obcordate. Gynopliore short. 



Mozamb. Distr. Between Lupata and Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 

 Although the materials are very imperfect, there can be little dotjbt as to the distinctness 

 of this species, which may readily be recognized by its peculiar leaves. 



3. G. CafFra, Meisner in Hook. Lond. Jonryi. Bot. ii. 53. A shrub or 

 small tree, often fluted at the base, with numerous, widely-spreading, slightly 

 pilose, })urplish, lenticellate branches. Petioles ^ in. long, pilose. Stipules 

 linear, setaceous, equalling the petioles. Leaves thin, nearly glabrous, 1-3 

 in. long, |— |- in. wide, tapering or obliquely subcordate at the base, oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, finely toothed, 3-costate, arcuate-venose. Peduncles 

 axillary, |-f in. long, dividing into 2-3 diverging pedicels about equal in 

 length to the petioles. Flower-buds cylindrical or somewhat angular, oblong, 

 slightly tumid at the base. Sepals oblong. Petals obovate, entire or slightly 

 emarginate, half the length of the sepals. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous 

 in each cell of the ovary ; stigmatic lobes linear-subulate. Drupe subglo- 

 bose, the size of a small cherry, covered when young with tufts of appressed, 

 stelliform, rigid hairs. 



IfOTi^er Guinea. Loanda, Dr. Wehoitsch ! 

 IMIozainb. Distr. Shamo, Dr. Kirk ! 



Occurs also in Natal. lu Dr. Welwitsch's specimens the leaves are more nearly cordate 

 than in the specimens from Eastern Africa. 



4. G. micrantha, Boj. in Herb. Ktw. A shrub, the younger branches, 

 petioles, and pedicels covered with rufous down. Petioles \-\ in. long. 

 Stipules falciform, equalling the leafstalks. Leaves 1-3 in. long, 1 in. wide, 

 oblong, subcordate, acute, glandulose, serrate, shining above, whitish, with a 

 few pilose hairs on the lower surface, 3-costate ; venation arcuate. Peduncles 

 solitary or twin, axillary or terminal, shorter than the leaves, dividing above 

 into 2-3 pedicels.. Flower-buds ovoid-oblong. Sepals oblqng. Petals very 

 short, notched. Fruit 2-4-lobed ; lobes small, fusiform, yellowish, covered 

 with a few short hairs. 



IKIozamb. Distr. Mombas Isle, Bojer ! Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



