Toddalia.] xxxrii. uutack.i: (olivku). 307 



2. T. lanceolata, ia;;?. ; DC. Prod. ii. 83. A gh.brous. unarmed, 

 small tree or shrub. Leaflets ratlier coriaceous, ternate, eloiifrate-ovnl or 

 oval-lanceolate, subacute or ratlier obtuse, often ujueh iiarrowedio the base, 

 obsolctely undulate, with looping veins, 3-4 in. lonjr, | 1 in. broad, sessile 

 or subsessile at the extremity of an exalatc petiole of 1-2 in. Flowers 

 4-merous, equalling or exceeding the pedicels, in terminal altcrnateiv branch- 

 ing panicles shorter than the leaves. Calyx broadly 4-lobJd ; lolies rotun- 

 date-deltoid. Petals slightly imbricate. Male fl. : Stamens 8, rudiment of 

 the ovary 4-fid. Fruit normally 4-celle(l, 4-seedcd, 4-lobed or -furrowed 

 while immature, at length distinctly fleshy ; about } in. diam. when dry. Testa 

 crustaceous, black, thicker on the ventral side. — l^epris qKerim/jenfiis,' Klotz^vU 

 in Peters' Mossarab. Bot. 87. 



Mozamb. Distr. Right bank of the Luabo and raouth of the Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Mozambique, Peters ! 



Also at the Cape aud in Mauritius. See Harvey in ' Flora Capensis,' i. 4 17. 



8. T. ? sp. Prickles very short, recurved. Leaflets oblanceolate or 

 broadly oval, naiTOwed to the obtuse apex or shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, obscurely crenulate-dentate above with very narrowly revolute* margins 

 when dry, midrib occasionally wqth 2 or 3 minute curved prickles; 1^-2 in. 

 long, f in. broad more or less. Petiole | in., pubescent on the inner side. 

 Flowers in short axillary racemes (?), pedicellate. Calyx minute, thick, 5- 

 lobed. Ovary 5 -celled ; ovules apparently geminate. Young fruit baccate, 

 2-3-celled. '(Aff. T. aculeata ?) 



Nile Iiand. Ankober, Abyssinin, Roth ! 



Our single specimen hardly suffices to enable me to determine tin's plant. 



4. CLAUSENA, Burm. ; Benth. et Hook. f. (ien. PI. i. 'M)\. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-(5-)lobed. Petals 4 (5), sliglitly im- 

 bricate. Stamens 8 (10), free. Ovary 4-(5-)3-celk'd. Style at length se- 

 parating. Ovules geminate, collateral or superimposed. 1/erry 1-4-celled, 

 1-4-seeded, Seed exalbuminous. — Trees or shrubs, unarmed. Lcavts. un- 

 equally pinnate. Flowers in axillary or terminar panicles or racemes. 



A small genus chiefly confined to India and the Archipclairo. The two following: s|K*cii-* 

 are nearly allied to the Indian C. Willdenovii. 



Small tree, 10-20 ft. Leaves 3-6(-10) in. Flowers collcctLd in 3- 



flowered cymes or solitary along the raceme 1. C. tntrijuatis 



Undershrub, 3-10 ft. Leaves ^-1 ft. Flowers in several- or many- 

 flowered paniculate cymes '2. C. anisala. 



1. C. insequalis, Benth. Fl. Nigrit. 257. A shrub or small tree of 

 10-20 ft. Extremities puberulous or nearly glabrous. Leaves y-17-folio- 

 late, 8-6 rarely 10 in. long; leaflets alternate, ovatc-oblong or varying from 

 ovate to lanceolate or elliptical, obtuse, often narrowed to tiu- apex or ob- 

 tusely acuminate, crenulate, the hiicral oblicpie, siiorlly lu-lioiuiate, { 2 in. 

 rarely 3-4 in. long. Flowers w hitc, in axillary rompouiul or simple racemes 



