Klrkia.] xxxiv. simakube.i: (olivek). ;ill 



planate, emar^inate at base, much exceeding the tapering, subacute, superior 

 radicle.— A glabrous tree. Leaves usually somewhat clustered at the ends 

 of the brandies, alternate, multifoliolate, exstipulate ; lealk-ts subo|)posite or 

 alternate, obliquely lanceolate, finely acuminate, serrulate. Flowers in nu- 

 merous, peduncula+e, cymose coryuibs from the axils of the upper leaves, 

 forming a broad leafy })anicle ; pedicellate, pedicels equalling or shorter than' 

 the flowers. 



But one species known, restricted to Zambesi-land, where it was discovered by Dr. Kirk, 

 to whom we are indebted for so many important additions to our knowledge of the naturai 

 history of that region. 1 am glad to have the opportunity of associating his uame with a 

 plaut, discovered by himself, and of peculiar botanical interest. 



1. K. acuminata, Oliv. Extremities terete, smooth, glabrous, rather 

 stout, from the thickness of a goose-(|uill to \ in. in diam. Leaves |-1 ft. long ; 

 leaflets 13-19, approximated in pairs, shortly pctiolulate, lanceolate to ovaS- 

 janceolate, Avith a free acumen, base very oblique, the upper n)argin being 

 broadly rounded or semicordate, broadly serrulate, glabrous, firndy membra- 

 nous, epunctate, lf-3 in. long, |-1 in. broad ; petiolule 1-2 lines. Pedun- 

 cles straight, rather rigid, unbranched to 2-4 in., then at first more or less 

 3-chotomously divided with ascending divergent branches. Flowers, before 

 expansion, about 2 lines long. Fruit ^ in. long, 2^—3 lines broad. Car- 

 pophore continuous to the apex, often persistent with its 4 hooked apices 

 after the ftdl of the cocci.— Hook. Ic. PI. 1036. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, at Lupata, and near Senna, Br. Kirk ! (flower in Dec, 

 fruit April). 



In all the flowers which I have examined of this plant, I find the ovary very minute, es- 

 pecially so in those in which the stamens appear to be fully developed. 



4. HARRISONIA, Brown; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 314. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-4-fid or -partite, small. Petals as many 

 as calyx-lobes, considerably longer, slightly imbricate or subvalvate. Sta- 

 mens twice as many as petals; filaments with an adiiate pilose scale. Ovar)' 

 5-4-lobed (in the African plant), inserted upon a fleshy disk ; style simple ; 

 stigma 5-toothed. Ovules solitary, pendulous Fruit small, subglobosc (in 

 the Indian specimens), with 4-5 bony 1 -seeded pyrenes. "Seeds albumi- 

 nous. Cotyledons conduplicate." — Glabrate or pubescent shrubs, usually 

 with lateral aculei by the insertion of the leaves. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaf- 

 lets opposite. Flowers rather small, in axillary or subtermiiial cymes, some- 

 times racemose. 



A small genus, restricted, with the foUowiiig exception, to the Malay ArchiiK-lago and 

 Australia. Its affinity appears to be with the tribe Stmarnde^. 



1. H. abyssinica, 0//r. A shrub. Ammal shoots pubescent. PriilUs 

 very short, more or less hooked. Leaves 2-3 in. long ; leaflets in about 3 

 pairs, obovate-elliptical or oval, obtuse, remotely dentate-serrate (1-8 teeth 

 on each side) or occasionally lobed, base cuneate ami obliipie in the sessile 

 lateral leaflets, usually narrowed into a winged ])etiolule in the terminal one, 

 rather coriaceous, glabrous or glabrate, excepting on the nTidrib beneath 



