320 XXXV. ocHNACE^ (oliver). [Gomphia. 



Leaves 6-10 iu. Fruit-sepals usually ascending, ^-^ in. . . 4. G. Vogelii. 

 Flowers in lateral or apparently terminal, rarely paniculate racemes, 

 occasionally sparingly branched near the base. 

 Leave* elongate, subsessile, truncate at base, submembranous. 



Racemes on peduncles of 1-2 ft. Fruit-sepals i in. . . . 5. G. elongata. 

 Leaves elongate, subsessile, subcordate at base, coriaceous. Ra- 

 cemes 2-10 in. Fruit-sepals i iA 6. G.Mannii. 



Leaves narrowed or but slightly rounded at the base. 



Racemes terminal with peduncle of 3-10 in. Flowers crowded. 



Pedicels i in. Stipules triangular '}. G. congesta. 



. Racemes terminal simple or sparingly branched below. Pe- 

 dicels \ in., not crowded. Stipules subidate ^. G. glaberrima. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles. Leaves oblauceolate, spiuulose-serrate. 



Petals linear 9. (r. axillaris. 



1. G. affinis. Hook./. M. Nigrii. 274. Shrub of 10-15 ft. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, shining, oval to oblong-eJliptical, acute, usually with a 

 narrow linear acumen, cuneate or slightly rounded at the base ; margin un- 

 dulate-crisped, nearly entire or sen'ulate; lateral veins all nearly similar, 

 closely parallel ; 2|-4 in. long, l-l^ in. l)road ; petiole ^-j in. Stipules 

 triangular-subulate, distinct or nearly so. Flowers in short racemes from 

 the axil of reduced leaves or squamiform bracts, usually collected towards 

 the ends of the branches, forming small loose panicles shorter than or equal- 

 ling the leaves, occurring also in lateral few-flowered fascicles or subsolitary ; 

 pedicels \-^ in., slightly thickened above, in fruit. Sepals lanceolate- or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, about \ in. Petals oval or elliptical, narrowed at 

 the base. Anthers sessile, elongate-linear. Drupes ellipsoidal or obovoid, 

 slightly exceeding the sepals. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel ! Mann ! Brass and Idda, Barter ! Cape 

 Coast, Brass ! 



2. G. calophylla. Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 274. Leaves coriaceous, ob- 

 lauceolate- or.obovate-oblong, shortly and usually more or less abruptly acu- 

 minate or apiculate, narrowed to the base, crisped-undulate ; lateral veins 

 obscure, all similar and closely parallel; 4-6 in. long, li-2^ in. broad; 

 petiole |-| in. Stipules acute, distinct. Flowers in lateral racemes of 

 2-4 in., from the axils of reduced or squamiform leaves, several- or many- 

 flowered ; pedicels ^-\ in., singly inserted, or sometimes fasciculate from vei-y 

 short or obsolete peduncles. Sepals oval-oblong, obtuse, about ^ in. long, 

 variously spreading in fruit. Flowers not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don ! T. Vogel ! 



A fragment of an Ochna is mounted upon one of the sheets with the above, and it is 

 probably to it that the Fernando Po label applies, quoted in Niger Flora, 1. c. 



3. G. reticulata, P. de Beauv. Fl. d'Owar. ii. 22. t. 72. A glabrous 

 shrub or small tree. Leaves usually more or less coriaceous, oval-oblong 

 or oblanceolate-oblong, occasionally elongate, acute or acuminate, base 

 cuneate or slightly rounded, acutely serrulate crenu late-serrate or rather 

 distantly or undulate-serrulate, serratures in some forms' obsolete, principal 

 secondary lateral veins more or less distant, curving forwards, not prominent ; 

 3-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad; petiole \ in. or the lamina narrowed nearly to 



