350 XXXIX. OLACiNE,€ (oliver). lOlax. 



9 (or 8), those opposite to the petals autheriferons, witli complanate fila- 

 ments, the odd ones anantherous. Ovary 3-celled at the base. Young 

 fruit wholly enclosed within the accrescent cahx. 



XJpper Guinea. Mount John, Kongui river, Maiin ! 



5. O. subscorpioidea, OZ/??. A shrub. Decurrent lines more or less 

 marked in the leafy branches. Leaves rather coriaceous, oval-oblong or 

 from lanceolate to oval, acute, base slightly rounded or cuneate, 2|— 3^ in. 

 long, i-l|- in. broad ; petiole 1 line or less. Racemes ^-f in. long, tapering. 

 Axillary flowers " white," distichous, usually turned to the upper side ; pe- 

 dicels much shorter than the flowers, about equalling the ctulucous bracts. 

 Calyx cupuliform, entire. Stamens 8, 5 antheriferous, opposite to the petals, 

 3 anantherous, alternate. Ovary 3-celled below. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Onitscha, Niger, Barter I 



6. O. dissitiflora, Oliv. A small glabrous shrub. Leafy extremities 

 terete with obsolete decurrent ridges. Leaves rather coiiaceous, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acute or rather obtuse, base cuneate or slightly rounded, 

 1-1^ in. long, |-f in. broad ; petiole 1-2 lines. Flowers " white," in short 

 axillary racemes or, usually, the racemes lengthening out into leafy ramuli, 

 solitary in the axils of the low^er leaves or obsolete bract-scales of the shoot ; 

 pedicels ^ in. more or less. Calyx cupuliform, entire. Stamens 8, 5 oppo- 

 site to the petals, anantherous, 3 alternate, antheriferous. Ovary distinctly 

 3-celled below, 1-celled above, narrow^ed into the style ; stigma capitate-3- 

 lobulate. Young fruit enclosed in the accrescent calyx, obovoid or ellipsoidal. 



Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Zambesi ; and Lake Nyassa, Br. Kirk ! 



Nearly allied to. if not identical with, a Madagascar plant (Bouton in Herb. Kew). 



5. STROMBOSIA, Blume; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 348. 



Calyx-limb small, o-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate or deltoid-rotundate, in 

 fruit enlarged, adnate. Petals 5, perigynous, valvate. Stamens as many as, 

 and opposite and adnate to, the petals ; filaments shortly free above. Ovary 

 broad, inserted upon a disk or the base more or less immersed, 3-5-celled 

 nearly to the apex ; style short ; stigma obtuse, slightly thickened, obscurely 

 lobulate ; ovules pendulous, 1 in each compartment. Fruit (not seen in the 

 African plant) drupaceous, oblong. " Seed pendulous with a minute em- 

 bryo within the apex of a fleshy albumen."— Glabrous trees. Leaves alter- 

 nate, coriaceous. Flowers small, in axillary cymes or fascicles, pedunculate 

 or sessile. 



A small Indian genus to which there is little doubt that the following species belongs, 

 although the fruit and fruit-calyx are yet wanting. 



L S. ? grandifolia. Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 258. A tree of 15-20 ft. ; 

 leafy branches terete. Leaves ample, coriaceous, petiolate, broadly oblong- 

 elliptical, shortly acuminate or cuspidate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base; 

 veinlets connecting the principal lateral veins obscure, nearly parallel, fork- 

 ing ; 5-8 in. long, 2-4 in. broad; petiole \ in. Flowers very small, very 



