Cntha.'] XLT. CKLASTRACE/F. (oLIVER). 365 



Based upon the following speeies, which is eoiifiiicd to f>a8tern Africa ami the adjacent 

 parts of Asia. 



1. C. edulis, Fursk. Fl. jflrj. Arab. 03. Loaves narrowly oval ohlnn- 

 ceolate or elliptical, rather obtusely pointed, narrowed into the petiole, serratr, 

 2-4 iti. lon<^, \-\\ ill. brond. Petiole \ in. more or less. Cynjes |-3 in. 

 Capsule about \ in. long-. — Cdadrna edulis, Vahl ; DC. Prod. ii. 6 ; Ferr. et 

 Galin. Yoy. Abyss. Bot. Atlas, t. 4. Cutha For.ska/ii, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 ]34. t. 30. Trigonotheca serrata, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 602. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia ! varioits collectors. 



I have not seen indigenous Arabian specimens. Cultivated apparently to a considerable 

 extent. 



3. ELJEODENDHON, Jacq. f. ; Bentli. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 367 



Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx 5 -(4) -partite. IVtals 

 5-(4), spreading. Stamens as many as petals, inserted under the margin of 

 the disk ; filaments subulate. Anthers rotundate, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary more or less deeply immersed and confluent with the disk, 3-2-cellcd. 

 Style very short; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe dry (or pulpy), usually 1- 

 celled, 1-seeded. — Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or pubescent, unarmed. 

 Leaves persistent, alternate in the tropical African species, coriaceous, serru- 

 late or entire. Flowers in axillary pedunculate cymes or umbels, small, 

 yellowish greenish or white. 



A considerable genus of tropical Asia and the Cape, extending eastward to Australia. 



1. E. sethiopicum, Oliv. A small tree or shrub. Extremities terete, 

 closely and minutely pubescent or glabrous. Leaves more or less coriaceous, 

 elliptical oblong- or ovate-elliptical, obtuse, entire or slightly emarginale, 

 denticulate-serrate (the teeth at first glandular) or subentire, more or less 

 shining and usually glabrous above, paler and glabrous or softly and minutely 

 pubescent beneath, 1-2*^ in. long, |-li in. broad, rarely larger; petiole gla- 

 brous or pubescent, ly-2 lines. Flowers greenish-yellow, in axillary, often 

 pubescent, subsessile umbels or on peduncles but little exceeding the petiole, 

 8-1-flowered ; pedicels equalling or exceeding the flower. Calyx-lobes ro- 

 tundate, usually pubescent. Petals obovate-rotnndate, widely spreading. 

 Ovary deeply imn)ersed in the broad angular disk, 3- or 2-ceUed. Fruit 

 ovoid, apiculate, \-\ in. — Cassine alhiopica, Thunb. ; DC. Prod. ii. 12, 

 My&troxylon confertijloruvi, Tul. ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 409. 



Iiower Quinea. Loanda, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. E. tropical Africa, lat. 6^ 38' S., Speke and Grant .' 

 Xar. pub escens (E. Burkeanum, Sender, Fl. Cap. i. 470). Under surface of the leave* 

 softly pubescent. — Bumbo and Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 

 Both forms occur south of the tropic. 

 For synonymy (which I have not -verified) see Dr. Sender in ' Flora Capensis.' 



4. CAMPYLOSTEMON, Welw. ; Benth. rt Hook. f. (irn. PI. i. 99S. 

 Calyx 5-partite; lobes rotundate. Petals elliptical or broadly oblong, 



