Schmidelia.'] xliv. sapindace.b (bakeu). 421 



Central leaflet 4-6 in. long, distantly and bluntly toothed . 1.5. africanm. 



Central leaflet nearly 1 ft. long, subentire 2. -S". grandtfolm. 



Inflorescence in simple or slightly branclud racemes. 



Leaflets ohovatc, blunt, subentire 3. .*? ainifolta. 



Leaflets oblong-cuneate, conspicuously inciso-repand ... 4. .S". re-panda. 

 Leaflets hairy beneath. 



Flowers principally in a copious terminal panicle 5. .S. affinit. 



Flowers in axillary simple or slightly branched racemca. 



Leaves obovate-cuneate, pubescence short C. .^. rubtfolia. 



Leaves oblong-cuneate, pubescence long and spreading . . . I.S.magica. 



Leaflets 1- or 2 jugate 8. S. tAyrsotJei. 



Leaves simple. 

 Calyx erect. 



Leaves membranous, with tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins 



beneath 9. 5. hirtella. 



Leaves coriaceous, both sides quite glabrous. 



Base of leaves cuiicate 10. S. monophtflla. 



Base of leaves rounded 11. S. obfongifolia. 



Calyx reflexed after expansion 12. 6". rejtera. 



1. S. africana, DC. Prod. i. 610. A tree, 30-40 ft. high, with ^Uow^ 

 wood}' branches, g-labrous or slightly grey-downy when yonng. Petioles iirn). 

 woody, 1-2 in. long. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, oblong-cuneate, the central 

 one 4-6 in. long by about half as broad, the ujiper part di.stantly and bluntly 

 toothed, the cuneate base entire, the point bluntish or subacute, texture sub- 

 coriaceous, both surfaces quite glabrous when mature, lower with the main 

 veins raised, and with a tuft of hairs in their axils when young. Flowers in 

 copiously branched, short-stalked, axillary and terminal panicles, the branches 

 racemose, the lower ones 3-4 in. long, the flowers densely crowded upon 

 them, aggregated in clusters of 3-4 (iach, the axils and pedicels finely grey- 

 downy, the latter about equalling the flowers, which are from -3-^ line long, 

 the longer sepals equalling the petals, the stamens twice as long. Capsule 

 hard, solitary, blackish, glabrous, globose-turbinate, with a distinct neck, 

 4-5 lines long.— Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 120. A. Rich., Fl. Abyss, i. 120. 

 t. 27. Mlophilus africanns, P. Beauv. Fl. Oware, ii. p. 54. t. 107. S. abya- 

 smicus, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 80. Jzainnra trifoliata, Hochst. in Schimp. 

 PI. Abyss, n. 377. Ornitroplie tri&tachyos, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 

 188. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perottet! Guinea proper, Beauvoxs, Thonning ! T. 

 Togpl ! Barter l Irving ! Mann ! Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! 



Nile Land. Abyssiuia, Schimper ! Roth! Dillon and Petit ! Kordoftn, Fignri, 

 fide Webb. 



Native names " Azamara " and " Souaria." 



The Senegambian S. senegaJensis, l^eichb. in Sicb. Eisitc. n. 29, is apparently • Nanctr 

 of this, with subentire leaflets, H ia- lt>"gi and nearly sessile, simple or 1 2-forke.i, short 

 spikes. The S. African 5. melanocarpa and S. lencocarpa, arc either varieties ot the wrae 

 speeics or very near to it. 



2. S. grandifolia. Baker. A tree 40 ft. high, witli glabrous, terete, 

 strong, smooth, ash-coloured, woody branches. Petiole 4 in. long, quUc 

 smooth and woody like the branches. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, oblong, the 

 central one nearly 1 ft. long, 4-5 inches broad, narrowed gradually from t lie 

 middle to both ends, the point acute, the edge faintly and remotely dcniicu- 



