424 XLiv. SAPiNDACE^ (baker). [Schmidelia. 



iiate or 2-jugate, stalked, ovate-oblong, 3-6 in. long, tlie point obtuse, tbe 

 base cuneate, the edge quite entire, texture subcoriaceous, both surfaces gla- 

 brous, the upper shining, the lower with raised veins. Flowers in a terminal 

 panicle, with racemose branches. Sepals 4, two twice the size of the other 

 two. Petals equalling the calyx, ovate, flat, pubescent at the edge. Stamens 

 slightly exceeding the corolla. Berries 2, ovate, nearly as large as a goose- 

 berry, sessile, quite glabrous, purplish, with one large seed the same shape. — 

 Orniti'ophe thyrsoides, Schum. et Thonn. Guin. PL 185. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning. 



We have not seen this, and it may not really belong to the genus as here defined. 



9. S. hirtella, Hook.f. 11. Nigrit. 248. t. 25. A smaU tree, 15-20 ft. 

 high, with slender terete woody branches, shortly grey- downy when young. 

 Petioles -i— 1 in. long, erecto-patent, firm, pubescent like the branches. Leaves 

 simple, oblong-cuneate, 6-7 in. long by about half as broad, the apex acuminate 

 or acute, the edge entire or faintly toothed, the base narrowly cuneate, texture 

 membranous, upper surface dark green, both glabrous except that the veins 

 beneath have a tuft of hairs in their axils. Flowers in sessile, close, simple 

 racemes 1 in. or more long from the axils of the leaves ; rachis slightly grey- 

 downy ; pedicels equalling the globose flowers, which are under \ line long. 

 Sepals boat-shaped, slightly downy, the petals shorter, obovate-lingulate, 

 densely bearded on the inner face. Stamens not exserted. Coccus solitary, 

 turbinate, black, glabrous, 4 lines long. — S. monop/iylla, Hook. f. Ic. PI. t. 

 775, non Presl. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel ! Mann I Ambas Bay and banks of the Ba- 

 groo river, Mann ! 



10. S. monophylla, JPresl, Bot. Bern. 40. A small tree, with woody, 

 terete, glabrous branches. Petioles ^1 in. long, firm, erecto-patent, glabrous. 

 Leaves simple, oblong-cuneate, 3-4 in. long by half as broad, the point sub- 

 acute, the edge subentire or slightly irregularly repand, texture subcoriaceous, 

 both sides glabrous, bright green, the main veins raised beneath. Flowers in 

 moderately lax simple racemes, 2-4 in. long on firm, woody, naked peduncles 

 about 1 in. long from the axils of the leaves. Pedicels glabrous, equalling or 

 exceeding the calyx, which is \ line long. Sepals boat-shaped, glabrous. 

 Petals equalling the sepals. Ungulate, villose within. Stamens slightly ex- 

 serted. Ovary with two oblong, slightly hairy divisions ; the style glabrous, 

 2-fid. Kipe fruit not seen. — Rhus monophylla, E. Meyer in Drege, PI. Cap. 

 Exsicc. S. Meyeri, Planch, in Herb. Kew. S. Dregeana, Sond. Fl. Cap. 

 i. 239. 



Mozamb. Distr. Island of Zanzibar, Bojer ! Dr. Kirk 1 

 Also a plant of Natal, Madagascar, and the Comoro islands. 



U.S. oblongifolia, Baker. A small tree, 20 ft. high, with firm, gla- 

 brous, terete, woody branches. Petioles f-l^ in. long, firm, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong, 5-6 in. long by half as broad, broadly rounded at the base, the point 

 acuminate, the Q,{\ge quite entire, texture subcoriaceous, both sides quite 

 glabrous, the main veins beneath raised. Flowers in lax, sessile, simple ra- 



