Bersama.'] XLiv. sapindace.i- (hakku). 435 



4-valvccl, ^-1 in. deep.— i?. integrifoUa, Rich. V\. Abyss, i. 107. t. 20. /;. 

 serrata, Rich. 1. c. 



Nile Iiand'. Abyssinia, Schivipcr ! Lilluii and l\:tit ' and others. 

 Native name ' Bersama.' 

 Also a plant of Natal. 



The two names of the ' Flora Abyssinica ' evidently only represent the fully developed 

 male and female forms of one species. 



3. B. pauUinioideSy Baker. A tree 30 ft. high \vill\ terete fmrly 

 sulcata branches, very slightly grey-downy when youn<^. Petioles 1-3 in. 

 long with an ovate-acuminate stipule at the base \-\ in. long, densely grey- 

 silky on the back. Leaves impaiipinnate, 6-12 in. long, with 7-10 p:iirs of 

 slightly stalked oblong leaflets, which are 2-4 in. long, about iialf as broad, 

 the point acnte, the edge faintly toothed, the base suljcuneate or slightly 

 rounded ; texture membranous, both sides quite glabrous, the upper daik green, 

 the lower paler, veins not raised. Flowers in moderately dense axillary ra- 

 cemes, 3-6 in. long, 1 in. broad, on glabrous woody peduncles 2-3 in. long. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long, grey-silky with a minute subulate bract at the base. 

 Calyx oarapanulate, dark green, grey-silky, with 4 oblong lobes reaching 

 halfway down, the lowest emarginate. Petals white, twice as long as the 

 calyx, ligulate with a small scale, the lowest much narrower than the others. 

 Stamens 4, the filaments ddated downwards, only the 2 lower ones connate at 

 the base. Ovary ovoid, densely grey-silky, narrowed gradually into the style. 

 Fruit unknown. — Natalia, Planch, in Fl.* Nigrit. 252. t. 2'J. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! Barter I Fernando I'o, Mann ! 



Order XLV. ANACARDIACEiE (by Prof. Oliver). 



Flowers small, regular, unisexual, polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx 

 usually 3-4-5 -fid or -partite, in a few genera {not African) accrescent. I'e- 

 tals as many as and alternate with the calyx-lobes, free, rarely 0. Disk an- 

 iiular, fiat or cup-shaped, entire or lobed, sometimes inconspicuous. Stamens 

 as many as and alternate with the petals or twice as many, rarely more nu- 

 merous {Sorindeia, Sclerocarya) ; filaments free; anthers basi- or dorsi-fixi-d, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary, in female flowers, 1 -celled {AnacurJica) or 

 2-5-celled (Spondiece) ; in male flowers 0, rudimentary or 3 S-tid. Siyl. s 

 1-4 or stigma subsessile. Ovules solitary (in pairs in Sclerocarya, Kirk), 

 pendulous or suspended from a basal funicle or laterally attixed. Fruit 

 free, usually drupaceous, 1-5-celled, 1 o-scidcd. Seed almost invari;il)ly 

 exalbuminous, with fleshy plano-convex cotyledons and a short radicle.— 

 Trees or shrubs, often abounding in a caustic or resinous jtiicc. Leaves 

 alternate, frequently crowded toward the ends of the branches, exstipulatc, 

 3-foliolate or unequally pinnate, ranly simple. Inflorescence various. 



A large family of tropical and warm countries, common to both hemispheres. .Sii of ihc 

 following genera are peculiar to Africa. Several species remain very imp rfrctly knottn. 

 and some,'of which we have insuflicient examples are nn.lesrribed here, thoii^ih Bomctinict 

 incidentally referred to under their respective giiuia or apparent allies. 



