Sorindeia.] XLV. anacardiace.i: (olivkr). 441 



leaflets 7-9-11, oblong or oblong-elliptical, the terminal often obovate, shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate or apiculate, base usually somewhat cuneately nar- 

 rowed to the petiolule, reticulate beneath with prominent midrib and lutcnd 

 nerves, 3-8 in. long, 1-3 in. broad; petiolules 1- 4 lines. Pui.iclcs fuscicu- 

 late, confusedly and divaricately branched, lateral or from the old wood, often 

 1-2 ft. long, dependent in fruit. Pedi(;els equalling or siiortcr than the 

 flowers. Calyx broadly 5-dentate. Stamens of male flower 1 5 20, of herma- 

 phrodite 5-7, with or without additional anantherous staminodes. Style very 

 short and thick ; stigma with 3 very short recurved lobes. Fruit the size 

 of a "sparrow's egg," yellow, " sweet, with the taste of turpentine." 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar aud E. tropical Africa, lat. 7° S., Speke and Grant! 



Spekc and Grant mention a tree having a trunk 8 ft. in circumference. 



Also in Madagascar and cultivated in tropical Asia. 



3. S. patens, 0/2Z7. A glabrous climbing shrub, att;iiiiiiig3U it. Leaves 

 5-7-foliolate ; leaflets scattered, rather coriaceous, oval-oblong, rather nar- 

 rowly but obtusely acuminate, narrowed to the base, concolorous ; jaterni 

 nerves scarcely prominent and venation obscure beneath, the under surface 

 sparsely minutely tubercled or granulate; 5-6 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad ; pe- 

 tiolule 2-4 lines. Panicles terminal or subterminal, with few divaricate or 

 deflexed interruptedly racemose branches. Pedicels (of female flower) about 

 equal to the flowers, which are 1^-2 lines in diam. Calyx-lobes 4 (rarely 5), 

 deltoid. Petals convexly spreading, ovate, with somewhat revolute mar- 

 gins. Stamens (eflete? or staminodes) 4(-5), alternate with the petals, ex- 

 terior to the disk. Stigma sessile, 3-lobed ; lobes short, divergent, grooved 

 above and adnata to the ovary. Ovule suspended from a little above the 

 middle of the cell. 



Upper Guinea. Corisco Bay, Ma7in ! 



4. S. ? triiuera, Oliv. A glabrous tree of 30 ft. (Mat/n). Leaves un- 

 equally pinnate, 5-7-foliolate. Leaflets coriaceous, shining above, latcnd 

 opposite, terminal larger, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, shortly pointed or 

 acuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at base ; midrib and distant curving 

 lateral nerves prominent below, reticulation subprominetit, 5-7 in. long, 

 2^-3^ in. broad ; petiolules }-^ in. Panicles fascicled toward the extremities 

 of the branches, shorter than the leaves in our specimens, with the (male) 

 flowers irregidarly clustered ; pedicels equalling the flowers or flowers sub- 

 sessile. Calyx 3-fi(l ; lobes broadly ovate. Petals 3, broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 valvate. Stamens 6, around a radiately corrugated disk ; antliers small, 

 ovoid, much shorter than the filaments. Female flowers not sirn. 



Upper Guinea. River Kougui, W. tropical Africa, Mann ! 



A specimen in fruit onli , labelled " Balsam of St. Thomas," from a tree 60-80 ft. in height, 

 scut by Mr. Mann from the Island of bt. Thomas (3000 ft. above the sea), closely rr»omblc« 

 this, and is probably the same. The fruit is imperfect, apparently sphericnl, smooth, «ith • 

 coriaceous cpicarp, aud about 1 in. in diam. 



The opposite loaHils and 3-merous diplostcmonous tlower.s of S. ^ (rimera indicate grneric 

 distinction, but the female flowers arc }et unknown. 



5. S. Mannii, Oik. A glabrous tree. Leaver 3-t ft. long, muilifo- 



