Odina.] XLV. AKACAiiDiACE.f: (oliver). 447 



tiise. Petals obovate. Rudiment of ovary 4-ti(l. Fertile flowers and fruit 

 not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 



5. O. velutina, Rich, (under Lavnca) in Fl. Sf^nrf/. i. 15 L /. 42. Kxlrc- 



mities and leaves at tirst covered witli a short, foxy, fctt-llatc lonientum. 

 Leaves 5-9-foliolate ; lateral leaflets opposite, ovate-laneeolate, obtuse, 

 sessile or subsessile, the upper surface minutely scabrid-lubercltd nnd with 

 scattered stellate hairs, the lower paler, covered with a short tufted or stel- 

 late tomentum, 1^-2 in. long, f-1 in. broad (jirobably frequently larj^er). 

 Flowers in ascending-, solitary, simple, axiHary racemes or from the nodes 

 of the previous year, 4-6 in. long; pedicels (of male flowers) fascicled, hniry, 

 1-2 lines long. Calyx-lobes ovate. " Fruit drupaceous, coriaceous, oblong, 

 pubescent, crowned by the short recurved styles." 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrotfei ! 



6. O. obovata^ Hook. f. in Herb. Kew. Branches stout, divaricate, 

 the young extremities hoary-tomentose. Leaves clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, 7-13-foliolate, small and narrow, 2-3 in. long, ^-1 in. wide, more 

 or less hoary with a whitish stellate tomentum, at length ])robably glabrous ; 

 lateral leaflets opposite, coriaceous, obovate, very obtuse, entire, 3--^ in. long, 

 i-j in. broad. Flowers very small, shortly pedicellate, in ascending, naiTow, 

 hoary, axillary racemes, shorter than or nearly equalling the leaves ; pedicels 

 stellate-tomentose, not exceeding 1-1|- lines. Calyx small, deeply 4-fid, 

 nearly glabrous. Petals oblong, obtuse, somewhat concave. Anthers of the 

 fertile flowers small, probably eflete. Ovary glabrous. Styles 4, distinct. 

 Male flowers and fruit not examined. 



Nile I«9,nd. Somali country, Col. Playfuir ! 

 Said to afford a resin collected by the natives. 



7. O. humilis, Oliv. A low, much-branched tree. Branches terete, 

 rather stout, with lateral and terminal tufts of tomentose leaves and flower- 

 spikes. Leaves (partially unfolded in our specimens) under 2 in. in length, 

 9-11-foliolate, densely whitish-tomentose beneath, scabrid-pubeseent with 

 scattered stellate hairs above ; leaflets elliptical or ovate, obtuse, not exceed- 

 ing |-| in. in length. Flower-spikes \-\\ in. long, densely tomentose; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx-teeth shortly and broadly ovate. Petals oval, 

 obtuse, veined. Ovary densely hairy. 



North Central. Bornu, E. Voyel I 

 Nile Iiand. Senuar, Kotschij ! 



8. SPONDIAS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. den. I'l. i. 4 2(k 



Flowers small, polygamous. Calyx minute, 4 5-lobed. I'etals as ninny, 

 spreading or recurved, valvate or imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 8 10, 

 inserted under the plicate or crenate disk. Ovary free, sessih>, 4 .''i-celh-d. 

 Styles 4-5, short, distinct. Ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit n fleshy drujx' 

 with a bonv, l-5-celled, 1 S-seeded putauien. Fmbryo straight wiili pinno- 



