Parinarium.] xlviii. rosacea: (oliver). 369 



2-4 in. long-, J-l in. broad, or 2 in. broad in var. latifolia. Petiole 

 stout, 1 line (or 2 lines in var.), glands near the middle or 0. Stipules 

 linear, \— J in., caducous. Cymes in small terminal or subterminal to- 

 mentose panicles. Calyx-tube hollow, lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Petals narrowly obovate, scarcely equalling- the calyx. Fertile stamens 

 about 8. Ripe fruit not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla (typical narrow-leaved form), and Cazengo, Angola (var. 

 latifolia, leaves 2-3 times as long as broad, rounded at base), Dr. Welwitschl 



South Central. Sesheke (the Cape form described by Dr. Harvey), Dr. Kirk! 



6. P. macrophyllum, Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soe. v. 452. Shrub 

 or small tree; extremities rusty pilose-tomentose. Leaves ovate- 

 elliptical, very obtuse or obtusely pointed, base usually broadly shallow- 

 cordate, glabrous or glabrescent above excepting- the tomentose midrib, 

 shortly tomentose beneath, the prominent midrib nervures and reticu- 

 lation darker and relieved upon the pale or whitish tomentum of the 

 interstices, lateral nervures 15-22 on each side ; 3—8 in. long, 2—5 in. 

 broad, more or less ; subsessile, or eglandular petiole not exceeding 

 1 line. Flowers in simple terminal tomentose racemes. Pedicels 

 equalling or shorter than the unilateral broadly gibbous hollow calyx- 

 tube. Calyx-lobes unequal, ovate-oblong and oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 within. u Petals oval, scarcely exceeding' the calyx." Stamens uni- 

 lateral, antheriferous, 10-20, exserted ; filaments more or less connate 

 at base. Throat of calyx densely hirsute with inflexed hairs. Ovary 

 hirsute, 2-locellate. Fruit ovoid, size of a goose's e^, glabrous, yel- 

 lowish ; sarcocarp thick, fleshy, putamen bony, very thick, anfractuose. 

 — P. senegalense, Perr., DC. Prod. ii. 527 ; Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 

 273, t. 61. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Brunner! Sieber! Perrottet I St. Thomas, G. 

 Don! 



The " Ginger-bread Plum" of Sabine's report on the edible fruits of Sierra Leone. 



7. P. chrysophyllum, Oliv. Tree; extremities rather stout, terete, 

 at first thinly pilose-pubescent, at length glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 broadly elliptical or ovate-elliptical, obtuse, very shortly apiculate, base 

 rounded, entire, glabrous and shining above, covered beneath with a 

 thin but close reddish or cinnamon-coloured easily detached tomentum, 

 midrib and lateral nerves (8^9 on each- side) prominent beneath; 

 5-7 \ in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; petiole with a pair of small sessile glands 

 at the base of lamina, \-\ in. long. Inflorescence a tawny-tomentose 

 compact somewhat unilateral cymose terminal panicle, 4-5 in. in 

 breadth, but little or scarcely overtopping the leaves. Bracteoles 

 caducous sometime before expansion. Calyx-tube solid nearly through- 

 out, gradually narrowed below, \ in. from the base of lobes to first 

 bracteoles; lobes coriaceous, ovate-rotundate, \ as long as tube. Petals 

 elliptical, subacute, rather exceeding the calyx. Stamens indefinite, 

 unilateral, exserted, f-1 in. long, filaments very shortly united at base 

 the confluent portion (or disk) continued round the calyx- tube. Ovary 

 densely hirsute, 2-locellate. 



"Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann! 



