82 LXIX. ARALIACEiE (hIERN). [CuSSOflia. 



Fruit ovate-urceolate, g-labrescent, fleshy, J in. long ; margin of calyx 

 sinuoso-5-dentate, wider than the neck of the fruit ; eprgjnous disk 

 conical, continuous M'ith style which is bilobed at the apex. 

 Nile Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimperl 



2. C. Kirkii, Seem, in Rev. Hedcr. 75. A tree about 28 'ft. 

 high, not quite glabrous. Leaves digitate, 7-9-foliate. Petioles h\-l\ 

 in. long, somewhat sulcate, terete; leaflets narrowly oval-lanceolate, 

 acuminate or cordate at apex, cuneate to a sessile base, crenately serru- 

 late, 3J-6^ in. long. Spikes 8 in. long, slender, numerous from among 

 tlie leaves \ axis of spike densely covered with small flowers near the 

 top, less dense downwards, and absent from the base, scattered with 

 small branched hairs; bracteoles minute. Flowers globular, small, 

 sessile along a considerable surface. ^' The stem yields gum when cut." 



Mozamb. Distr. Moramballa, 100-3000 ft. alt., Dr.Kirh! 



A glabrous digitate leaf with 8 leaflets from Zanzibar, also sent by Dr. Kirk ! seems to 

 belong to an allied species ; the petiole is 21 in. Icng, leaflets 5-6 in. long by 2^-3 in, 

 wide, thinly coriaceous, oval-oblong, narrowed at base, suddenly acuminate at apex, 

 margins serruhate. 



3. C. Barter!, Senn. in Bev. Ileder. 75. A small tree, glabrous ex- 

 cept the inflorescence, with the ends of the branches very thick. Leaves 

 digitate of 6 oblong-obovate leaflets cuneate at the base, narrowly and 

 acutely acuminate or caudate at the apex, entire, minutely reticulate, 

 7-8J in. long. Petioles terete-sulcate, 15 in. long', pithy. Spikes about 

 6.\ in. long, with numerous sessile flowers spirally arranged. Rachis 

 |li in. thick, pubescent ; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, glabrescent. 

 Fruit subglobose, ^-\ in. long, glabrate, white ; calyx with sinuous 

 margin; epigynous disk shortly conical, continuous with style, which 

 is bilobed at the spreading apex. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 

 Dry rocky hills. 



4. C. spicata, Thunb., DC. Prod. iv. 255. A glabrous tree with soft 

 stems, 18 feet high. Leaves digitate, 5-9-foliate; petioles about 6 hi. 

 Ions*; leaflets stalked, 3-5 in. long, simple or trifid with serrately 

 notiched oblanceolate lobes, coriaceous, , glabrous, pale green. Spik(is 

 terminal and subterminal, clavate, about 3 in. long by nearly 1 in. 

 thick, on peduncles 4-8 in. long, thick, tapering. Flowers sessile, 

 dense, spirally arranged on the rachis ; bracteoles broad, shorter than 

 the flowers. Styles 2, recurved. Fruit J in. long. 



Mozamb. Distr. Tshiradzura, 4500 ft. alt., Dr. Kirk! 



The specimen consists only of a terminal piece of a branch in imperfect fruit witliout 

 leaves or flowers. The above description is taken partly from Cape specimen' 



5. C. angolensis, Hiem. A tree, 15-30 ft. high, the trunk of 

 the bio-'^er ones 2 ft. or more in diameter, erect, tapering, bare 

 for I of the height, terminated by a globular head of branches ; wood 

 white, strong, durable, and useful for many purposes. Branches more 

 than an inch thick at the extremities below the inflorescence. Petioles 



