506 Lxxx. SAPOTACEiE (baker). IMimtisops. 



Style distinctly protruded beyond the calyx. 



Leaves subcoriaceous, long petioled 6. M. Kirkii. 



Leaves coriaceous, short petioled 7. M.fruticosa. 



Flowers 4^-5 lines long 8. AT. Kummel. 



1. UK. cuneifolia, Baker. Branchlets slender, nearly naked. 

 Leaves short-petioled, exstipulate ; petiole ^— ^ in. long ; blade obovate- 

 cuneate, 2-2^. in. long, \-l\ in. broad above the middle, obtuse or 

 slightly emarginate at the tip, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with fine 

 immersed veins. Flowers in umbels from the axils of the leaves and 

 below them, on slightly ferruginous pedicels i— | in. long, those of the 

 lower umbels cemuous, of the upper erecto-patent. Calyx coriaceous, 

 J in. long, thinly coated externally with brown tomentum, with a short 

 campanulate tube and 6 deltoid reflexing segments. Corolla seen in 

 the bud stage only ; tube short ; segments of the outer row 12, linear, 

 of the inner 6, oblong, all glabrous. Anthers lanceolate, longer than 

 the short filaments, alternating with 6 linear acute entire staminodes. 

 Pistil seen only in a rudimentary state. 



]«ower Guinea. Congo, Prof. C. Smith ! 



2. US. multinervis, Baker. A tree 40 ft. high, with the exsti- 

 pulate petioled leaves crowded towards the end of the naked slender 

 branchlets. Petiole ^^ in. long ; blade oblanceolate-oblong, 3-4 in. 

 long, 1^2 in. broad above the middle, obtuse and sometimes faintly 

 emarginate at the point, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, 

 with 20-30 pairs of slightly raised parallel erecto-patent veins. 

 Flowers in dense umbels in the axils of the leaves and below them on 

 slender pedicels ^-^ in. long, thinly coated with adpressed brown 

 tomentum. Calyx subcoriaceous, J in. long, thinly tomentose, with a 

 very short tube and 6 oblong-deltoid reflexing segments. Corolla with 

 a very short tube and 18 linear glabrous segments as long as the calyx. 

 Anthers oblong, about as long as the filaments, alternating with 6 

 lanceolate entire staminodes. Ovary globose ; style slender, reaching 

 to the top of the corolla segments. 



Vpper Guinea. In the Niger country at Nupe, Barter ! 



3. 91 . BKochisla, Baker. A bush or low tree with the habit of 

 Prunus spinosa, with the leaves with the umbels in their axils mostly 

 in dense lateral or terminal fascicles. Branchlets not at all tomentose. 

 Petiole very short; blade oblanceolate-oblong, 1-2 in. long, |— f in. 

 broad above the middle, obtuse, often distinctly emarginate at the 

 point, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, glabrous on 

 both sides, with fine immersed veins. Flowers in dense umbels from the 

 same nodes as the leaves on slender glabrous pedicels ^—^ in. long. 

 Calyx H in. long, with scarcely any tube and 6 oblong reflexing seg- 

 ments. Corolla with a short tube and 18 reflexing linear segments as 

 long as those of the calyx. Stamens shorter than the corolla, with a 

 small ovate-lanceolate anther as long as the glabrous subulate filament, 

 alternating with 6 minute toothed petaloid cuneate truncate glabi-ous 



