508 Lxxx. SAPOTACEyE (bakek). IMimusops. 



tlian the filaments ; staminodes linear, tomentose on the back, about as 

 long as the stamens. Ovary globose ; style slender, glabrous, much 

 exserted from the corolla. Fruit globose, glabrous, an inch long, 

 eatable. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lower Shire Valley and at the junction of the Shire and 

 Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! Dr. McUcr ! and a variety with broader leaves and longer 

 pedicels at Kovuma, Dr. Kirk ! 



7. M. fruticosa, Bojer ; A. DC. Fwdr. viii. 203. A low tree, 

 with slender branchlets thinly coated at the top with ferruginous 

 tomentum. Leaves petioled, exstipulate ; petiole very short (j-^ iu.) ; 

 blade obovate- oblong, 1^-2 in. long, 1-1^ in. bi-oad, obtuse or obtusely 

 cuspidate, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, very glossy above, 

 with fine immersed main veins. Flowers in copious umbels from the 

 side and tip of the branchlets on spreading pedicels ^- j in. long coated 

 with thin brown tomentum. Calyx coriaceous, campanulate, \ in. 

 long, with a very short tube and 8 acute segments, the 4 outer lan- 

 ceolate, coated with brown tomentum, the 4 inner ones linear, thinly 

 coated with drab tomentum. Corolla with a short tube and 24 linear 

 segments as long as those of the calyx. Stamens 8, included ; anthers 

 oblong-lanceolate ; staminodes linear, acute, entire, silky on the back. 

 Ovary globose, silky ; style slender, glabrous, distinctly protruded from 

 the corolla. Fruit small, globose. 



Mozamb. Distr. Islands of Pemba and Mombassa, Bojer! Zanguebar, Dr. 

 Kirk! 



8. la. Kummel, Boclist. ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 203. A large tree, 

 with slender nearly glabrous branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 exstipulate ; petiole ^^ in. ; blade oblong, 2-3 in. long, 1-1-^ in. broad 

 at the middle, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the base, glabrous on 

 both sides, with fine main veins. Flowers few together from the axils 

 of the leaves, on arching pedicels about an inch long, thinly coated 

 with brown tomentum. Calyx coriaceous, f in. long, with a veiy 

 short tube and 8 segments, the 4 outer ones lanceolate, the 4 inner 

 linear. Corolla with a short tube and 24 linear segments as long as 

 those of the calyx. Stamens 8, rather shorter than the corolla seg- 

 ments ; anther lanceolate, equalling the glabrous subulate filament ; 

 staminodes 8, minute, linear, acute, silky on the back. Ovary globose, 

 8-celled; style glabrous, -^ in. long, slender, protruded from tlio 

 corolla. Fruit ellipsoid, glabrous, an inch long. Seed solitary, ellip- 

 soid, compressed, with a pale brown glossy testa. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 

 ii. 22. 



irile Xiand. Mountains of Abyssinia, Bruce! Schimper! Quartin Dillon and 

 Petit! Beccari. Madi, Capt. Grant! 



Upper Guinea. Jeba on the Kworra, Barter ! (not seen in flower. Petiole 

 longer, leaf larger and fruit more globose than in the Abyssinian plant). 



5. IMBRICARIA, Juss. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 661. 



Calyx coriaceous with a short tube and 8 segments, arranged in 

 two distinct rows, those of the outer row firmer in texture and valvate 



