I'/icha.'] 1,\XX[. KbENACEi?- (HliiKX). 513 



o. £c. divinoruoi, Ilieni, Moiogr. Ehen. p. U!>. A shrub, ucai-ly 

 glabrous ami somewhat glaucous ; branches terete. Leaves o}>positc 

 or subopposite, elb'ptical, narrowed more or less from tJic middle 

 towards eacli end especially towards tli(> base, obtuse, coriaceous, 

 glaucescent above, reddish and somewhat farinaceous beneath, l-|--i 

 by -^-J in. ; veins inconspicuous ; margins undulated ; petiole about 

 I in. long. Male flowers in crowded racemes or panicles, 10 or more 

 together, 4-r)-merous, hemispherical ; cymes not more than } by ^in., 

 nsnally erect ; pedicels y\; in. long, spreading, longer than the small 

 caducous bracts. Calyx .}^ in. long ; lobes short. Corolla deeply 

 lobed ; lobes rounded. Stamens 16; anthers oblong, hairy, longer 

 than the glabrous filaments. Ovary rudimentary, represented by a 

 bunch of hairs. Female pl^nt unknown. 



South Central. Victoria Falls, Kirk ! 



Occurs also at Delagoa Bay, south of the Tropic, and in Basuta Country. 



4. S. xnultiflora, Hieni, Monogr. Ehcn. p. 100, t. 3. A more or 

 less pubescent bush or arborescent shrub, ranging up to 10 ft. in 

 height ; pubescence whitish, becoming ferruginous in the dry state ; 

 branches terete below, usually angular towards the apex. Leaves alter- 

 nate or subopposite, elliptical or oblong, obtuse or slightly pointed, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, coriaceous, inconspicuously veiny above, 

 1-3 by ^1^ in. ; margins recurving, sometimes rather wavy ; petiole 

 about \ in. long. Flowers dioecious or polygamous, 4-5-merous, pa- 

 niculate and many together in the male plant; panicles 1-2 in. long. 

 Calyx campanulate, cleft, hairy; lobes ovate or deltoid. Corolla deeply 

 lobed, lobes oval, usually hairy along the middle line outside. Stamens 

 16-20 in the male or hermaphrodite plant, inserted in pairs at the base 

 of the corolla or around the ovary, none in the female plant. Ovary 

 globose, hairy and 4-celled in the female plant, abortive in the male. 

 Styles 2, glabrous or nearly so. Fruit globose, ferruginous-hairy or 

 nearly glabrate, \-^ in. diam,, 1-celled. Seed solitary. — Biospyros (sp.), 

 Salt, Voyage to Abyssinia, etc., p. 14 (1814). 



Iiower Guinea. Pungo Andongo and Huilla, Wchvitsch ! 



XMCozamb. Bistr. Sofala, Salt: 



Occurs also in several districts of the Cape Flora. 



5. S. fructuosa, Hiern, Monogr. Ehen. p. 101. A small or arbo- 

 rescent shrub, with softly pubescent tawny terete branches. Leaves 

 • alternate or subopposite, obovate-oblong, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 coriaceous, quickly glabrescent and nitescent, 1-^4^ by ^-1^ in., deli- 

 cately reticulated ; margins reflexed ; petiole -iq-J, in. long, pubescent. 

 Male plant unknown. Fruiting racemes or panicles ranging up to 

 1 in. long, with about 20 fruits, pubescent; pedicels short, thickened 

 upwards to the articulation with the calyx. Calyx r)-lobed ; lobes del- 

 toid, acute, small ; tube consolidated in fruit. Corolla sometimes mar- 

 cescent, apparently 4-5-cleft ; lobes ovate. Fruits tawny-pubescenfc, 

 \ in. diam., 1-celled. Seed .solitary ; albumen uniform. 



iVCozamb. Distr. I'ctween Tette and the sea-coast. Kirk! Luanic mouth of tli 

 Zam])esi. Kirk! Dar Salani, Kirk ! 



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