246 cxviii. thvmel.+:ac:e.i: (rEAiisox). [St/napiolepis. 



Calyx-tube cylindric below, iibruptly (lilatiiig- above 

 the middle. 



Fruits ^-^ in. long- . . . . - . 5. S. KirJcii. 



Fruits |- in. long . . . . . . . 6. 6\ mncrocarpa. 



1. S. longiflora. Oily in Kngl. Jahrb. xix. 276. Branches smooth, 

 dark brown, lenticellate. Leaves alternate or opposite, shortly petioled^ 

 membranous, ovate or elliptic, shortly apiculate, slightly cimeate at the 

 base, glabrous, |-lj in. long, J-| in. broad; primary lateral nerves 

 12-15, spreading, prominent beneath. Flowers pedicelled, 8-1."), in 

 terminal umbellate bracteate cymes. Calyx-tube slender, funnel- 

 shaped, glabrous, ^-J in. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, about 1 J lin. long. 

 Petals oblong, fimbriate at the broad apex, about h lin. long, free or 

 connate at the base. Stamens short, those of the upper whorl slightly 

 exceeding the petals ; anthers about as long as the filaments, oblong. 

 Ovary glabrous, shortly stipitate, surrounded at the base by a minute 

 ciliated ring. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Portuf^uese East Africa: Macuri (? Macuse), Rodriqves dg 

 Calvallio ! near Lake Xyasa. Jo/nison, 451 ! IVmba Flats, Kdssner, 892 ! 



2. S. altemifolia, Ollr. in Hook Ic. PL t. 1104. A shrub. 

 Branches 'slender, ascendfng, angular when young, with brown or black 

 lenticellate bark. Leaves opposite or alternate, subcoriaceous, oval or 

 elliptic, shortly petioled, obtuse, minutely mucronate, cuneate at the 

 base, glabrous, §-1^ in. long,iabout ^in. bioad; lateral nerves numerous, 

 obscure, parallel, spreading ; marginal nerve stout, distinct beneath. 

 Flowers pedicelled, in few-fiowered terminal peduncled cymes, J-| in. 

 long : pedicel ^^f-^ in. long. Calyx-tube slender below, (lilated above ; 

 limb with ovate or ovate-elliptic obtuse lobes. Petals scale-like, ciliate 

 at the apex, connate below the middle, about \ lin. long. Stamens of 

 the upper whorl slightly longer than the petals ; filaments about as long 

 as the anthers ; anthers oblong. Ovary shortly stalked, glabrous, with 

 a ring of minute ciliate scales at the base ; style terete, 4-G lin. long ; 

 stigma capitate, covered with small papill.'e. Fruit ovoid, acuminate, 

 with a bony pericarp, about ^ in. long. 



Mozamb. Slstr. Zanzibar? Kirk! German East Africa: Kilwa, A7>-^ ,' 

 British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Sochi, IScotf-EUiot, 8642! 

 The only fruits seen are detached. 



?>. S. pach3rphylla, Gihj in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 284. Branches 

 slender, black, lenticellate. Leaves shortly petioled, alternate or sub- 

 opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate, somewhat narrowed at the base, acute, 

 minutely apiculate, quite glabrous, thickened along the margin, 1-1 \ in. 

 long, J-| in. broad. Flowers on short -slender glandular pedicels, in 

 few-flowered axillary or tenninal cymes. Calyx-tube slender, funnel- 

 shaped, glabrous, about 5 lin. long; lobes triangular, spreading, 1-1-|- 

 lin. long. Petals scale-like, ciliate, about \ lin. long. Anthers 

 oblong. Ovary shortly stalked, very sparsely pilose ; hypogynous scales 

 about 4, free, deeply laciniate ; style ^5-4 lin. long ; stigma capitate. 



