0o6 cxxii. EuruoRBiACE^ (hutciiinson). [Uapaca. 



older leaves diverging almost at right angles from the midrib, indis- 

 tinctly looped almost at the margin, undivided, prominent on the lower 

 surface; tertiary nerves numerous, parallel; stipules filiform, about 

 J in. long, densely pilose. Male heads crowded towards the ends of 

 the branchlets ; peduncle i in. long, deeply grooved. Bracts of the 

 involucre oblong-elliptic, obtuse, about 4 lin. long and 2 lin. broad, 

 slightly pubescent outside. Calyx irregularly lobed ; lobes sparingly 

 pilose at the apex. Filaments glabrous, liudimentiiry ovaiy broadly 

 obconic, densely pilose towards the top. Young female flowers not 

 seen. Fruits -l-celled, subglobose, slightly over 1 in. in diam., covered 

 with numerous lenticels, glabrous. Pyrenes 2-grooved on the back. — 

 U. bengtielensis, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 18G4, 832, as to the speci- 

 men with sessile leaves ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI, Welw. i. i)G8, partly. 



ZiO\irer Guinea. Angola : ])ear tlio River Kiitoto, Gossiveiler, 320C ! near 

 KaanuVa,, Oossiceiler, 336-11 Giniliuiido, Oossweiler^ 3802! Kului, Gossiveiler, 980! 

 2937! Huilla; betwieu Lopollo aiui the I{i\er Monino, Weliriisck, 453, partly! 

 ( (^ spccinu-n) ; nertr Lopollo, Weluntsch, 455! (Herb. Ktw. not Herb. ^Mus. liiit.). 



8. U. sansibarica, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiv. 370. A tree 

 about 80 ft. higli ; branchlets pubescent or glabrous, stout, about 8 lin. 

 in diam. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, lounded at the apex, some- 

 what obtuse and usually unequal-sided at the base, 8-5^ in. long, 

 1^-2| in. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, slightly rough on the upper 

 surface, glabrous on both or very sparingly setulose-pilose below ; lateral 

 nerves t)-18 on each side, nearly straight and very faintly looped 

 or almost coritinued to the margin, impressed above, very prominent 

 below; tertiary nerves very slender, subparallel, not evident above; 

 petiole rather stout, |-1^ in. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. 

 Male flowers: Peduncle stout, up to 10 lin. long, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Bracts of the involucre 8-10, outer ones oblong, strongly keeled on the 

 back, up to 5 lin. long and 2 lin. broad, slightly pubescent towards the 

 base on the outside, inner bracts elliptic, glabrescent. Calyx-lobes 

 pilose outside. Filaments stout, flattened, glabrous, nearly 1 lin. long. 

 Rudimentary ovary obconic, pilose. Female flowers : Bracts of the 

 involucre ovate-elliptic, le.ss numerous than in the male, glabrou.«. 

 Calyx pilose. Ovary subglobose, glabrous, veirucose ; styles 4-r)-p;irtite. 

 Fruits ellipsoid, J in. long, J in. in diam. Seeds solitary in each cell, 

 5 lin. long; testa somewhat shining and slightly wrinkled when dry. 

 — 8. Mooie in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 198. 



IMCozamb. ]i>lstr. Geruiau East Africa: Diir-es-Salaain, Sttihhnann, 32! 

 JIolfz,'S2l (590! Bi'.sse, 3148! Poitujjuese East Africii : Qniiiinnno, ^luhhnann, 

 ^ul ! X\as:ilan(l: ^liire lli<:^hlaiuls, at iltnto. Buchanan, 430! aud without precise 

 locality, Jiuchanan, 221 I MasseAve, Goetze, 1325! Khodesia: Melsetter district ; 

 open woods, Chirinda, Sirynnerton, 155! 6513! 



V:ir. cuneata. Pax, I.e. Leaves narrowly oblaiiccolate-spatluilatc, up to 2|- in. 

 long and \^ in. broad. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. (xcrnian East Africii : Kimoani, <S7H///wa;?H, 33S6 I 



4. U. kirkiana, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 18(54, 517. A robust 

 umbrella-shaped tree ; branchlets stout, glabrous except when very 



