122 XXXII. ocHNACEiE. [Ochnct 



long ; sepals oval, j in, long ; petals obovate, narrowed at the base, 

 not unguiculate, g in. long, deciduous ; stamens numerous ; anthers 

 oblong, dehiscing laterally ; carpels about 7 ; style undivided ; 

 stigma subcapitate, somewhat lobed. 



HuiLLA. — In rough stony thickets, at an elevation of 5,000 ft. above 

 the sea, by Lopollo, sparingly ; fl. at end of Oct. 1859. No. 4599. 



Nearly related to O.alhoserrata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii, p. 75 (1893) 

 a white-flowered species from the Zanzibar coast. 



6. 0. pygmsea Hiern, sp. n. 



HuiLLA. — A dwarf glabrous shrub, 2 to 4 in. high, with numerous 

 stems proceeding from a thick woody rhizome ; bark uneven ; leaves 

 ascending ; narrowly oblanceolrtte, apiculate or emarginate, wedge- 

 shaped to the subsessile base, crenulate-serrulate with apiculate teeth, 

 firmly coriaceous, 1^ to 2 by ^^ to | in. ; stipules lanceolate, about 

 ^ in. long, deciduous ; flowers about 2 together, axillary or lateral ; 

 peduncles ^ to |^ in. long ; sepals oval, about I in. long in flower, | in. 

 long in fruit, reddish in the dry state ; petals orbicular, with a short 

 claw at the base, pale, rather shorter than the sepals ; anthers oblong, 

 longer than the short slender filaments, dehiscing laterally ? ; carpels 5 ; 

 style rather long, undivided except the apex, curving ; fruit \ in. long ; 

 seeds nearly as long, thick. In shortly bushy pastures between MumpuUa 

 and Humpata, in company with dwarf species of Combretaceae and 

 Myrtacea3 ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4600. 



2. OURATEA Aubl. Hist. PI. Guian. i. p. 397, t. 152 (1775). 

 GompUa Schreb. (1789), Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 318. 



1. 0. affinis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 79 (1893). 



Gomplda affinis Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 274 (1849) ; Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 320. 



GoLUNCio Alto. — A pretty evergi'een shrub, 2^ to 7 ft. high, ever- 

 green, much branched ; leaves narrowly elliptical or somewhat obovate, 

 acuminate, apiculate, wedge-shaped at the base, 1^ to 4 by | to 1 J in., 

 thinly coriaceous, serrulate-wavy or subentire, glossy, deep-green, with 

 close parallel and minute lateral veins ; panicles axillary, lateral or sub- 

 terminal, about the length of the leaves ; flowers yellow or almost 

 orange-coloured ; sepals lanceolate, \ to J in. long, at first green, after- 

 wards bright red, persistent ; petals oval-oblong, caducous, yellow ; 

 anthers sessile, elongate-linear ; carpels 5 or 4 ; drupes red. In dense 

 primitive woods of the mountains of Alto Queta ; fl. March 1855, with 

 the fruit fallen in Nov. 1854. No. 4602. In the more elevated parts 

 of the mountains of Alto Queta ; fl. and fr. 28 Feb. 1855. No. 46026. 

 In the woods of the mountains of Alto Queta ; in late fl. and fr. March 

 1855. No. 4603. 



This species is doubtfully distinct from Gomphia caloj^hylla Hook. 

 f., I.e. 



2. 0. reticulata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 79 (1893). 

 GompJda reticulata P. de Beauv. Fl. d'Ow. ii. p. 22, t. 72 (1807) ; 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 320. 



Var. 1 andongensis. 



A small tree, 8 to 12 ft. high; trunk scarcely U in. thick, 

 straight, naked, patently branched towards the apex ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or shortly acute, apiculate or retuse, more or less 



