MR HIERN, ON EBENACEA 



times minutely pellucid-punctate, coriaceous, petiolate ; edges recurved ; veins distinct, depressed 

 above; 1 to 4 in. long by | to 2J in. wide. Petioles | f in. long, pubescent. 



Peduncles axillary, either 1-flowered about % | in. long or 3-flowered longer and with 

 pedicels about -^ in. long, pubescent. Bracts leaf-like, but smaller and narrower than the 

 leaves, caducous. Flowers densely pubescent. 



Calyx with 5 ovate or lanceolate partitions, ovate and accrescent in fruit, closely pubes- 

 cent on both sides. 



Corolla with 5 oblong lobes reaching f rds down, tomentose outside except near base, 

 glabrous inside. 



Stamens 10, anthers densely villous. 



Style 5-lobed ; ovary 8- or 10-celled ; stigmas punctiform. 



Fruit globose-pentagonal, tomentose or hispid, J f in. long, surrounded by the widely 

 ovate enlarged lobes of the calyx which reach nearly as high, sometimes dehiscing by 5 valves 

 from apex. 



Grows in woods. South Africa. Eastern districts and Natal. . 



Dregef; T. Cooper! 1, British Kaffraria, (in flower and fruit.) "Stem 3040 ft., 

 trailing or twining among trees. Flowers yellow;" J. Sanderson! 150, 613, 715, Natal (in 

 flower); W. T. Gerrard! 30, Natal (in flower); Krauss! 226, 472, 482, Natal (in 

 flower-bud); Gueinzius! Natal (in flower); Dr Stuart! (in flower); P. Mac Owanf 516, 

 Grahamstown (in flower); Bowie/ (in flower-bud); Burcliell! 3673 (in flower), 3793 (in 

 leaf), 4506 (in flower), 6054? (in leaf); Masson! Ecklon and Zeyher! 464, Uitenhage; 

 Gerrard and M'Ken, 613, 614, 2013, Natal; Alexander/ 



5. EOYENA HIRSUTA, Linn. Sp. PL p. 397 (1753). 



R. foliis oblanceolatis, basi cuneatis, subsessilibus, hirsutis; fioribus pentameris, lierma- 

 phroditis; pedunculis brevibus, unifloris; calyce profunde 5-lobo; corolla urceolatd; stamini- 

 bus 10; stylo plerumque bilobo et ovario 4c-loculari. 



Lam. Tabl. Encycl. II. p. 493. t. 370. f. 2 (anno Till. 1800). 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 212. n. 8 (1844), non Jacq. nee Eckl. nee Sieb. 



It. angustifolia, Willd. Spec. Plant, n. p. 633 (1799), Alph. DC. I. c. n. 5. 



? B. cuneata, Poir. in Encyclop. M&h. vi. p. 322 (1804), Alph. DC. I.e. p. 215. n. 18, non 

 Spreng. 



B. microphylla, Burch. Trav. Int. S. Afr. I. p. 348 (1822), Alph. DC. l.c. p. 212. n. 9. 



B. rugosa, E. Mey. Cat. PL Exsicc. Afr. Austr. Dreg. p. 7 (1837), Alph. l.c. n. 7. 



Diospyros hirsuta, Desf. Ann. Mus. vi. p. 447. t. 62. f. 2 (1805), non L. 



D. pubescens, Pers. Synops. n. p. 625 (1807), non Pursh. 



Arbutus foliis lanceolatis integerrimis hirsutis, Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 163 (1737). 



A much-branched rigid shrub, 2 8 feet high, more or less downy-canescent or 

 tomentose. 



Leaves oblanceolate, obtuse or acute at apex, cuneate at base, subsessile, crowded, 

 coriaceous, hairy and rugose with raised veins or pitted beneath, \ 1 in. long by -fa J in. 

 wide ; margins flattish or recurved. 



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