88 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



11. ROYENA GLABRA, Linn. Sp. PL p. 397 (1753). 



B. foliis anguste ellipticis, utrinque angustatis, nitescentibus, subcoriaceis, subsessilibus, 

 glabrescentibus ; floribus pentameris, subhermaphroditis ; pedunculis 1 5-floris ; calyce partita, 

 paulum accrescente; stylo bilobo; ovario 4t-loculari. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vni. p. 214. n. 15 (1844). 



Vaccinium pensylvanicum, Miller, Gard. Diet. edit. vi. (1771). 



E. myrtifolia, Wendl. ex Steud. NomencL Bot. p. 705 (1821), Alph. DC. I.e. p. 215. 



S. hirsuta, Sieber ! Fl. Cap. Exsicc. n. 94 (1824), non Linn, nee Jacq. nee Eckl. 



E.fakata, E. Mey. ! Zwei pflanz. doc. Dreg. p. 217 in Flora 1843, Alph. DC. I c. p. 211. n. 4. 



Vitis Idcea cethiopica, myrtinis folio, flosculis dependentibus, Plukn. ! Almag. p. 391. 

 Phytogr. t. 321. fig. 4 (1696). 



Vitis Idsea sethiopica, buxi minoris folio, floribus albis, Commel. Hort. Amstelod. I. p. 125. 

 t. 65 (1697). 



Vitis Idaea foliis angustissimis longis alternis, Linn, in Hb. Hort. Cliff. ! 



? Buxus africana folio oblongiori non serrato, Linn, in Hb. Gronov. ! 



A shrub with erect or ascending branches, 2 6 feet high. Stem 5 6 in. thick. Bark thin, 

 grey, smooth. Wood light, porous, little used except for fuel (Dr Pappe}. Young parts pilose. 



Leaves narrowly elliptical, usually narrowed at both ends, crowded, subsessile, at length 

 glabrous, shining above, thinly coriaceous, | 1 in. long by j J in. wide. 



Peduncles about as long as the leaves, bearing 1 5 flowers, hairy ; equal to or longer than 

 the pedicels, arching. Flowers subhermaphrodite, pentamerous. Bracts lanceolate. 



Calyx partite, usually but little accrescent ; lobes lanceolate or subulate, acute, hairy. 



Corolla exceeding the calyx, glabrous ; lobes reflexed. 



Stamens (9 ) 10, not always fertile. Style bilobed, hairy below. Ovary nearly glabrous, 

 4-celled. 



Fruit oblong or globose, thinly glandular-pubescent, | f in. long, subtended by the usually 

 reflexed calyx. 



South Africa. Cape of Good Hope. Southern and Western districts. 



Robertson!, Dregef, Sieber! 94, Wallichf, Mund!, Ecklon! 699, Pappe!, Thorn!, Mac 

 Gittivray I 610, Krauss!, Masson !, Roxburgh !, Niven ! 48, Hb. Ammannf, Nelson/, Forster!, 

 ThunbergJ, Oldenburg!, W. Elliot!, Zeyher ! 3349, Harvey! 572, Burchell! 2, 808, 5093, 

 5367, 5784, 6788, 7186, 7208, 7288, Siekmann! 



12. ROYENA PARVIFLORA, sp. nov. 



R. foliis obovatis, basi cuneatis, apice rotundatis vel ad apicem emarginatum brevissime 

 et abrupte angustatis, membranaceis vel junioribus subcoriaceis, petiolatis; floribus pentameris, 

 hermaphroditis, cymosis; calyce depresso-hemispherico, 5-fido, lobis deltoideis; stylo apice 5-lobo; 

 ovario 10-loculari. 



