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E. Drlgeana, Alph. DO. I. c. n. 2 ; 



E. ferruginea, Bernh. in Flora xxvil. ii. p. 825 (1844) ; 



E. pubescens, Eckl. et Zeyh. in Linnsea xx. p. 192 (1847) ; 



JBrachycheila pubescens, Harv. ex Eckl. et Zeyh. I.e. 



A. shrub 3 7 feet high, pubescent often ferruginous but sometimes glabrescent at 

 least in the male plant, dioscious. Branches terete or subterete, alternate or subopposite. 

 Leaves more or less elliptical, alternate or subopposite, more or less obtuse at apex, some- 

 what narrowed, rounded, or even in rare cases cordate at base, coriaceous, quite entire, 

 flat, shortly petiolate, 1 Sin. long by J lin. wide; petioles -fa in. long. 



<J . Cymes racemose, axillary, pubescent, 3 9-flowered, usually drooping, J IJin. long; 

 pedicels ^ | in. long, the lower ones the longer ; bracts lanceolate, caducous. Flowers | in. 

 long, urceolate, 5 7-merous, pubescent. Calyx ^ r ^in. long, glabrous inside; lobes lanceolate 

 or deltoid. Corolla urceolate, lobed only near apex. Stamens 20 30, more or less united at 

 base in pairs or otherwise, hairy. Ovary more or less abortive, with two slender styles. 



9 . Cymes usually 3- rarely 4 5-flowered, axillary, -fa \ in. long, pubescent or tomen- 

 tose, usually drooping ; pedicels short \ bracts caducous. Flowers ^ in. long, ellipsoidal, 5 7- 

 merous. Calyx shorter than the corolla, 5 7-fid ; lobes ovate or deltoid. Corolla shortly 

 lobed at apex. Staminodes 0. Ovary ovoid-conical, hairy, 4-celled, 4-ovuled, -^ in. long, sur- 

 mounted by 2 short styles glabrous above which just appear at the mouth of the corolla. 

 Stigmas emarginate. Fruit usually solitary, occasionally 2 3 together, tomentose, usually 

 ferruginous, globular i J in. in diameter, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed globular ; albumen some- 

 what ruminated. 



The shrub is called Kersse-bosch by the natives in South Africa. 



Frequent in S. and SW. districts of Cape Colony up to 2000ft. alt. Masson! ; Nivenf 47, 

 53; R. C.Alexander!; Burchell! 4807?, 4873?, 4998?, 6941; Ecklon! 727; Krauss; Zeyher! 

 3362, 3363, 3364; Drlge! 



2. EUCLEA TOMENTOSA, E. Mey. Cat. PL exsicc. Afr. Austr. Dreg. p. 7 (1837). 



E. foliis alternis, ellipticis, basi cuneatis, apice obtusiusculis vel obtuse angustatis, tomen- 

 tosis, planis, coriaceis, breviter petiolatis ; cymis breviter racemosis, 1 8-floris ; flaribus 5 7- 

 meris, dicecis ; corolld apice lobatd ; staminibus 18, in floribus femineis ; ovario tomentoso, 

 4-loculari. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. p. 216. n. 3 (1844). 



E. Kraussiana Bernh. in Flora xxvil. ii. p. 824 (1844). 



A shrub about 4 feet high or more with dark brown bark and branches cinereo- 

 tomentose at the extremities. Leaves alternate, elliptical, in most cases obtusely pointed 

 or mucronate at apex and wedge-shaped or obtusely narrowed at base, coriaceous, tomen- 

 tose, shortly petiolate, 1 If in. long by \ f in. wide ; petioles -^ fa in. long. 



<5. Cymes racemose, axillary, few 8-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, pedicels 

 rather longer than the flowers, crowded. Stamens 18, free or somewhat connate at the base. 



