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Plate III. Fig. 1. Flowering branch, natur&l size. a. Flower unexpanded, magnified 

 5 diameters, b. Flower expanded, magnified 5 diameters, c. Interior of corolla with stamens, 

 laid open, magnified 6 diameters, d. Pistil, magnified 5 diameters. 



Fig. 2. Flowering branch of another form of the same species, natural size. e. Flower 

 unexpanded, magnified 5 diameters. /. Flower expanded, magnified 5 diameters. 



12. EUCLEA FRUCTUOSA, sp. nov. 



E. foliis dbovato-dblongis, basi in petiolum cuneatis, alternis vel suboppositis ; cymis femineis 

 racemosis vel paniculatis, 3 20-jloris ; calyce 4 5-lobo, tubo in fructu. farcto, lobis deltoideis 

 parvis ; corolld 4 o-fidd (?), interdum ad fructus apicem marcescente ; fructibus numerosis, 

 fulvo-pubescentibus. 



Varying in size from '-a' small to an arborescent ahrub with softly pubescent fulvous 

 and terete branches spreading at 35 40" with the stem. Leaves obovate-oblbng, cuneate at 

 base into the petiole, coriaceous, quickly glabrescent and nitescent, alternate or subopposite; 

 margins reflexed, net-veins numerous and delicate ; 1J 4 in. in length by | 1 in.' in width ; 

 petioles -^ |in. in length, pubescent. 



$ Kacemes or panicles -fo 1 in. in length, bearing from 3 20 flowers and nearly as 

 many fruits, pubescent; pedicels short not exceeding ^in.. in length, dilated upwards in 

 fruit to articulation with calyx. Fruit pale or darker, fulvo-pubescent, about f in. in diameter, 

 1-celled, 1 seeded ; embryo somewhat curved and tending to be incumbent ; albumen not 

 ruminated. Calyx 5-lobed ; lobes deltoid, acute, small ; tube consolidated in fruit and bearing 

 fruit at its apex. Corolla 4 5-fid (?) ; sometimes marcescent ; lobes ovate. 



Known only in fruit. Grows in dry places, &c. East Tropical Africa. Zambesia, Luame 

 river mouth, 8 Feb. 1861, Dr Kirk!; between Tette and the sea coast,. 16 March, .1860, 

 Dr Kirld; Zanguebar, Dar Salam, October to December, 1868, Dr Kirk I 



13. EUCLEA NATALENSis, Alph. DC. Prodr. viil. p. 218, n. 10 (1844). 



E. foliis alternis, anguste ellipticis, basi cuneatis, petiolatis, undulatis, glabrescentibus ; 

 cymis femineis racemosis, 8 \0-floris; calyce fructifero- 4 5-fido, tubo farcto, lobis deltoideis; 

 fructibus subglabris. 



E. macrophylla, E. Mey. d, non a, b, Zwei Pflanz. Doc. Dreg. p. 184 in Flora 1843. 



Royena macrophylla, E. Meyer, d ! in Hb. DC. (Prodr. I. c.) 



Young parts pubescent. Leaves alternate, erect, narrowly elliptical and cuneate at base 

 into petiole, coriaceous, glabrescent, 2 4 in. in length by \ | in. in width ; margins undu* 

 lated ; petioles -^ in. in length. 



$ Racemes solitary about in. in length, bearing 8 10 flowers and about 4 fruits. Pedi- 

 cels very short, dilated upwards in fruit to articulation with calyx. Calyx 4 5-fid, glabrescent ; 

 lobes deltoid, acute ; tube consolidated in fruit, with small spreading limb, and bearing fruit 

 at its apex. Berry dark, sub-glabrous, globular \ in. in diameter, 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed 

 globose, black, marked outside with 3 longitudinal lines, albumen, somewhat ruminated. 



Port Natal. Drege ! ; Peddie! 



