102 MB HIERN, ON EBENACE^E. 



14. EUCLEA BILOCULARIS, sp. UOV. 



E. foliis alternis oppositis et in tribus verticillatis, obovatis, apice rotundatis, basi cuneatis, 

 breviter petiolatis ; cymis femineis racemosis, sub-Q-Jloris ; pedicellis brevissimis ; floribus tetra- 

 meris; calyce 4>-dentato ; cor olid breviter 4-lobd; staminodiis ; ovario biloculari, glabro, loculis 

 biovulatis. 



Glabrous. Branches at 50, sometimes whorled 3 together. Leaves obovate, cuneate at 

 base, rounded at apex, somewhat undulating, coriaceous, alternate opposite and in whorls of 

 3; veins inconspicuous, in relief on both sides, dark green above, ruddier beneath; 2 Sin. 

 long by If in. wide, shortly petiolate ; petioles about -^ in. long. 



Racemes of 9 flowers (in bud) short, about J in. long, bearing about 9 very short 

 pedicels. Flower-buds -^ in. long, tetramerous, with short cup-shaped 4-toothed calyx and 

 corolla shortly 4-lobed. Staminodes 0. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, glabrous. 



East tropical Africa, Zanzibar, Dr Kirk ! 



A male plant from Madagascar collected by Bojer ! may belong to this species ; it has 

 16 18 stamens. 



15. E. MACEOPHTLLA, E. Mey, Cat. PI. Exsicc. Afr. Austr. Dreg. p. 7 (1837). 



JE. foliis in tribus verticillatis vel oppositis, obovato-oblongis, breviter petiolatis, subcoriaceis ; 

 cymis femineis 8 15-Jloris, floribus tetrameris, calyce 4-jldo, corolla 4>-fidd, staminodiis 0, ovario 

 4- vel raro Q-loculari, glabro. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vm. p. 218. n. 11 (1844). 



Glabrous. Stem nodose; branches at 60", often verticillate three together, straight. 

 Leaves obovate-oblong, rounded at apex, cuneate at base, shortly petiolate, sub-coriaceous, 

 opposite or subverticillate three together ; margins reflexed, plane or wavy ; veins delicate ; 

 2 4 in. in length by J 1J in. in width ; petiole -fa to \ in. in length. 



?. Flowers in cymes which measure \ 1 in. in length and bear 8 15 flowers; pedicels 

 JL to \ in. in length ; flowers tetramerous. Calyx 4-fid, shortly cup-shaped, with deltoid-pointed 

 lobes. Corolla campanulate, 4-fid; lobes obtuse or mucronate. Stamens or represented by 

 a few hairs at circumference of disk. Ovary glabrous, 4- or rarely 6-celled, with one ovule 

 in each cell ; at the upper part the ovary is frequently 2-celled, according to Dr Atherstone, 

 in consequence of two of the dissepiments being false; styles 2. 



South Eastern districts, Cape of Good Hope. Enon in woods under 500 feet high, March, 

 Uitenhage, Drege ! in 9 flower ; Grahamstown, Dr Atherstone ! 461. 



16. EUCLEA DAPHNOIDES, sp. nov. 



E. foliis alternis oppositis vel in tribus verticillatis, oblanceolato-oblongis, subsessilibiis ; 

 cymis racemosis ; floris 4 5-meris ; calyce 4 5-fido ; corolla profunde 4 5-lobd ; staminibus 

 circiter 12, uniserialibus, in flore femineo vel 4 effcetis; stylis 2 3; ovario glabro, 4- vel 

 Q-loculari. 



