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35. DIOSPYROS SENENSIS, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. i. p. 183 (1862). 



D. foliis alternis, obovato-oblongis, a/pice breviter acuminatis vel rofamdatis, busi cwneatis 

 vel subrotuiuLatis, submembranaceis, subtus Jlavido-pubescentibus, breviter petiolatis; floribus 

 1 5-nis, breviter cymosis, aodllaribus, tetrameris, pedicellis brevissimis ; calyce anguste tubu- 

 loso, apice lobato, corolld 4>-fidd, staminibus 16, geminatis, glabris; in fiore femineo stamino-: 

 diis 0, ovario glabro(1), 8-loculari ; ,fructibus solitariis, glabris, 2 8-locularibus. 



A shrub from 10 feet high to a tree 30 feet; occasionally subhermaphrodite or polygamous; 

 branches terete, pale-cinereous or smooth and reddish; young shoots softly flavido-pubescent. 

 Leaves membranous, alternate, obovate-oblong, suddenly narrowed or acuminate or occasionally 

 rounded at apex, cuneate or nearly rounded at base, subglabrescent and deep green above 

 with depressed midrib, somewhat flavido-pubescent or subglabrescent beneath, 2 7J in. 

 long x 1 3 in. wide, besides hairy petiole T \j J in. long. Inflorescence axillary, in short 

 1 5-flowered cymes, flavido-pubescent, with small caducous bracts, at base of very short 

 pedicels; flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant; $ peduncles not exceeding \ in. long. 



<J. Calyx \ I'- long by -fa in. thick, tubular, subtruncate or with 4 short rounded 

 -lobes at apex, flavido-pubescent outside and hairy inside. Flowers greenish-yellow, fragrant. 

 Corolla tubular, about twice the length of the calyx, 4-fid, glabrous, except 4 hairy lines 

 down the middle of the lobes; lobes oblong, obtuse; stamens 16, glabrous, in pairs, partly 

 inserted at base of corolla and partly hypogynous; ovary usually rudimentary or wanting, 

 occasionally 5-celled in subhermaphrodite flowers. 



? . Flowers shorter than in (J ; staminodes ; ovary glabrous (?), 8-celled ; calyx hairy 

 on both sides. Fruit solitary, glabrous, but hairy around base of style, acorn-shaped, 1 in. 

 long by | in. thick; half inclosed in subtruncate calyx, 2 4 8-celled, not eaten (Dr. 

 Kirk); style making a short conical projection; fruiting calyx shortly pubescent especially 

 inside; albumen horny; seeds with green vittse on surface (Kirk); cotyledons cordate, 

 acute, foliaceous. . 



Tropical Africa, Mozambique, Rios de Sena, Dr. Peters!; Lower Shire Valley, Dr. 

 Kirk! 6 fl. January; Lupata, Dr. Kirk!, young fruit, January ; Forest below Strigogo, 

 left bank of Zambezi, Dr. KirkJ, fruit, April; North of Shire, Banks of Zambezi, Dr. 

 Mellerf <$, fl. January; Abbeokuta, Dr. Irving! 141; Abbeokuta &c., Niger expedition, 

 Barter! 290, 3251, 3390; Eppah, Barter! 3250 (peduncles 1 -flowered, -fa ^ in. long, in bud). 



36. DIOSPYROS ROTUNDIFOLIA, sp. nov. 



D. foliis alternis, obovato-rotundis, utrinque rotwndatis, glabris, coriaceis, breviter petiolatis, 

 margins revolutis, nervis subtus inconspicuis ; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, glabris, dicecis, 

 breviter pedunculatis ; calyce apice 5-lobo ; corolld o-fidd ; staminibus 30, glabris, receptaculo 

 insertis ; fructibua globosis, apice umbilicatis, nitidis, uncialibus, 8-locularibus (?); calyce 

 fructifero aucto, apice 5-lobo, plicato, pateriformi. 



Young parts puberulous; branches pale-cinereous. Leaves obovate-rotund, alternate, 

 coriaceous, with recurved margins in the dry state, rounded at both ends, | 1 in. long 

 .by -^5 1 \ in. wide, besides petioles -fa in. long, glabrous; veins inconspicuous beneath. 



