640 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. EKEBERGIA , 
tibus, sublus glaucescentibus. Paniculæ totam arborem obtegentes, 
lutescentes, 15-20 cent. longæ, axi complanata. Flores vix 4 1/4 mill. 
ongi. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Fructus indehiscens, 
ovalis, coriaceus, circiter 2 cent. longus, 13 mill. latus, calyce persis- 
tente suffultus, epicarpio coriaceo, tenui. Semen inversum, arillo suc- 
coso dulci involutum, cotyledonibus crassis, rubescentibus, radicula 
vix prominula truncata. 
In silvis meridionalibus prov. Bantam ins. Jave. (Omnia ex 
Walp. L c.). 
XXIII. EKEBERGIA. Sparm. in Act. Holm. (1179), p. 282, tab. 9; 
DC. Prodr. v. 1, p. 623; A. Juss. Mem. Mel., p. 84, tab. 17, n. 16; 
Endl. Gen., n. 5538; Rem. Syn. fasc. 1, p. 109; Guill. et Perr. 
Flor. Seneg. v. 4, p. 126; Meissn. Gen., p. 49 (36); Harv. et Sond. 
Flor. cap. v. 1, p. 941; Benth. et Hook. Gen. v. 1, pars. 4, p. 935; 
Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. v. 4, p. 332 ; Baill. Hist. v. 5, p. 498. — Tab. 
nostra 8, fig. 4. — Trichilia Harv et Sond. Flor. Cap. v. 1, 
p. 246, majore ex parte. 
Calyx cupularis subeampanulatusve, 4-5-dentatus- fidusve. Petala, 
4-5, libera, in æstivatione imbricata vel in unica specie (convallariæo- 
dora) valvata. Stamina in tubum petalis paullo breviorem margine 
integrum vel breviter denticulatum coalita ; antheris 8-10, in margine 
tubi vel in ejus dentium apice sessilibus. Discus brevis, tubulosus an- 
nularisve, liber vel cum ovario connatus. Ovarium 2-5-loculare, 
superne in stylum circiter æquilongum attenuatum. Stigma obconi- 
cum, crassum, apice 2-5-lobulatum, Ovarii loculi cum petalis al- 
terni, 1-2-ovulati, ovulis (quum 2) superpositis. Fructus baccatus, 
carnosus vel eorticatus, 2-5-locularis. Semen exarillosum, cotyle- 
donibus crassis. — Arbores vel frutices, gemmis squamosis. Folia 
alterna, apice ramulorum conferta, impari-pinnata. Foliola integer- 
rima, opaca, epunctata. Flores hermaphroditi, in paniculas sæpe sim- 
plices seu racemosas dispositi 
In Africa tropicali et austral atque in Madagascaria. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM. 
Petala 4. Ovarium 4-loculare ; Capensis 1. 
Petala 5., Ovarium 5-loeular : . Senegalensis 2. 
Ovarium tor ecd apicé euspidatà.... ....... Meyeri 3. 
a apice rotundata,.,......... Benguelensis 3. 
Ovarium 2-loculare. , Falli subtus Lem qos 
bescenti apice rotundata. ema 4. 
apice acuminata. Rupelliana 5. 
Foliola utrinque glabra conan f 
pret 
Species incertæ sedis,.,.. 
