644 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. EKEBERGIA, 
apice acutiuseule acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus pallidioribus pube- 
rulis; panieulis longe peduneulatis, folii dimidium subæquantibus, 
ramulosis, junioribus dense pubescentibus; calyce acutiuscule 5-fido, 
extus puberulo; petalis utrinque dense cinero-villosulis ; tubo lato- 
eylindrico, integro, utrinque superne villosulo ; antheris glabris; disco 
brevi, lato-tubuloso, glabro, integro ; ovario hirsuto, 2-loculari ; stylo 
glabro; drupa ovata, glabra. — Oliv. Flor. trop. Afr. v. 1. p. 983. 
E. Petitiana A. Rich. Flor. Abyss. v. 1, p. 105, tab. 24; Walp. 
Ann. v. 2, p. 227. Trichilia Rupelliana Fresen. Exsicc. Senken. v. 2, 
Frutex? Ramuli in juventute argillaceo-tomentosi, dein cicatri- 
cibus foliorum asperati. Folia circiter 22 cent. longa; foliola circiter 
71/, cent. longa. 3 cent. lata. Petiolus 6 cent. iongus. Flores pedicellati. 
Petala oblongo-elliptica, obtusa, vix 6 mill. longa. Antheræ vix 
11/3 mill. longe, oblongæ, mucronulatæ. Ovarii loculi 2-ovulati. 
Drupa circiter 12 mill. crassa. 
In Abyssiniæ regione superiore ad septentrionale montis Scholoda 
(Schimper n. 284, in herb. DC. etc.). 
1. E. convallariæodora (Baill. Adans. v. 11, p. 263); foliis 
modice petiolatis, 6-jugis; foliolis oppositis, brevissime petiolulatis, 
oblongo-ovatis, basi oblique rotundatis, apice obtusis, utrinque gla- 
bris ; paniculis quam folia multoties brevioribus, fere a basi ramosis, 
subtiliter flavido-puberulis; calyce acute 5-dentato, extus breviter 
pubescente, carnosulo; petalis extus breviter pubescentibus; tubo 
cylindrico, utrinque piloso, acute denticulato; antheris parce hir- 
tellis; disco annulari, glabro ; ovario hirsuto, 2-loculari; stylo glabro 
baeca subglobosa, glabra. 
Frutex excelsus, in sicco saltem suaviter (more fere Convallariz 
majalis) redolens. Rami teretes, cicatricibus foliorum nodosi, cortice 
striato postea cinerascente. Folia fe 13 cent. longa; foliola firma, 
Opaca, circiter 5 cent. longa, 2 cent. lata; terminalia reliquis paullo 
majora ; nervis secundariis B ERU hatules -adscendentibus, subtus 
subprominulis, utrinque circiter 12. Paniculæ rami pedunculati, apice 
2-3-fidi. Calyx carnosulus. Petala elliptico-oblonga, acuta, carnosula, 
circiter 3 mill. longa, in æstivatione valvata. Antheræ oblongæ, vix 
1 mill. longæ, pallide. jx ovarium subæquans, apice capitatus 
2-3-lobus. Bacca circiter 1 cen 
In Madagascaria boreali da n. us et 584; Boivin p. 2624 in 
herb. Mus. Par.). 
8. E. fruticosa, foliis longiuscule petiolatis, 4-jugis; foliolis 
oppositis, petiolulatis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi æquali cuneato-acutis 
