Ehretia.] lxxxix. boragine^e (baker and wright). 21 



acute, rather longer than the campanulate tube. Corolla campanulate, 

 5 lin. in diam. ; tube 1 lin. long ; lobes slightly longer than the tube. 

 Stamens f lin. long ; anther-cells divergent at the base. Ovary conical ; 

 style about 1 lin. long, very shortly bifid. 



Wile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori; Toru, Scott-Elliot, 6172 

 partly ! Taro Hill, near Mombasa, Kassner, 495a ! Umba Valley, Smith ! Taita, 

 Kildebrandt, 2359, 2598. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : TJsambara ; Nyika Steppe, Hoist, 

 2409! 



2. E. petiolaris, Lam. Encycl. i. 527. A shrub 5-8 ft. high ; 

 bark greyish, rough. Leaves oval, obtuse or acute, rounded or acute at 

 the base, up to 4|- by 2 1 - in., entire, glabrous ; petiole up to 2 in. long, 

 slender. Panicles terminal, lax; branches glabrous. Calyx 1^ lin. 

 long, glabrous except on the margins ; teeth 5, deltoid, about as long as 

 the tube. Corolla broadly campanulate ; tube 2^ lin. long, glabrous ; 

 lobes 5, rounded, h lin. long. Stamens inserted about the middle of the 

 corolla-tube, included, glabrous. Ovary conical ; style 1|- lin. long, very 

 shortly bifid ; stigmas capitate. — DC. Prodr. ix. 504 ; Baker, Fl. Maurit. 

 201 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Af r. C. 336. E. internodis, L'Herit. Stirp. 47, t. 

 24. Gordia petiolata, Hort. Par. ex Lam. I.e. Hilsenbergia Ehretia, 

 Tausch, and H. rugosa, Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. i. 478. 



Nile Land. British East Africa : Mombasa and vicinity, Kirk ! Wakefield ! 

 Malindi, at the mouth of the River Sabaki, Kirk ! Witu, Thomas, 197 ! 



IVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara Muoa, Hoist, 3077 ! 

 Also in Mauritius and Madagascar. 



3. E. gurkeana, De Wild, in Etudes Fl. Katanga, iii. 223. — A 

 tree ; young branches pubescent, becoming glabrous, bark grey. Leaves 

 elliptic, acute at each end, entire, membranous, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces or with scattered hairs on the upper side of the nerves, 1^—3 in. 

 long, 6-12 lin. wide, petioled. Cymes in the axils of the upper caducous 

 leaves or terminating short branches, peduncled, lax, about 2 in. long ; 

 pedicels slender, 1-2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 disarticulating at the base, about 2 lin. long, glabrescent ; teeth 5, 

 obtusely triangular. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, about twice as long as the 

 calyx. Stamens about as long as the corolla-lobes. Ovary glabrous ; 

 style glabrous ; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit unknown. 



South Central. Congo Free State: Katanga ; Lukafu, Verdick, 30S. 



4. E. litoralis, Gierke hi Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. G. 335. — A shrub; 

 branches pubescent above. Leaves elliptic, obtuse or subacute, acute at 

 the base, 3 in. long, 1^ in. wide, glabrous above or pubescent on the 

 nerves only, pubescent below ; petiole 1 in. long. Panicles in the axils 

 of the upper leaves, lax, few-flowered ; peduncles long. Calyx 2 lin. 

 long, densely pubescent outside ; lobes 5, deltoid, acute, as long as the 

 tube. Corolla campanulate, a little longer than the calyx ; lobes 5, 

 short, rounded. Soamens inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube, 

 included; filaments glabrous. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style simple, 



