.Ehretia.] lxxxix. boragine^e (baker and wright). 23 



8. El. angolensis. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 29. A shrub 4-6 

 ft. high, branched from the base ; branches glabrous. Leaves oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, 3-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. wide, coriaceous, evergreen, 

 pallid beneath; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Panicles terminal, many-flowered ; 

 branches puberulous. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long, 5-partite ; lobes 

 ovate, ciliate. Corolla blue {Welwitsch), funnel-shaped; tube 2|- lin. 

 long ; lobes shorter than the tube, oblong, obtuse, recurved. Stamens 

 inserted in the corolla-throat ■ filaments about as long as the corolla- 

 lobes, glabrous. Ovary ovoid ; style 3 lin. long, arms linear ; stigmas 

 more or less capitate. Fruit deep orange, the size of a small pea ; 

 pyrenes 4. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 716. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Anibriz, Monteiro ! Loanda : in thickets about 

 Loimda, Cacuaco, and Quifandongo, Welwitsch, 5444 ! at Quicuxe, Welwitsch, 5463 I 

 Libongo : in thickets about Banza de Libongo, Welwitsch, 5446. 



9. El. abyssinica, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append, lxiv., name only. 

 A small tree ; branchlets glabrous or slightly hairy. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate or obtuse, acute or rounded at the base, 

 entire, glabrous except for tufts of hairs in the axils of the nerves 

 beneath, 2|— 5 in. long, 1^-2^ in. wide; petiole 6 lin. long, glabrous or 

 slightly hairy. Panicle terminal, 3-5 in. across; branches more or less 

 pilose. Calyx pubescent outside, 1 lin. long ; lobes ovate, acute, ciliate. 

 Corolla white ; tube campanulate, 1| lin. long; lobes ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, 2^ lin. long, 1^ lin. broad. Stamens inserted in the corolla- 

 throat ; filaments as long as the corolla-lobes ; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 ovoid ; style 2h lin. long, arms short, obtuse. Fruit 3 lin. in diam. — 

 Fres. in Flora~ 1838, 608 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 506 ; A Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 82 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 351. 



Nile land. Eritrea : Ginda, 2900-3400 ft., Schweinfurth Sc B-iva, 2179 I 

 Abyssinia : near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1907 ! near Adowa, Schimper, 307 ! Efat, 

 Roth, 430 ! Begemeder Province, Schimper, 1442 ! and without precise locality, 

 Barkyns ! Quartin Dillon cf Petit, 62 ! 



10. El. silvatica, Gwrke in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 46. A 

 shrub or tree ; branches pubescent or puberulous above. Leaves ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, obtuse at the base, entire, glabrous above, 

 puberulous beneath, 3-6 in. long, l|-3^ in. wide ; petiole 4-9 lin. long. 

 Panicles leaf-opposed ; flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate. Calyx 

 5-partite ; lobes deltoid-lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long. Corolla white. 

 3-4 lin. long ; lobes lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens longer than the 

 corolla. Ovary puberulous or glabrescent; style about 2 lin. long, 

 bifid, glabrous. Fruit yellowish-red. 



XVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Handei at Kwa Mshuza, 

 Hoist, 9067 ! and without precise locality, Buchwald, 164 ! 168 ! Kilimanjaro : 

 Marangu, 5000 ft., Volkens, 1470. 



11. El. Braunii, Vatke in Lin?icea, xliii. 315. A solitary tree, about 

 30 ft. high ; bark greyish, striate ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves oval 

 or obovate-oblong, very obtuse or emarginate, attenuate at the base, about 

 1 in. long and 9 lin. wide, quite entire, slightly coriaceous, above 



