Ehretia.] lxxxix. boragine^e (baker and wright). 27 



21. E. Stuhlmannii, Gierke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 336. A 

 tree about 20 ft. high. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, 3-6 in. long, 

 2-4| in. wide, acute or rather obtuse, rounded or acute at the base, 

 obscurely and remotely dentate, coriaceous, rough above, velvety pube- 

 scent beneath ; petiole 3-6 lin. long, pubescent. Cymes in the axils of 

 the upper leaves, lax, long peduncled ; flowers very shortly pedicelled 

 or sessile. Calyx 1-i lin. long, 5-lobed to just below the middle, pube- 

 scent outside ; lobes deltoid, acute. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; 

 lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, reflexed. Stamens 5, long exserted ; filaments 

 glabrous. Ovary shortly oblong; style 2-lobed nearly to the middle. — 

 Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 309. 



Wile Land. British East Africa : Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from 

 the coast, Johnston / Mombasa, Kirk ! 



Mozamb. Hist. German East Africa : Zanquebar, Kirk ! near Mrogoro, 

 Stuhlmann, 57 ! near Daves- Salaam, Stuhlmann, 6735, 7422 ! 7454, 7640, 7658 ! 

 7826, Nyika, between the Mtindi-Markt and Kwa Mkembe, Volkens, 35. Portu- 

 guese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! Tete, Kirk ! 



22. E. uhehensis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 462. An erect 

 shrub ; bark dull grey. Leaves oblong, l|-3 in. long, 1-lf in. wide, 

 acute, narrowed to the base, irregularly toothed upwards, pubescent ; 

 petiole 5-9 lin. long. Cymes lax, terminal, pubescent; bracts lanceo- 

 late-subulate, 1-2| lin. long. Calyx 1| lin. long, pubescent ; teeth 5, 

 ovate, short, obtuse. Corolla tubular, white ; tube *2\ lin. long ; lobes 

 5, lanceolate, obtuse, as long as the tube. Stamens scarcely exserted. 

 Style about 3 lin. long. 



Kozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Uhehe; lower mountain slopes by the 

 Lofio River, 1900 ft., Goetze, 444. 



23. E. Fischeri, Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 336. A shrub 

 or small tree. Leaves obovate, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 1\ in. 

 long, 9 lin. broad, entire, velvety on both sides ; petioles short. Cymes 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, lax, few-flowered ; branches glandular ; 

 pedicels about 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, glandular-pubescent, 

 divided nearly to the base ; lobes 5, lanceolate. Corolla divided to 

 about the middle, glabrous outside; tube twice as long as the calyx; 

 lobes 5, lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens as long as the corolla-lobes; fila- 

 ments glabrous. Style 3 lin. long ; branches 1 lin. long. — Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxviii. 313. 



IVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usmawo ; Kagehi (Kageyi), Fischer, 

 323 ; Usinja ; near the French mission at Usambiro, Stuhlmann, 850. 



3. EHABDIA, Mart. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 842. 



Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Corolla- 

 tube short, campanulate, naked in the throat ; lobes 5, oblong, imbri- 

 cate. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments 

 filiform ; anthers oblong. Ovary ovoid, imperfectly 4-cellecl ; style long, 

 subulate, simple ; stigmas 2-lobed, capitate ; ovules pendulous. Pyrenes 



