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sinsculum angustata, coriaeea, sapra obscure viridia demiim 

 fuscescentia , glabcrriuia, subtus cano-tomeiitosa vel aetate 

 juuiora albido-lutcseentia, utrinque reticulato-venosa, 2 — 3 

 pollices longa, 1 — l J / 2 poll. lata. Spicae masculae in apice 

 ramonim, folia juniora aequantes vel superantes, in nostr. 

 specim. 2—4, approximatae, siinplices, tripollicarcs. Flores 

 8cssiles, parvi, ex sicco lutei. Calyx 4-fidus, basi pu- 

 boscens, laciniis obtusis, glabris. Petala 4 oblonga, circ. 2 

 liu. longa. Stamina 8, petala aeqnantia, autherae introrsae, 

 longitndinaliter dehiscentes. Stjli 4 rudimeutarii, brevissimi, 

 erecti. Flores feminei desimt. 



Ab O. velutina Endl. (Lannca velutina Rieb, in 11. Se- 

 neg. p. 155. t. XLII.) cni simillima distinguitnr: foliolis nn- 

 raerosioribns sessilibns basi plernniqnc obtusis uon cordatis 

 superne glaberrimis spicisque masculis paucis approximatis. 



Sclerocarpa Höchst. 

 1. S. caffra Sond., glabra, foliis impari-pinnatis, petiolo 

 trigouo , foliolis 5 — 1 1 longc petiolulatis ovatis ellipticisre 

 breviter cnspidatis mucronatis iutegerrimis vel paueidentatis 

 glabris subtus pallidis, floribns dioieis, spicis terminalibus ab- 

 breviatis, sepalis petalisque 4, staminibus 12 — 15, drupa 

 suborbiculavi triloculari. 



Spondias Eirrea Sond. in sebed. 



Port Natal. Gueinzius No. 70. An der Nordseite des 

 Magalisbergs. Zeyber No. 1851. (flor. Aug., fruet. Decbr.) 

 Drege No. 4063. 



„Frutex humilis" (Zeylier). Folia ut in S. Birrea 

 Höchst, post deflorationem tantum nascentia, in apice ramu- 

 lorum aggregata, alterna, exstipulata, petiolata (petiolo sub- 

 tripollicari, trigojio vel superne canalicnlato), imparipinnata, 

 2 — 5-juga, petiolulata, petiolnlis 6 — 8 liu. longis, snlcalis, 



