656 Lxxx. oLEACEiB. [Jasminmiv 



angular, sulcate ; leaves opposite, imparipinnate, 1- to 3-jugate, 

 IJ to 2 in. long, exstipulate; leaflets oval-oblong, rounded or 

 emarginate at the apex, somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, the 

 lateral ones unequally so, firmly membranous, of nearly the same 

 colour and subglaucescent on both faces, very narrowly revolute 

 and entire on the margin, the terminal one ^ to 1 in. long by ^ 

 to ^ in. broad, the lateral ones smaller than the terminal one ^ 

 common petiole J to |^ in. long ; petiolules very short; inflorescence 

 axillary. 



MossAMEDES. — In a bushy sandy place by the bank of the river 

 Maiombo, near Pomangala ; seen nowhere else ; without fl. in Oct. 

 1859, with very young fl.-biid in June 1860. No. 3022. 



This species has apparently not hitherto been described ; it belongs- 

 to the section PinnatifoUa, DC, and is near J . flonhundum Br. 



2. NATHUSIA Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, i. n. 245' 

 {U.i. 1840) & in Flora xxiv. p. 671 (14 Nov. 1841). 



Schrebera Eoxb. (1798) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 675; 

 non L. apud Schreb. (1773). 



1. N. alata Hochst., I.e., p. 672 ; Welw. Apontam. p. 579 under 

 Nota 10 (1859). 



Schrebera SaundersioB Harv. Thes. cap. ii. p. 40, t. 163 (1864).. 

 S. alata Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 41 (1869). 



PuNGO Andongo. — A tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, precisely like an ash 

 in habit ; trunk a foot in diameter at the base ; leaflets deep green, 

 rather fleshy, scarcely coriaceous ; flowers with the scent of Philadelphus 

 coronarius L. ; calyx puberulous or somewhat shaggy ; corolla straw- 

 coloured ; the lobes of the limb mostly 6, patent, bearded at the base 

 with hairs of a deep cinnamon colour more or less tinged with violet ; 

 the tube scattered inside with thin dusky hairs ; stamens inserted a 

 little below the throat, included or sub-exserted ; filaments very short ; 

 anthers apiculate at the apex with an empty appendage ; style filiform, 

 exserted ; stigma thick, sub-bilobed ; the lobes contiguous, fuscous- 

 stigmatose on the inner side. In little rooky woods intersected with 

 numerous rivulets, on the south-west of the prsesidium, tolerably 

 plentiful ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 937- Leaves pinnate. In Mata de 

 Pungo ; fr. beginning of May 1857. Coll. Caep. 713. 



HuiLLA. — A small tree, 8 to 15 ft. high, but always with a single 

 trunk, with the aspect of the European Ash ; leaves imparipinnate, 

 coriaceous, glossy, with the rhachis winged ; flowers very fragrant 

 especially by night ; corolla salver-shaped, like a jessamine, 5- to 8-clef t ; 

 the tube scattered inside either throughout or only at the base with 

 rather crisp hairs ; stamens 2, inserted a quarter or a third way down 

 the tube ; anthers oblong, ellipsoidal, obtuse at both ends, sub-emar- 

 ginate at the base, inserted at the middle of the back, included ; the 

 connective broad, flattened, laterally 2-celled ; ovary obconical, sub- 

 truncate at the apex, 2-celled ; the cells 4-ovuled ; style flaccid ; 

 stigma thickened-clavate, with 2 rather obtuse and usually cohering 

 lobes ; capsule pyrif orm, much compressed at the apex, bi-partite ; the 

 valves obcordate, emarginate, woody. In rather elevated (5000 ft.) 

 much mixed forests in Morro de Lopollo ; fl. Dec. 1859 and Jan. 

 1860 ; young fr. May 1860. No. 938. Leaves pinnate, Fr. Jan. 1860. 

 Coll. Carp. 714. 



