122 xxxii. ochnace^e. [Ochna 



long ; sepals oval, | in. long ; petals obovate, narrowed at the base, 

 not unguiculate, ^ in. long, deciduous ; stamens numerous ; anthers 

 oblong, dehiscing laterally ; carpels about 7 ; style undivided ; 

 stigma subcapitate, somewhat lobed. 



Huilla. — In rough stony thickets, at an elevation of 5,000 ft. above 

 the sea, by Lopollo, sparingly ; fl. at end of Oct. 1859. No. 4599. 



Nearly related to 0. alboserrata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 75 (1893) 

 a white-flowered species from the Zanzibar coast. 



6. 0. pygmaea Hiern, sp. n. 



Huilla. — A dwarf glabrous shrub, 2 to 4 in. high, with numerous 

 stems proceeding from a thick woody rhizome ; bark uneven ; leaves 

 ascending ; narrowly oblanceolate, apiculate or emarginate, wedge- 

 shaped to the subsessile base, crenulate-serrulate with apiculate teeth, 

 firmly coriaceous, 1£ to 2 by { to | in. ; stipules lanceolate, about 

 £ in. long, deciduous ; flowers about 2 together, axillary or lateral ; 

 peduncles \ to J in. long ; sepals oval, about £ in. long in flower, | in. 

 long in fruit, reddish in the dry state ; petals orbicular, with a short 

 claw at the base, pale, rather shorter than the sepals ; anthers oblong, 

 longer than the short slender filaments, dehiscing laterally ? ; carpels 5 ; 

 style rather long, undivided except the apex, curving ; fruit \ in. long ; 

 seeds nearly as long, thick.' In shortly bushy pastures between Mumpulla 

 and Humpata, in company with dwarf species of Combretaceae and 

 Myrtaceas ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4600. 



2. OUEATEA Aubl. Hist. PI. Guian. i. p. 397, t. 152 (1775). 

 Gomphia Schreb. (1789), Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 318. 



1. 0. affinis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 79 (1893), 



Gomphia affinis Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 274 (1849) ; Oliv. 

 PI. Trop. Afr. i. p. 320. 



Golungo Alto. — A pretty evergreen shrub, 2^ to 7 ft. high, ever- 

 green, much branched ; leaves narrowly elliptical or somewhat obovate, 

 acuminate, apiculate, wedge-shaped at the base, 1£ to 4 by £ to 1£ in., 

 thinly coriaceous, serrulate-wavy or subentire, glossy, deep-green, with 

 close parallel and minute lateral veins ; panicles axillary, lateral or sub- 

 terminal, about the length of the leaves ; flowers yellow or almost 

 orange-coloured ; sepals lanceolate, \ to J in. long, at first green, after- 

 wards bright red, persistent ; petals oval-oblong, Caducous, yellow ; 

 anthers sessile, elongate-linear ; carpels 5 or 4 ; drupes red. In dense 

 primitive woods of the mountains of Alto Queta ; fl. March 1855, with 

 the fruit fallen in Nov. 1854. No. 4602. In the more elevated parts 

 of the mountains of Alto Queta ; fl. and fr. 28 Feb. 1855. No. 46026. 

 In the woods of the mountains of Alto Queta ; in late fl. and fr. March 

 1855. No. 4603. 



This species is doubtfully distinct from Gomphia calopliylla Hook, 

 f., I.e. 



2. 0. reticulata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 79 (1893). 

 Gomphia reticulata P. de Beauv. Fl. d'Ow. ii. p. 22, t. 72 (1807) ; 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 320. 



Var. 1 andongensis. 



A small tree, 8 to 12 ft. high; trunk scarcely 1| in. thick, 

 straight, naked, patently branched towards the apex ; leaves oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or shortly acute, apiculate or retuse, more or less 



