Ouratea] xxxn. ochnace.<e. 123 



wedge-shaped at the base, firmly coriaceous, serrate with shallow 

 acute callous-tipped teeth, shining at least on the upper surface 

 with a metallic lustre, 2 to 7 by § to 2 in. ; lateral veins arching, 

 not very close nor very conspicuous; petiole T ^ to % in. long, 

 wrinkled, broad ; stipules about equalling the young petiole, with 

 two acutely prolonged points ; panicles terminal, rather densely 

 sub-corymbose, 2 to 4 in. diam., shortly pedunculate or subsessile; 

 peduncle 1J in. or shorter; pedicels | to | in. long, articulate near 

 the base, usually fascicled or approximated; sepals quincuncial 

 in the bud, | to 5 in. long in flower, concave, ovate-oval, obtuse ; 

 petals orange-yellow (in the dry state), obovate, dextrorsely con- 

 volute in aestivation as seen from above; anthers sessile, thick, 

 narrower upwards, about 7 ; carpels 5 ; fruiting sepals revolute, 

 § in. long ; fruit ■§ in. diam. 



Pungo Andongo. — Frequent in shady places in Mata de Pungo ; fl. 

 and young fr. Jan. 1857. No. 4604. In fl. and fr. Dec. 1856. No. 4605. 



Var. ? nutans. 



An evergreen shrub, virgately branched; branchlets slender, 

 elongated, nodding; leavesi elliptic-oblong, mostly acuminate or 

 acute, rather wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, crenulate- 

 serrulate, 4 to 8 by 1^ to 2 in. ; lateral veins not very close, patent 

 and arching forwards ; petiole aboiit § in. long ; stipules caducous, 

 extra-axillary, with apparently 2 acute prolonged points ; panicles 

 terminal, elongated, nodding, loosely branched, shortly pedunculate ; 

 pedicels patent, mostly fascicled 2 to 4 together or approximated, 

 5 to | in. long, articulated about the middle ; sepals oval, A in. long, 

 in flower, obtuse; petals obovate, nearly 3 in. long; anthers about 8, 

 sessile, thick below, narrowing upwards. 



Prince's Island. — In wooded spots of cultivation of Pico de Papa- 

 gaio, at elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 ft., in company with Sermannia, 

 Gleichenia, and Lycopodium cernuum ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 4606. 



XXXIII. BUESERACEiB. 



1. BALSAMEA Gleditsch in Schrift. Berl. Gesellsch. Naturf. 

 Fr. iii. p. 127 (1782). 



CommipJiora Jacq. Hort. Schcenbr. ii. p. 66, t. 249 (1797) ; Balsa- 

 modendron Kunth (1824), Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 323. 



1. B. africana Baill. Hist. PI. v. p. 295 (1874). 



Eevdelotia africana A. Rich, in Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. 

 p. 150, t. 39 (1832). Balsamodendron africcmwm Arn. in Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. iii. p. 87 (1839) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 325. Com- 

 miphora africana Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. iv. p. 14 (1883). 



Loanda. — A low densely-branched shrub, with decumbent or ascend- 

 ing occasionally hard-spinous branches ; leaves trif oliolate ; flowers, 

 polygamous, from yellow to reddish ; drupes glossy-purple, of the size 

 and shape of a pea. On dry hills behind the city of Loanda, from 

 Alto das Cruzes up to Maianga ; fr. without fl. Dec. 1858. No. 4497. 

 A small bush on the bare reddish-sandy hills in Maiongo do Povo ; f r. 

 No. 4498. Leaves larger, ranging up to 4£ in. long. No. 44982). Excursion;. 



