126 xxxm. BUKSERACEiE. \Balsamea 



elliptical-oblong, rather obtusely narrowed at both ends, mem- 

 branous, somewhat dentate along the upper part, subsessile, 

 1 to 2£ in. long by ^ to 1^ in. broad, glabrescent. Infructescence 

 lateral or axillary near the tops of the branches, paniculate, 3 to 

 4^ in. long, a little hairy in the upper part ; calyx 4-fid or un- 

 equally 5-fid ; lobes small, obtuse, ciliolate ; ovary 2-celled ; cells 

 2-ovuled; ovules pendulous from the upper part of the cell, 

 collateral ; style rather long, glabrous, bifid at the apex ; young 

 fruit ellipsoidal, rather compressed, f in. long ; seed solitary. 

 Golungo Alto.— Capopa ; in young fr. Feb. 1856. No. 4544. 



7. B. (?) multijuga Hiern, sp. n. 



A glabrous dioscious shrub, 6 to 8 ft. high, branched from the 

 base; branches spreading, elongated; branchlets patent, short, 

 tapering ; resin-canals large ; bark fuscous ; leaves alternate, more 

 or less crowded at the extremities of the branchlets, impari-pinnate, 

 about 8-10-jugate, 6 to 8 in. long or more; common petiole 1| to 

 1^ in. long, rather slender ; petiolules § to \ in. long, very slender; 

 leaflets (young) irregularly elliptical, narrowed at both ends, often 

 sinuous or repand, membranous, J to \\ in. long by \ to § in. broad. 

 Male inflorescence lateral on the branchlets, spreading, § to | in. 

 long ; common peduncle § to | in. long, few-flowered, often clustered 

 a few together ; pedicels short ; flowers tetramerous, purplish ; 

 calyx-lobes shortly deltoid; petals twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes ; stamens 8 (?), unequal, inserted on the margin of the disk 

 which fills the calyx-tube. 



Mossamedes. — In mountainous rocky situations between Cazimba and 

 Pomangala, but abundant in only one spot ; male fl. June 1860. No. 4503. 



8. B. (?) foliolosa Hiern, sp. n. 



A hard very rigid erect shrub, 3 to 6 ft. high, resembling in habit 

 a Schotia, much branched; branches tortuous ; branchlets numerous, 

 patent, short, rough, at length nodulose, leafy. Inner bark sup- 

 plied with rather few and small intercellular resinous canals. 

 Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, pari- or impari-pinnate, 5-9-jugate, rarely 

 10-jugate; common petiole short, crowded, clothed with short 

 hairs ; leaflets obliquely obovoid, entire or sub-repand, emarginate 

 at the apex, unequal at the base, glabrous or nearly so, overlapping 

 or approximated, j to ^ in. by ^ to ^ in., rather glossy, very bright 

 green, thinly coriaceous, pinnately venulose, rather rigid. Fruit 

 baccate, rather dry, ovoid, ^ in. long, glabrous, glossy, tipped with 

 the hardened style, greenish-red outside, 1 -seeded ; seed filling tbe 

 whole of the cavity, exalbuminous ; embryo large, bright green ; 

 radicle lateral, turned downwards ; cotyledons thick, hemispherical, 

 horizontal. 



Huilla. — In rocky places, along the cataracts of the river of Lopollo 

 and Monino, rather rare ; fr. middle of Dec. 1859. No. 4507. 



There is another species of the genus in the collection which is 

 without flower or fruit : — 



Mossamedes. — A low twisted shrnb, extremely resinous in all parts ; 

 stems thick, the stem sometimes swollen at the base into a flask-like 



