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pedicellis calycibusque ` extus primum . fulvo-tomentosis demum 
adpresse cinereo-pubescentibus, sepalis 6-8 eee ovatis exteriori- 
bus acutis interioribus obtusis utrinque tom toso-pubescentibus, 
petalis 18-24 triseriatis subæqualibus EPEE EETA acutis glabris 
luteis, staminibus 6-8 quam -petala brevioribus, antheris lanceolatis 
sublanato-marginatis, ovario globoso dense hirsuto, stylo elongato 
wid : 
—Natal, near Mooi River in “Thorns,” at 3000-4000 ft. 
Woveriber: Wood, 4472, 5425; Gerrard, 1482. 
Foliorum petioli 2-4 lin. longi, lamine 9 lin.-2 poll. longs, a: 
lin. late. Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. Sepala 3 lin. longa, 1j lin. lat 
Petala Leu lin. ong. Ei lin. lata. Staminum filamenta 3-1 lin, 
lon ge, re 14-2 onge. 
A small-leaved species differing from M. obovata, Sond., by its more 
numerous and more umbellate flowers, which are also emaller and have 
shorter and less pointed bu Mr. Wood states that “the fruit is 
yellow and well flavoured, much liked by the natives, and would, I 
think, be imp M fos “cultivation ” It is called by the natives 
a name that is “also  pplied to DÀ ies of 
157. Mimusops marginat E e ME ramis 
brunneis vel sordide cinereis plus minusve corrugatis gabe, foliis 
petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis vel nets oblancetlatis breviter et 
obtuse cuspidatis vel obtusis basi acutis juvenilibus fulvo-tomentosis 
adultis utrinque glabris viridibus, floribus 6-16 ad apices ramorum 
umbellatim | dispositis, ree ferrugineo-tomentosis, sepalis 6-8 
iseriati latis minatis xterioribus ferrugin neo-tomentosis 
inibus cinereis hengaa utrinque cinereo-tomentosis, petalis 
18-24 triseriatis subæqualibus — ee vel lanceolatis acutis 
glabris luteis, staminibus 6—8 quam petala brevioribus antheris 
lanceolatis, apiculato-acutis quam fila TO lanceolato-subulata tomen- 
tosa multo longioribus, staminodiis lanceolatis acuminatis canalieulatis 
extus lanato-tomentosis intus glabris marginibus lanato-tomentosis, 
ovario globoso-ovoideo dense hirsuto, stylo elongato glabro, fructu 
ellipsoideo acute vel acuminato. 
Habitat—Natal: Inanda, Wood, 1661; near Umlaas, under 
1000 ft. alt., Wood, 5340; without "locality, Gerrard, 1186. Cape 
Colony: King Williams Town District; Komgha, Flanagan, 27. 
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Foliorum petioli 23-8 lin. longi, lamine 2-5 poll . longe, z lin.- 
2} en late. Pali id poll. longi. _Sepala 4-5 lin. longa, 
1i-2 lin. lata. Petala 4 lin. longa, 1-11 lin. lata. Staminum 
menta 1-1} lin. longa, anthere 2-2] lin. de e Staminodia 
2-2) lin. longa. Fructus 2 poll. longus, 11-13 poll. crassus. 
This is the largest-leaved of all the South African species, and some- 
what approaches the Abyssinian M. Schimperi, Hochst., in Bare, but 
. the flowers and fruit are very much larger. The leaves are not ver 
coriaceous, but more of the substance of stout cies d paper ^ dry 
more or less ccordin m Mr. 
specimen, (m DES So ee 
