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KEY TO SPECIES. 
Inflorescence a dense cylindric spike about 1 cm. in diameter. ...... sis es ee Thorncroftiv. 
Inflorescence a lax raceme. 
Leaves small, usually about 2 cm. long and 1 cm. broad ; fruit minutely pubescent Flanaganit. 
Leaves usually over 2 cm. Jong and 1 cm. broad: fruit glabrous. 
Inflorescence pubescent. 
Veaves usually ovate in outline...... 2%. wa. 4 9... -/o EE EE Zeyheri. 
Leaves usually obovate or oblanceolate in outline (Transvaal species) Hcklonii, 
var. Englert. 
Inflorescence glabrous. 
Leaves usually abruptly acuminate and distinctly -serrated.......... Mundi. 
Leaves not abruptly acuminated, entire or sometimes remotely 
setrated .:..... ss vis cles Sales » is Bs wae ere a EEN Ecklonii. 
$. Thorncroftii, Phillips. 
Arbor 6-7 mm. altus. Rami glabri. Folia 5:5-95 cm. longa, nee vel obovata, 
aliquando subacuminata, apice obtusa, glabra. Jnflorescentia der sa, cyclindrica, circa 1 em. 
lata, pubescentia. Petala 1:25) mm. longa, linearia, apice acuta. Filamenta 6 mm. longa. 
Ovarium 15 mm. latum, globosum ; stylus 2 mm. longus, apice paullo bifidus. 
TRANSVAAL.—Barberton Div.: Barberton, 2900 ft., flowers white, Thorneroft 811, 
and in Natal Herbarium 14245, 
Tree 20 ft. high. Branches glabrous, with the epidermis peeling off in membranous 
flakes. Leaves petioled ; petioles 1-1°5 cm. long; lamina 4°5-8 cm. long, lanceolate or 
obovate, sometimes subacuminate, obtuse, entire, sometimes with wavy margins and with 
the veining distinct above and beneath, glabrous. Inflorescence in dense cylindric axillary 
spikes about 1 cm. in diameter. Avis pubescent. Flowers subsessile. Sepals 15 mm. long, 
ovate, obtuse, cillate, pubescent. Petals 1°25 mm. long, linear, acute. Glands 0°5 mm. long, 
arranged in a continuous row on the receptacle. Stamens numerous; filaments 6 mm. 
long, surrounded at the base with long hairs ; anthers ovate in outline, somewhat apiculate. 
Ovary 1:5 mm. in diameter, globose ; style 2 mm. long, subterete, faintly bilobed at the 
apex, 
This is a very distinct species and easily recognized by the dense cylindric inflorescence. 
S. Flanaganii (Sim, `` Forest and Forest Flora,” p. 127, Pl. HI.) 
A small tree. Branches glabrous with raised lenticels. Leaves subsessile, 1:1-3 em. 
long, 0°5-1°5 em. broad, elliptic, rarely obovate, obtuse, sparsely serrated on the upper 
half, with distinct veining, glabrous. Flowers not seen. Frut 0°5 mm. in diamete 
subglobose, finely pubescent.—X ylosma Flanagani, Bolus, in * Journ. Bot” Jan., 1896" 
(Capg PROVINCE.—Kingwilliamstown Div.: Kingwilliamstown, Sim 2571, and in 
Natal Govt. Herb. 8616. 
This species is easily distinguished from the rest of the genus by the sessile leaves 
and the pubescent fruits. 
S. Zeyheri [Szyszy in Pl. Rehmann (1887), 19]. 
A thorny shrub 8-10 ft. high (ex Galpin). Youngest branches minutely pubescent 
r glabrous, sometimes armed with spines 1°5-17 cm. long. Leaves petioled ; petioles 
0 5-1°5 om. long; lamina 1:3-7 cm. long (usually 2:5—4 cm. long), 1-5 em. broad (usually 
2-3 cm. broad), ovate, ovate-elliptic, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate, more rarely 
subrotund or obcordate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, more rarely subacuminate 
or retuse, rounded or cuneate at tbe base, with entire margins, more rarely 
subcrenate, with the veining distinct beneath, glabrous. Inflorescence an axillary raceme, 
2°8-6°5 cm. long, usually lax, but sometimes more or less dense, though never broadly 
cylindric. Azis of inflorescence and pedicels finely but densely pubescent. Sepals 0°75-2 
mm. long, 0:75-15 mm. broad, ovate, oblong, elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse or acute 
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