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Paterson in Herb. Albany Museum 2151. Somerset East: November, H. Bolus 1772. 
Grahams'own : “ Amos’s Vil,” MacOwdn 349; August, September, E. E. Galpin in Herb. 
Albany Museum 88. Howisons Poort: September, Schénland 818; Zeyher 2465. Hast 
London : October, Geo. Rattray in Herb. Albany Museum 849; Kei Mouth, July, Flanagan 
2341. 
Olinia acuminata, Klotz in “ Otto and Diets. Allg. Gartenz,” IV (1836), 27 (Pl. II). 
Branches glabrous. Leaves 2-3 cm. long, 0 5-1:5 em. broad, lanceolate, elliptic: 
acuminate, narrowed at the base into a more or less distinct petiole, with entire margins, 
glabrous. green and shiny above, paler beneath. Inflorescence an axillary trichotomous 
cyme, a little shorter than the subtending leaf. Bracts deciduous. Calyx-tube 2-9 mm. long, 
glabrous or minutely pubescent, with five minute teeth. Petals five, inserted at the throat 
of the calyx-tube, about one-third the length of the calyx, linear, rounded at the apex, 
with a small tuft of hairs at the base. Scales five, incurved, alternating with the petals, 
minute, obovate, densely hairy. Stamens five, adnate to calyx below the scales ; filaments 
very short. Ovary inferior, five-celled, with three pendulous ovules from a central placentum 
in each cell; style Ee ; stigma obtuse. Fruit globose, 3 mm. in diameter.—'* Flora 
Capensis,” ta 590. O. cymosa, var. acuminata; Sim, “ Forests and Forest Flora,” 227. 
CapE —Queenstown, Rockwood, Bongolo, February, 2. 2. Galpin 2500. Transkei, 
Kaffraria, January, 7. R. Sim 2026; June, 2099. 
NATAL.—Maclear, Pot. River Berg, March, &. E. Galpin 6628, 6629; Drakensberg, 
May, J. Medley Wood 4957 ; Giant’s Castle, June, R. EB. Simons in Herb. Trans. Museum 
15965. 
TRANSVAAL. Barberton, Upper Moodies, January, &. &. Galpin 1275; Rustenburg, 
January, Olive Nation in Herb. Bolusianum 1906 ; Mag: lisberg, Zeyher 494 ;. Woodbush, 
northern Transvaal, January, (.d. 0.) Connor in Forest Dept. Herbarium 1458 ; Dulstroom, 
January, F. O. Noome in Herb. of Trans. Museum 20812; Elandspruitberg, December, 
R. Schlechter 3864. 
Olinia radiata, sp. nov. (Plate III). Rami glabni. Folia 5-8 cm. longa, 18-88 em. 
lata, lanceolata, obovata, lanceolato-elliptica vel elliptica, subacuminata, apice obtusa. 
vel aliquando subrotundata, basi angustata. Inflorescentia axillaria, compacta. Pedunculus 
minute pubescens. Calyci tubus 14 mm. longus, glaber vel minute pubescens. Pelala 1:2 
mn. longa, linearia, spathulata, apice acuta. Squamae minutae, obovatae, pilosae. 
Branches glabrous. Leaves 5-9 cm. long, 1°8-3°8 cm. broad, lanceolate, obovate, 
lanceolate-elliptic, or elliptic, mostly subacuminate, obtuse, more rarely rounded at the apex, 
narrowed at the base into a more or less distinct petiole, margins entire and usually wavy, 
glabrous. Jnflorescence axillary, a dense trichotomous cyme, very muck shorter than the 
subtending leaf. Bracts opposite, smaller than the flowers, deciduous. Pedwncles minutely 
pubescent. Calya-tube 1-4 mm. long, glabrous, or minute hairy; teeth very minute. 
Petals five, inserted at the throat of the calyx-tube, 1-2 mm. long, lmear-spathulate, acute, 
with a small tuft of hairs at the base. Scales incurved, alternating with the petals, minute, 
obovate, densely hairy. Stamens five, adnate to the calyx below the scales; filaments 
very short. Ovary inferior, five-celled, with three pendulous ovules from a central placentum 
in each cell; style subulate, stigma obtuse. Mature fruit globose, 1-8 cm. in diameter. 
TRANSEEI: Ngadodo Forest, Ngqeleni, November, Fegen in Herb. Forest Dept. 2286, 
and in Government Herb. 18361; September, Fegen n Herb. Forest Dept. 2490. PONDO- 
LAND: Ngadu Forest Station, May, Van der Vyvier in Herb. Forest Dept. 2472. Lusikisiki 
Dist.: Ntsubani Forest, A. Leigh in Herb. Forest Dept. 2051, 1553; Mpanzi, February, 
A. Leigh in Herb. Forest Dept. 1839. NATAL: Ingeli Forest ‘Station, November, C. W. 
Chilvers in Herb. Forest Dept. 1942; Impetyne, February, J. S. Henkel in Herb. Forest Dept. 
2382. 
