Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
D. verrucosa, Hiern. A shrub ; young parts densely pubescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, nearly glabrous above, paler and pubescent below, and rufous pubescent on the 
veins on the under surface. Female flowers solitary, fruiting peduncles stout, i c.m. long ; fruiting calyx spreading, 4 -fid, 1 c.m. diameter. Fruit oblong or 
globose, roundly 4-sided, verrucose 2-5-3 c.m. long, 2 * 2 '5 c - m - diameter, 4-celled, cells i-seeded. Albumen ruminated. The pulp of the fruit is eaten. Zambesia, 
Rovuma River 20 miles up. 
D. senensis, Klotzsch. Shrub or tree ; young shoots pubescent. Leaves obovate-oblong, suddenly narrowed or acuminate or occasionally rounded at the apex, mem- 
branous, deep green above, yellowish-pubescent beneath, 5-18 long by 2-5-9 c.m. wide; petiole hairy, up to 1 c.m. long. Inflorescence axillary in short 1-5 
flowered yellowish-pubescent cymes ; flowers mostly dioecious, yellowish-green, fragrant, 4-merous ; calyx shortly lobed, stamens 1 6, in pairs ; absent from the female 
flowers. Fruit 2 5 x 2 c.m. Albumen uniform. Senna, Zambesi and Shire. 
D. squarrosa, Klotzsch. Vein, name — 16, Mutshenje tuna tuna. Tree or shrub; young parts hispid; leaves elliptical or somewhat obovate, rounded at both ends, 
with scattered pubescence above, and with more dense and brown pubescence below, 3-9 c.m. long, by 2-5 c.m. wide. Female flowers solitary, drooping, 4-merous. 
Calyx deeply 4-lobed. Staminodes none. Ovary 8-celled, 8-ovuled. Fruit glabrous, somewhat 4-sidedly globular, 1 c.m. diameter ; fruiting calyx with pendent 
lobes, not accrescent. Senna, Tete, Ike., in Zambesia. 
D. Loureiriana, G. Don. Vent, name — 16, Nhamodema (Peters). Shrub or tree; young parts pubescent. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, more or less acuminate 
at the apex, obtuse, rounded or sub-cordate at the base, sub-membranous 2-10 c.m. long, 1-6 c.m. wide ; petiole 5-20 m.m. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, 
drooping, cymes 3-many flowered ; calyx deeply 4-lobed, more or less accrescent. Stamens 8, in 1 row ; abortive (as staminodes) in female flowers. Ovary 
globose or ovoid-conical. Fruit globose, 2-5 c.m. diameter, 4-celled, 4-seeded. Albumen uniform. Senna; Rovuma ; between Laputa and Tete, Quiloa, &c. 
D. Kirkii, Hiern. A tree ; young shoots ferruginous, tomentose-puberulous. Leaves oval or oval-oblong, rounded at both ends, coriaceous, velvety-pubescent on the 
under surface 4-10 c.m. long, 2-6 c.m. wide. Flowers dioecious, axillary; the female flowers solitary, the male in very short several-flowered cymes. Flowers 4 
(or 5) merous ; corolla inflated-tubular ; stamens 9-10, unequal ; in the female flower staminodes 8, glabrous. “Zambesia, above Tete ; fruit good when made into 
a cake, common. Kirk." 
Another small tree in the forests of Magenja da Costa has 5 accrescent oblanceolate calyx-lobes 3 c.m. long, pubescent, superior, globose fruit 2 c.m. 
diameter, elliptical-petiolate glabrescent leaves canescent below, and about 9 side veins on each side of the midrib, appears at first sight to belong to Ebenaca;, but 
it has stipules and the fruit is i-celled with 1 round seed about 5 m.m. diameter. So far as I find it is undescribed, but in the absence of flowers there is nothing 
to show whether it be to Thalamiflorce, Calycifloras or Corolkefloras that it belongs. Sim 6109. 
The name, 10, Nadente, belongs to a large tree in the forests of Magenja da Costa apparently belonging to Ebenacere, with dehiscent fruits and flat valves 
arranged in a star. Sim 5834, 
FAMILY XLIV.— OLEACEiE. 
Trees, shrubs or climbers, with opposite simple or pinnate leaves, hermaphrodite flowers and terminal or axillary paniculate inflorescence. Calyx and corolla hypogy* 
nous, 4-cleft or parted; stamens 2, inserted in the corolla-tube. Ovary superior, 2-celled. Fruit a drupe, a berry, or a capsule. A small Family, in which is included 
Jasminaceoe. Several members have medicinal properties, the Olive is cultivated for its oil, the Ash is a well-known and valuable European timber, Black Ironwood is a Cape 
timber, and among garden-flowering shrubs are the Lilac (Syringa), Privet (Ligustrum), Jesmine (Jasminum), &c. 
175. OLEA. Trees or shrubs having opposite, exstipulate, simple, entire coriaceous leaves, paniculate axillary or terminal inflorescence, and regular hermaphrodite flowers. 
Calyx 4-lobed ; corolla with a very short tube and 4-parted limb, the segments valvate in aestivation ; stamens 2, with short filaments, but slightly exserted. Ovary 
superior, 2-celled; ovules pendulous; style short ; stigma capitate. Fruit a fleshy drupe, with a hard i-sceded stone, and albuminous seed. A small genus be- 
longing to the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Europe, Asia and Africa ; better represented in South Africa than in this Province. 1 he European Olive is the 
most widely-known species. 
O. verrucosa, Link. Vem. names— 1, Wild Olive; 4, 15, Nguma; 6, in-saca-saca ; 13, Um-quma. A tree 7-1° metres high, 30 45 c.m. diameter of stem, branched a 
good deal and with little clean timber; sometimes much larger and more old and gnarled. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5-'o c.m. long, 1-1 5 c.m. wide, 
tapering somewhat to both ends, acute, coriaceous, shortly petioled, the under surface clothed with small flat scarious yellowish scales so closely adpressed as to give 
