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4. P. acuminata, Balcer. An erect shrub, 12-15 feet high, gla- 
brous in all its parts, with spreading terete branches. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, acuminate, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, 
with distant slender erecto-patent main ribs, flat, pale green ; petioles 
| in. loug ; stipules minute, deltoid-cuspidate, caducous. Flowers 
2-4 together in umbels, sessile in the axils of the leaves, on slender 
pedicels i— i in. long. Calyx in. long, campanulate, nearly truncate. 
Corolla white, % in. long, the 5 lanceolate lobes as long as the tube. 
Fruit obovoid, naked, with 2-3 obtuse lobes, not seen fully mature. 
Seychelles, common in the mountain woods of Mahe and Praslin, Some, 564 ! 
Endemic. 
5. P. carinata, Baker. Very near P. acuminata, with which it 
quite agrees in general habit, in the shape and texture of the leaves, in 
inflorescence and structure, but the leaves dark green, the borders 
raised from the keel, the petioles and pedicels shorter, and flowers not 
above half the size. 
Seychelles, common in the mountain forests of Mahe and Silhouette, at an ele- 
vation of above 1000 feet above sea-level, Horne, 503 ! Endemic. 
6. P ? trilocularis. Baker. A much-branched low shrub, glabrous 
in all its parts. Leaves oblong, very coriaceous, glossy, 2-4 in. long, 
f-lj in. broad, varying to linear, 1-1| in. by in. broad ; petiole 
i-f in ; stipules deltoid-cuspidate, connate, deciduous, the cusp as long 
as the lamina. Flowers 2-3 in sessile axillary umbels, usually pro- 
duced from the nodes below the leafy part of the branch ; pedicels 
i- i in. ; bracts minute, rigid, lanceolate. Corolla not seen. Fruit 
globose -| in. thick and deep, usually three but sometimes two- 
celled. 
Rodriguez, Dr. Balfour ! Endemic. 
* Vangueria edulis, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iv. 454 (V. Commersoni, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoen. t. 44), widely spread in the tropics of the Old World, is 
commonly naturalised in Mauritius, Rodriguez, and the Seychelles. 
It is a glabrous shrub, 10-15 feet high, with very large short-petioled 
oblong membranous obtuse or acute leaves, flowers in copious pedun- 
cled axillary dichotomous cymes with compound branches, short 
pedicels, a minute obconic calyx with 5 spreading deltoid teeth, funnel- 
shaped corolla i in. long with 5 spreading deltoid teeth, 5 included 
stamens subsessile at the throat of the corolla, a capitate stigma, and 
a globose drupe 1| in. thick with five large bony pyrenes. Vavangue. 
A second species, which is also subspontaneous in the Seychelles 
(Horne, 518), is V. velutina , Hook. B. M. t. 3014 (V. infausta, Burch.) , 
of the Cape and Tropical Africa, which is marked by its pilose branches 
and large densely pilose flowers. 
