Shrubby. Leaves opposite or ternate, elliptical, 3-5 in. long. Flowers
solitary, terminal; ovary urn-shaped. Fruit ovoid, 2 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
481 =Amaralia heinsioides= _Wernham._
Scandent shrub. Leaves broadly elliptic, subcordate at the base, 7-8 in.
long, about 4 in. broad, thin, glabrous. Corolla bell-shaped, tubular at
the base, white outside; lobes rose, tomentose outside. Berry red.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Diamvonu River).
=A. bignoniæflora= _Welw._
Scandent shrub or tree. Leaves evergreen, opposite, oval, up to 9 in.
long. Flowers axillary, solitary or geminate, under 3 in. long; cor.
white outside and purple inside, or orange blotched with purple. Fruit
oblong, 4 in. long, red.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
482 =Macrosphyra longistyla= _Hook. f._
Scandent, tawny, hairy shrub. Leaves opposite, hirsute, oval, ovate or
obovate, up to 7 in. long, deciduous. Flowers 2-3 in. long with style
exserted by as much again, subsessile and clustered at extremities of
branches. Cor. cream-coloured; style green. Berry pear-shaped or
globose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
483 =Oxyanthus formosus= _Hook. f._
Glabrous shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves oval-oblong, subauriculate, 8-11 in.
long. Fl. 5-8 in. long, white, in axillary ebracteolate panicles, not
longer than the leaves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=O. unilocularis= _Hiern._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong, auriculate-cordate, 10-20 in. long.
Flowers 4-6 in. long, white, in branched axillary panicles shorter than
leaves. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam., crowned with persistent calyx
limb, 1-celled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khors near Deim Zubeir).
=O. macrophyllus= _Schwfth._
Tree, 50-60 ft. high. Leaves oval or ovate-oblong, subauriculate, 12-16
in. long. Flowers 6 in. long, white, in dense axillary panicles. Fruit
globose, fleshy, 2-celled with 1 seed in each cell.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land, Jur-land).
484 =Feretia apodanthera= _Del._
Shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves opp., oval, papery, 1½ in. long. Flowers
white, ¾ in. long, subsessile, clustered on short lateral shoots;
anthers sessile at the mouth of the corolla. Fruit ¼ in. in diameter.
Kassala Prov. (Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Bongo-land & Dar Fertit; between Wau & Deim Zubeir).
The fruit can be used as a substitute for coffee (fide A. Rich).
485 =Tricalysia niamniamensis= _Schwfth._
Puberulous shrub with straight branches. Stipules intrapetiolar, broad-
deltoid, apiculate, connate. Leaves elliptical or lanceolate, narrowed
to base, with tufts of hairs on axils of veins, up to 3½ in. long.
Flowers 3-10 together, ⅓ in. long, subsessile, axillary. Berry
pubescent, minute.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Niamniam-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=T. djurensis= _Hiern._
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