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A common shrub, 8, 10 or sometimes 15 ft. high. Flowers yellow. 
Probably also n. 531 from Mt. Maruma, but the specimen is not in flower. 
Foliorum lamina 13-17 em. longa, 50-65 cm. lata ; petioli 1:5-2:0 em. 
longi. Sepala + 4°5 em. longa. Petala + 6 mm. longa. Tubus stamineus 
+ 1:5 mm. altus. Lamina petaloidea ultra thecas fere 2 mm. dilatata. 
Allied to Alsodeia castaneoides, Welw. ; differs by the longer petioles and 
by the longer petaloid lamina of the anthers. 
ВІХІМЕ Æ. 
Oxcona SPINOSA, Forsk. Fl. Ægypt.- Arab. 103. 
Kurumadzi River, Jihu, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov.; п. 1337. 
100 ft., in fl. Dec. ; n. 2043. 
Distrib. Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozambique District. 
Boka, Lower Buzi, 
ArHLorA THEAFORMIS, Benn. Pl. Jav. var. 192 in adnot. 
Chimanimani Mts., 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 634. Mt. Pene wooded glens, 
6000-6500 ft.; in fl. Sept. ; in fr. Oct. ; nn. 634a & 6168. А fairly large 
tree. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, also Madagascar, Mauritius, Хе. 
Rawsonta LUCIDA, Harvey $ Sond. Fl. Cap. 1. 67. 
Chirinda Forest, 3800 ft.; in fl. Oct. ; n. 658. А fair-sized shrub with 
whitish flowers. 
Distrib. Natal. 
Fiacourtra Ramonrent, Гече. Stirp. Nov. 59, t. 30 & 30 bis. 
Beira beach, sea-level ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 2044. A specimen from Madanda 
Forest, n. 1041, is very elosely allied to, if not identical with, the Indian 
F. sapida, Roxb., which is placed in the Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 198 as subordinate 
to F. Ramontcehi, І Нег. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in Africa ; also Madagascar, India, &e. 
Е. urgriuscuLA, Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 121. 
Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; in Я. Dec. ; n. 1410. Вока, Lower Buzi, 
400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 2045. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. 
N. 556 from Madanda Forest is probably also a species of Flacourtia, but 
it is only in fruit. It resembles F. edulis, Schum. & Thonn., var. oblonga. 
ABERIA MACROCALYX, Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 122. 
Chirinda Forest, 3800-4000 ft. ; in fr. Oct. ; n. 68. An evergreen thorny 
dicecious shrub with edible fruit. Singuni name, “ Umgogolo." Майа] name, 
* Мапу 1.” The following, ot which there are only male flowers, is closely 
