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РАҺМАСЕ Ж. 
PH@NIX DACTYLIFERA, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1188. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Oct. ; n. 666. 
Distrib. The date-palm, widely cultivated in Tropical Africa. 
Fairly common in the neighbourhood of Chirinda along streams and to 
a less extent in the open bush. Occurs also in other parts of the Melsetter 
district (including especially the Chipetzana River, the Myanyadzi and the 
Umvumvumyu), up to nearly 6000 ft. It appears not to occur much below 
3000 ft. Also noted in some numbers in the Umtali district, notably on the 
Umtali River. 
НурнжмЕ vENTRICOSA, Kirk in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. ix. (1866) 235. 
Umhlonhlo, Lower Виж, 100 ft. ; fruit only. A large fan-leaved palm. 
Distrib. Congo, Damaraland, Zambesi River. 
* A tall palm becoming increasingly common as one approaches the coast 
from the highlands. On the north side of the River Buzi there are a 
number in the neighbourhood of the Amanzimhlope, a stream to the east 
of the Sitatonga forest. Оп the south the first, mere stunted specimens, 
were noted at Zinyumbo. They become common, still in a small form, from 
the east bank of the Mwangezi onwards, the first really large specimens with 
a large bulge in the stem (apparently only acquired when old) being at 
Chimbuya. Between Muchukwana and Chironda, and again between Boka 
and Umhlonhlo, there are a considerable number, especially about Inyamita, 
and there are much larger specimens at Inyajena." 
ТҮРНАСЕАЎ. 
ТУРНА AUSTRALIS, Schumach. § Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 401. 
Beside the Zinyumbo pools, Zinyumbo Hills, 1500 ft. ; Nov.; n. 961. 
Distrib. North Tropical and South Africa. 
AROIDEZE. 
AMORPHOPHALLUS ($ Hydrosme) SWYNNERTONH, Rendle, sp. nov. 
Herba foliis ignotis, inflorescentia glabra, pedunculo et tubo spathæ sparse 
verrueuloso, spatha in parte inferiore convoluta, tubo late cylindrico basi 
paullo inflato, intus verrucoso, limbo late ovato acuminato patente undulato, 
spadice sessili spathæ subsequali, parte florifera feminea cylindrica, mascula 
superne paullo attenuata, floribus dense aggregatis contiguis, appendice 
gradatim attenuata apice obtusa in parte inferiore sparsius verruculosa : 
ovario subgloboso uniloculari, stigmate sessile suborbiculari ; antheris densis- 
sime aggregatis. 
Hab. Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 717 a. 
Peduneulus 28 ст. long., 0-5 em. crass. ; spathee tubus 7 em. long., parte 
