BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 439 
ERYTHRINA LATISSIMA, E. Meyer. 
Matopo Hills, general, veld and kopjes. Fl. and young Fr. 
Sept., Oct. 73. 
Distrib. Natal, Transvaal. 
Small tree, with spreading top, flowering before leaves, each 
branch terminating with an erect raceme of brilliant red flowers. 
The old wood is spinous, and the bark seales off, showing a green 
cortex underneath. The popular name is * Kaffir boom." 
Viana LUTEOLA, Benth., var. B. VILLOSA, Baker. 
Victoria Falls, banks of rivers and islands. Fl. Sept. 142. 
Distrib. Widely spread in Tropical Africa, Natal. 
Twines amongst reeds fringing water’s edge. 
VIGNA TRILOBA, Walp., forma. 
Matopo Hills, general. Fl. Sept. 206. 
Differs from type in the stipules. Corolla large, purple. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa, Cape. 
The above species would both be included in the genus 
Liebrechtsia, De Wildem. (Fl. Katanga, p. 70). 
Ruyncuosta RESINOSA, /ochst. 
Matopo Hills, amongst rocks, general. Fl. Sept., Oct. 68. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, Uganda, Nyassa. 
Stem twines, but the flowers occur on arrested lateral shoots, 
giving a shrubby appearance. Peduncles and calyx very viscid. 
In the dry season, in exposed situations, this plant shows a 
drought condition, the leaves curl up and the corollas do not 
expand. 
PrEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS, A. DC. 
Matopo Hills, veld and kopjes. Fl. Oct. 207. 
Distrib. Angola, Transvaal. 
Large tree, with flat crown, flowering before the leaves; 
flowers orange-yellow, in short few-flowered, erect racemes, 
terminating the branches. P. angolensis, A. DC., which has 
often been quoted as a synonym of P. erinaceus, Lam., is easily 
distinguished by the larger flowers and much larger fruit, which 
has more bristles in the centre and a broader wing. 
BOLUSANTHUS SPECIOSUS, Harms, Rep. Nov. Spec. Reg. Veg. 
i. p. 15. 
Victoria Falls, veld. Fl. Sept. 126. Also in the Matopo 
Hills. Fl. Oct. 
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