440 MISS L. 8. GIBBS ON THE 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Transvaal, Delagoa Bay. 
A small tree, 6-7 m. high, branching towards the top. 
Flowers deep purple, scentless in pendent axillary racemes on 
the new wood, coming out with the young leaves. (Rhodesian 
Wistaria.) 
PELTOPHORUM AFRICANUM, Sond. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. Oct. 307. 
Distrib, Angola, Rhodesia, Transvaal. 
PTEROLOBIUM LACERANS, Jt. Br. 
Matopo Hills, kopjes, general. Fr. Sept. 81. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, German Hast Africa, Transvaal (fide 
Herb. Bolus). 
A scrambling shrub, scrambling by the recurved stipular 
spines. The erect racemes of brilliant red samaroid fruit are 
conspicuous above the dense mass of foliage. 
GLEDITSCHIA AFRICANA, Benth. 
Victoria Falls, veld (Hotel compound). Fl. Sept. 187. 
Distrib. Angola. 
Tree with flat spreading crown and pendent racemes of 
inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers. 
CASSIA GRANITICA, Baker f. in Journ. Bot. (1905) p. 45. 
Matopo Hills, veld and kopjes, general. Fl. Oet. 97. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
CASSIA MIMOSOIDES, Linn. 
Matopo Hills, veld, old Kaffir lands. Fl. and Fr. Oct. 251. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 
AFZELIA CUANZENSIS, Welwitsch. 
Matopo Hills, veld and kopjes, general. Fl. Oct. 275. 
Distrib. Angola, East Tropical Africa, Transvaal. 
Handsome tree with flat spreading crown and drooping leaves. 
Flowers green, the two anterior stamens united to form one 
large petaloid staminode. Very sweet-scented. (Mahogany 
bean.) 
BRACHYSTEGIA APPENDICULATA, Benth. 
Victoria Falls, veld (Hotel compound). FI. Sept. 145. 
Distrib. Mozambique District, South Central. 
