BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 441 
Large tree with spreading crown; flowers small, green, sweet- 
scented, attractive to moths. 
CoPAIFERA COLEOSPERMA, Benth. 
Victoria Falls, veld (Hotel compound). Fr. Sept. 144. 
Distrib. South Central Africa. 
Evergreen tree, wood red. Seeds ex-arillate in this specimen. 
Popular name, ** Rhodesian teak.” 
CopatrFera Mopane, Kirk. 
Veld, south of Matopo Hills. In leaf Oct. 204. 
Distrib. Angola, Mozambique District, Rhodesia. 
BunkEA AFRICANA, Hook. 
Victoria Falls, also Matopo Hills, veld, common. Fl. 
Oct. 143. 
Distrib. Upper Guinea, Rhodesia, Transvaal. 
ELEPHANTORRHIZA RUBESCENS, Sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis validis rufescentibus, erectis, glabris inermibus ; 
folis juvenilibus 3-pinnatis, paripinnatis, foliolis 19-21-jugatis, 
acutis, lamina subciliata inzquilatera ; racemis spiciformibus sub- 
densis, rhachi 4-angulato, tenuiter alato; floribus spicatis, breviter 
pedicellatis ; pedicellis articulatis ; calyce infundibuliformi, 
breviter 5-dentato, purpureo; petala libera, oblongo- lanceolata 
subaeuta glabra; antheris 10, glandulis stipulatis deciduis flavis, 
antisepalis minoribus quam antipetalis, antheris et filamentis 
flavis; ovario sessili oblongo, glabrato purpureo, + 15-spermo; 
stylo filiformi, purpureo, stigmate filiformi. 
Species E. Petersiane, Bolle, affinis, differt glandulis flavis, stylo 
longiori, staminibus inzequilongis, inflorescentia multoties minore. 
Hab. Matopo Hills, base of kopjes. Fl. Oet. 184. 
Shrub, about 1:5 m. high, with the rhachis of the leaf 3:5 em. 
long, and that of the leaflets 4 em. long, leaflets 6 m. long; the 
raceme is 7-8 em. long; calyx 3 mm. long; petals 3 mm. long; 
the antisepalous filaments are 6 mm. and the antipetalous are 
5 mm. long, the anthers are 1 mm. long; the ovary and style 
4:5 mm. long, and the ovary is 2 mm. long. 
Shrub, flowering before leaves on old wood. Spicate in- 
florescences crowded towards tops of branches. In type specimen 
there are two or three young leaves just expanded. The whole 
plant is very striking during the flowering stage owing to the 
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