60 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48230 to 48261— Continued. 



48243. CoMBRETUM iMBERBE Wawra. Combretaceae. 



"(No. 68.) A large tree with hard heavy wood; from Victoria Falls." 

 A very tall tree, from the forests of Benguela, with red-veined, white 

 scaly leaves and dense racemes of small, long-stemmed flowers followed 

 by dark-red 4-winged scaly fruit. (Adapted from Sitzungsbericfite der 

 Mathciuotisch, Natunrissenschaftlichcn Classe der Kaiserlichen Alcademie 

 der Wissenschaften, vol. 38, p. 556.) 



48244. CoMBRETUM BHODESicuM Baker, f. Combretacese. 



"(No. 61.) A .small tree, growing in granitic .soil in the scrub at 

 Bulawayo." 



A Rhodesian tree with round branches and small leaves, light colored 

 below. The dense spikes of flowers are followed by fruits having 4 light- 

 brown scarious wings. (Adapted from Journal of Botany, vol. 37, p. Ji35.) 



48245. CoPAivA coLEOSPERMA (Benth.) Kuntze. C^esalpiniaceae. 

 {Copaifera coleospenna Benth.) 



"(No. 72.) Mosowri, masibi. The Rhodesian mahogany." 



A handsome evergreen tree which is one of the best timbers of Southern 



Rliodesia. The aril used to be eaten by Bushmen. The district of Kosibi 



is named after the tree." 



" The red aril is used in preparing a nourishing drink." {Oliver, Flora 



of Tropical Africa-, vol. 2, p. 31'f.) 



48246. CoPAivA MOPANE (Kirk) Kuntze. Csesalpiniacese. 

 {Copaifera mopane Kirk.) 



"(No. 82.) Mopane. One of the best timbers of Southern Rhodesia." 

 A fine forest tree, native to Lower Guinea and the Mozambique district, 

 witli a trunk often 2 feet in diameter. Tlie kidney-shaped seeds are most 

 extraordinary, the testa being deeply wrinkled with large resinous glands 

 like blisters. This tree is the ironwood of the country, abundant in dry 

 clay plains, forming large monotonous shadeless forests. The leaves fold 

 up at the junction of the leaflets and turn down at the node; they are 

 thus shadeless during the dry season at noon. The excellent resin-colored 

 blood-red wood is called " Sangue de Drago false ; " it is heavy, durable, 

 and difficult to work. (Adapted from Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, 

 vol 2, p. 315, and Hlern, Catalogue of Welicitsch's African Plants, pt. 1, 

 p. 303.) 



48247. DioscoREA sp. Dioscoreacese. Yam. 



"(No. 74.) Bulbils from Victoria Falls." 



48248. DiPLORHYNCHUs MossAMBicENSis Benth. Apocynacese. 



"(No. 55.) A small tree which yields a rubber in quantity but of 

 doubtful quality. The tree is plentiful, but not many were seen bearing 

 fruit. From Rhodesdale, on a magnesian dike." 



" Native to Lower Guinea, the Belgian Kongo, and Mozambique dis- 

 trict." {Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 107.) 



48249. Flacourtia sp. Flacourtiacese. 



"(No. 88.) A thorny evergreen tree with edible fruits, from Cataract 

 Island, Zambezi River." 



48250. GossYPiuM sp. Malvaceje. '^ 

 "(No. 63.) A small tree from Matoppo Hills, Matabeleland." 



