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_Podocarpus (Stachycarpus) falcatus, (Thunb.) R. Br.; (syn. 

 P. Thunhergii var. falcata, (Thunb.) Sim.— Drakensberg forests, 

 Lydenburg District, Legat, 



II .— ANGIOSPERMAE. 



LILIAOEAE. 



Aloe Marlothii, Berger ; " Kopaarse."— Smits Drift Valley, 

 Haenertsburg, plentiful along the eastern slopes of hot, dry hills, 

 4,000 ft. alt,, Jan. 1900, associated with Euphorbia Reinhardtii. 

 This is the arborescent species placed tentatively under the name 



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the garden of the late Sir Thomas Hanbury, F.L.S., at La Mortola. 

 Dracaena sp. — A slender-stemmed species of Dracaena, six to 

 ten feet high, occurs in the "bus])" on Modjanjies Mt., in the 

 Zoutpansberg. Specimens suitable for identification have not 

 yet been procured. 



MUSACEAE. 



Musa ventricosa, Welw.— The Wild Banana of the Transvaal has 

 been identified from seeds sent by me to Kew, as belonging to 

 this species. This is a handsome plant, well worthy of cultivation 

 in sub-tropical gardens where M. Ensete is now grown 5 the red 

 midribs contrast beautifully with the bright green foliage. It is 

 remarkable that our only known species of Musa should be also 

 indigenous to Angola, when there are two species of the Lower 

 Zambesi basin (M. living stoniana, Kirk, and M. Buchanant\ 

 Baker) which do not appear to extend so far south. An apparent 

 relationship between our northern flora and that of Angola is 

 noticeable in other families of trees. This relationship appears to 

 be closer than that between the floras of the Northern Transvaal 

 and Nyasaland, but this may be only apparent and due to the 

 fact that so little is yet known about the latter flora, while 

 Welwitsch's extensive collections in Angola make us fairly 

 familiar with the plants of that region. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Harpephyllum caffrum, Bernh. ; " Kaffir plum." — Barberton, 

 Reimer's Creek, 3,000-3,555 ft, a large tree, common, Davy, 5199- 

 My specimens have neither flowers nor fruit, but the foliage 

 exactly matches that of Natal specimens ; there is no Transvaal 

 material at Kew, and this appears to be the first record of its 

 occurrence in the Colony. 



Protorhus longifolia, {Bernh.) Engl— My specimens from the 

 Barberton District agree well with one so named, collected by 

 Dr. Bolus near Delagoa Bay. In both the leaves are mucronate, 

 whereas in other specimens at Kew they are very obtuse. 



Rhus acutidens, Engl— Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5558 in herb. 

 Zurich. 



Rhus coriacea, Engl — A manuscript note by Mr. N. E. Brown 



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