150 



Lebombo Mts., alt. 100 ft,, Aug. 1886, Bohts, 7642. There are 

 specimens at Kew from the Transvaal ; Natal ; Zambesia ; 

 Abyssinia ; Senegal ; Nigeria (" small tree 10 ft., stamens pale 

 yellow, calyx green. Often planted on graves." Barter in herb. 

 Kew) and the White Nile (« small tree, very brittle wood "). 



r 



Maerua caffra, (Burch.) Pax ; (syn. Niebuhria triphylla, 

 Wendl.).— Lydenbnrg, " Kloof bei Stephanus Schoeman's farm,". 

 Wilms, 30 ; Groenkloof, Pretoria, alt. 4,500 ft., fruiting November, 

 Davy, 3206 ; Aapjies-poort, Pretoria, Rehmann, 4237 ; Crocodile 

 ST* 1 *?. S wr ** '* Swazil and, Havelock Concession, 3,000 ft., "tree 

 A) ft. E. Saltmarshe, ex herb. Galpin, 1065 ; Pretoria ° in clivis 



collium 4,200 ft, cir. Tree about 15 ft," J. 



Bolus, 5585. 



H. McLea 



CELASTRACEAE. 



The South African genera and species of this family need 

 tnorough revision in the light of recent collections. 



Catha edulis, ^r.s/r.— Mac-a-Mae Falls, 4,300 ft. alt., Dan/, 5201 ; 

 Suelonken, "Wild tea," F. G. Menne ; Spelonken, H. A. Baily 

 K opeionken tea ') ; our specimens compare well with Abyssinian 

 specimens from A. de Franqueville, and with Uganda specimens 

 di ji.ew; the leaves are extremely variable in outline and 

 nwTi ?' ^ anda > 5,000-6,000 ft, "small tree; leaves are 

 httT 7 natlves of British Easfc Africa and Somaliland ; said to 

 n,nf/f v f ^^g Powers enabling to go without food. I think . 

 called Yart by Somalis," Lord Kesteven, in herb. Kew. 



in E I*?°^ ndron , aethiopicum, (Thunb.) Oliv. var. pubescens, Oliv. 



R™d '\t rn'rT^ r ' y \ *» P- 3t55 5 (syn. Myatroxylon burJceanum, 

 IZ Ru t St/I b P - 47 °' teste Oliver, l.c.).-Crocodile River, 



fi£V SSfi ^1' in herb - Kew ) 5 Pretoria, Miss Leendertz, 

 M4 , Aapjiespoort, Rehmann, 4100. 



Sand Fl Vn **""*&* oonfertiflorm, Tul. var. teptocdrpum, 

 HHrtton in £~w J* P - m - " Small tree. Fruit edible" 

 (^C ffS Sf W i tree 1;V20 & or much branched shrub, 

 Bolua . ' Houtbosch > tokmrnm, 6459 in herb. Kew and herb. 



RrtmanT^m ? eh ™ mi ! SzyiBgk ~ Pretoria, Aapjiespoort, 



s ft., ifcTasfS!^ii!K^ Pi ^' 8 Peak > mo ft - shrub 



hillside at2 000 ft « ' S^ 1 Creek ne ar Barberton, 



in herb, Kew some t- f 8 °° ^ ; tree 15 ft " &&*> 89 °' 

 undatus, Thunb "L , B mar ked this sheet "cfr. Celastrus 



Ivy Range, Moodier R^l? 8 Dpt have the as P ect of that species. 

 ^^^,S^^^^^^, Thorn croft, 345; 



tart/l Dr. StUhSi^^ Oelastrus anyularis, Sond.).— « Trans- 



