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have been re-collected since Burke's day. I am not yet quite clear 

 as to the specific points of difference between F. Burkei, F. Gal- 

 pinii, F. Durbanii, and F. Schinziana. 



Ficus Galpinii, Warb.— Barberton, 10,000 ft., "tree 15-20 ft. 

 high," June to July 1889, Galpin, 397 (type) ; between Spitzkop 

 and Komatie River, Lydenburg District, Aug. 1884, Wilms, 1345, 

 fide Warburg. 



Ficus natalensis, Hochst. — No Transvaal specimens at Kew or 

 Zurich appear to belong here. Warburg notes that Rehmann's 

 6493 from the Houtbosch may be this, but as it is a sterile 

 specimen he is uncertain of its identity. It seems more likely 

 that it is one of the three species F. Burkei, F. Schinziana, or 

 F. Galpinii, rather than F. natalensis^ which appears to be more 

 coastal in its range, extending southwards into Cape Colony, but 

 apparently not known to occur in the interior. 



Ficus Schinziana, Warb.— Houtbosch, Rehmann, 6491 (type). 

 Warburg notes that this is related to F. natalensis and F. Dinteri. 

 This may be No. 175 of my list, which is common in the Hout- 



boschberg forests, often saprophytic on other trees, which it finally 

 smothers. 



Ficus soldanella, Warb. (No. 177, species " B " of my list). 

 Macaliesberg, Jan., Burke, 273 ; Zeyher, 1549 ; Kuduspoort, Pre- 

 toria,^ Rehmann, 4684 (type). Zeyher, 1549 is included by Miquel 

 in his F. abutili folium, of which ours may perhaps be only a 

 geographical variety. 



Ficus Sonderi, Mia. (1867) (Sycamorui hirsuta, Sonder in 

 Linnaea, xxiii. (1855), 137 ; not Ficus hirsuta of Veil., nor of 

 Hook., nor of Roxb. ; F. Rehmanni, Warb. i.e. No. 178, species 

 "C" of my list). — Bonder's type is Gueinzius, 415, from " Port 

 Natal," while Warburg's type is Rehmann, 6486, from the Hout- 

 bosch, Transvaal. Warburg has completely overlooked Miquel's 

 name, perhaps because the Index Kewensis erroneously gives the 

 distribution of this species as "Malays"; examination of Kew 

 material would have cleared up this and other doubtful points 

 about the South African species. 



The following belong here : — Transvaal : Houtbosch, Rehmann, 

 6486 ; Zoutpansberg, V. E. Hutchins, 15 ; Roodepoort, Warm 

 Baths, Bolus, 12300 ; Natal : Gerrard, 1577 ; Intschanga, Rehmann, 

 7900 ; Inanda, J. M. Wood, 1361 ; Bechuanaland, Baines. I have 

 also collected it at Barberton and Nylstroom. 



Var. ovalifolia {Warb.), Davy, nom. nov. (F. Rehmanni var. 

 ovalifolia, Warb.). — Natal, Camperdown, Rehmann, 7711 (type). 



Var. villosa (Warb.) Davy, nom. nov. (F. Rehmanni var. 

 villosa, Warb.).— S. Rhodesia, Marloth (type) ; Transvaal, between 

 White River and Nelspruit, among rocks, Jan. 25th, 1906, Davy, 

 5219 ; Bechuanaland, um-Zingwani Valley and Pelicosi (Makalafca), 

 granite kopjies, "tree 20 ft, high, milky juice ", Baines. 



Ficus sp. nov. (No. 176, species "A" of my list).— Nelspruit, 

 Davy. This appears to be undescribed, and is very near to a 

 species collected by Dr. Kirk at Chainpenga, Zambesia, H the large 



