168 



near 



I have not compared it with Warburg's illustrations of the Congo 

 species. 



Ficus "sp. F." (No. 181 of my list).— My Koomatiepoort 

 specimen was not sent for comparison, but it may match Gerrard's 

 1631 from Natal or Zululand, which agrees with specimens from 

 "near Merambella," Zambesia, Kirk, and "Island in the Shire 

 below M'bewe, bark smooth, whitish, ....... 15 to 20 ft,", L. Scott, 



which have been referred tentatively to F. antithetophylla, Steud. 

 (F. capraefolia, Delile.) 



MYRTACEAE. 



The anomalous genus Heteropyxis has now been transferred 



fro ] n n Lythraceae to Myrtaceae (see Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 4, 

 p. 439). 



(syn. H. trt 



June 1896) ? a v *™, « >wv *, , 



1889, tree 25 ft., Galpin, 518 (type of both of" the 'above names). 

 A small, slender-stemmed, crooked tree with white bark, making 

 it very conspicuous among the other trees and shrubs among 

 which it grows. Foliage drooping, leaves emitting a strong, 

 camphor-hke odour when crushed. 



Heteropyxis natalensis, Han\— Mountains, Dorum River, Cave 

 Mts. , "shrub," Nelson, 106 ; Barberton, Reimer's Creek, 2,800 ft., 

 tree lo ft., fl 8 . Feb. 1891, Galpin, 1295 ; Shilouvane, Colline, 

 March, shrub 1-3 m., Junod, 1123 ; Vallon du Masetane, 2-4 m., 



fSf' 10 ?; Botsabelo, Miq., Middelburg District, in saxos pr., 

 J.,ooU m., bchlechter. 409K • Wan™ twi™ n„,... Aic« ;« TC^asa- 



land and Natal. 



Davy. Also in Nyasa 



OLACACEAE. 



2 (SrS fin 5* va a r - n * talen sis,^wd-Barberton, lower hillslopes, 



edSfc l^ffi ' fl * N ° V - 1889 ' shrubs 8 ~ 10 ** frnit 8carlet ' 

 K aa nT?i^^, nam onL Matindeluka ' , ' Gefrn, 736. Barberton, 

 3 e R r*L Val ^00-2,800 ft,, shrub 8 ft., fruit plum-colour, 

 h,iS» , ? a ir^ 11 ^. 8 ®P t - 189 0. Natal : Kaffir name "um-Tundu- 



OLEACEAE. 



ShUouvanl 60 ^ \ Mey '~ Tran svaal, Masetane River, near 



i/ofta 



iranskei, & c . Leaves broader than in typical 



atKew! aUrif0lia ' LmU Black Ironwood.-No Transvaal material 



^ i^^ Aug. 31st, 1905- 



/ ^ .u.A. herb. 1026) ; material incomplete. 



