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in flower long after the leaves develop. The trees flower in 
December and the fruit ripens in February, 
Commiphora Lugardae, N. FE. Br. Arbor usque 6 m. alta, spines- 
ja _simplicia vel 3-foliolata, obovata, serrata, glabra ; 
foliola lateralia parva minima vel obsoleta. Flores masculi sub- 
cymoso - fasciculati, feminei subsessiles, rubescentes. Drupa 
globosa, rubra, mesocarpo arillum simulante coccineo in lobos 
4 lineares diviso. 
A thorny tree growing to a height of 20 ft., dioecious, flowering 
before the leaves appear, and exuding “ quantities of soft pink and 
white gum, standing out in knobby balls.” Branchlets ending in 
spines. Leaves fascicled, subsessile or very shortly petiolate, 
simple or trifoliolate ; lateral leaflets, when present, 1-7 lin. long, 
2-5 lin. broad; middle leaflet 1-3 in. long, 4-14 in. broad; all 
Calyx 14-1} lin. long, shortly 4-toothed, puberulous ; teeth sub- 
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petals are scarcely recurved at the apex; their stamens are 
abortive and about 4 lin. long. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into a 
OLACINEAE, 
Ximenia americana, Linn. 
Botletle River and Kwebe Hills, 3,000-3,300 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 3. 
Thorny bush, up to 20 ft. high ; flowers green 5 fruit 9-10 lin, in 
diam., bright yellow. 
Ximenia caffra, Sond. 
Kwebe Hills, 3,200 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 58. : : 
A bush, up to 5 ft. high, slightly thorny ; flowers white (owing 
to the very dense bearding of white hairs upon the green petals); 
fruit 13-15 lin. in diam., scarlet. 
CELASTRACEAE. 
Frutex scandens. — Folia \anceo- 
obscure denticulata, supra — 
ter pubescentia. Cymae 
B2 
Hippocratea parviflora, V. £. Br. 
lata, obtusa, basi cuneato-angustata, 
tenuiter et minutissime’puberula, subtus molli 
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