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but the leaves are longer, and are plainly reticulate on the lower 
surface. According to Kirk, the bark is much eaten by elephants. 
These specimens are the type of Vatica africana, var. glabra, Oliy. 
(FI. Trop. Afr. vol. i. p. 173). 
1032. Bombax _ brevicuspe, Sprague [Malvaceae-Bombaceae] ; 
foliolis obovatis breviter obtuse cuspidatis fructibusque obovoideis 
a ceteris speciebus africanis distinguitur. 
amuli satis graciles, superne 2-3 mm. diametro, subappresse 
hirsuti, mox glabrescentes. Folia ut videtur 5-foliolata ; petioli 
2-4'5 cm. longi, subappresse hirsuti ; foliola obovata, breviter obtuse 
cuspidata, in basin sensim angustata, 4-8 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, 
coriacea, glabra, opaca, nervis supra inconspicuis vel prominulis 
subtus prominulis vel prominentibus ; stipulae lanceolatae, acutae, 
6-8 mm. longae, extra dense appresse hirsutae. Capsula la 
obovoidea, vel subfusiformi-obovoidea, circiter 7 cm. longa, 4 cm. 
diametro. Semina obovoidea, circiter 9 mm, longa. 
GoLtp Coast. Subinisu, Thompson, 10; 12,3; Imbraim, 
Thompson, 31. 
Native name “ N yinakobin,” according to Thompson. 
1033. Pelargonium Woodii, V. E. Brown [Geraniaceae] ; affinis 
P. schizopetalo, Eckl, & Zeyh., sed foliis duplo longioribus ad 
rachim pinnatim lobatis parce pubescentibus nec tomentosis, lobis 
inferioribus ad basin bipartitis differt. 
s non vidi. Folia usque 30 em. longa et 9 cm. lata, 
pinnatim lobata, ambitu oblonga, versus apicem angustata, obtusa, 
utrinque tenuiter glanduloso-pubescentia ; segmenta imbricata, late 
cuneato-obovata vel cuneato-orbiculata (inferioribus saepe bipartitis), 
apice .rotundata, breviter 3-6-lobata, crenato-dentata. Umbellae 
onge pedunculatae, 6—8-florae, glanduloso-pubescentes. Bracteae 
numerosae, 5-6 mm. longae, 1-5 mm. latae, lanceolatae, erecto- 
patentes.  Pedicelli 5-6 cm. (infra gibbum 1°5-2°5 cm 
Sepala 1 em. longa, 2 mm, lata, linearia, acuta, rubra. Petala 1°5- 
18 cm. longa, cuneata, multifido-laciniata, 2 postica straminea, 
antica carnea. 
Nata. Drakensberg Range, Wood, 9287. 
1034. Combretum _Stocksii, Sprague [Combretaceae]; affine 
C. molli, Engl. et Diels, a quo indumento receptaculi notisque 
pluribus aliis recedit, 
Frutex vagans, ramulis gracilibus cinereo-fuscis minute pube- 
scentibus, novellis brunneo-tomentellis lepidotis. Folia opposita, 
basi 
$ — minentibus, crebre sae ; 
mm. longi, lepidoti, supra dense pubescentes. Spicae 
axillares, in ramulis brevibus 0 ae, 1-2 cm. vs , 1-1°3 em. dia- 
metro, confertiflorae, r 
a e, rhachi pubescente lepidota. Bracteae lineares 
esate ; J slabre 
oblongo-ovoideu, es se ‘ongiuscule pilosae. Receptaculum inferius 
dotum, supering infiaadee vix 1 mm. longum, densissime lepi- 
mme, 3°5 mm. longum, extra lepidotum, 
