362 



glabrae, in spicas densas 4-6 cm. longas dispositi. Calyx 2 mm. 

 longus ; lobi triangulari-ovati, subacuti. Stamina 5 mm. longa. 

 Ovarium glabrum, cum stylo 4 mm. longum. Legumen planum, 

 subrectum, 8-12 cm. longum, 2-5-3 cm. latum, nitidum, parce 

 reticulato-venosum. — A. nigrescens var. pollens, Benth. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 517. 



S.E. Africa. Near Senna, Zambesi, district, Kirk, 201; 

 Komatie-poort. Transvaal. BOO m.. J. Tturtt. Dnmi 9 4.S9 . 



flats, near 

 1022. 



Bombo 

 r en fell, 



A valuable timber tree, originally referred to A. nigrescens, 

 Oliv., when but a single imperfect specimen was known. Sir John 

 Kirk described it as a tree 30 feet high, with a very hard heavy wood, 

 used for making clubs, and Mr. J. Burtt Davy, of the Transvaal 

 Department of Agriculture, remarks that the timber is ex- 

 ceedingly hard and is durable underground. It is considered to 

 be one of the most valuable hardwood trees in the Transvaal, and 

 is cut extensively for mine props for the Rand. It is characterised 

 by the presence of prominent warts on the trunk and main branches, 

 whence it has received the vernacular name of «• Knopjesdoorn." 

 By the natiyes it is known as " Um-Kai." In the Transvaal it 

 appears to grow only in the low country of the Barberton district, 

 and probably northward through the Lydenburg and Zoutspan 

 districts to the Zambesi, where Sir John Kirk met with it. 



905 Cliffortia natalensis, J. M. Wood [Rosaceae-Poterieae] ; C. 

 tmtpennae, L., simihs, sed foliis semper 1-foliolatis recedit. 



dem^m^T tUS, zp C, ? rt To fuSC0 ' ramis novellis brunneis villosis 

 deinZ Inln ,' F °- a 4 " 8 ; na ' fascic ^ta in ramulis brevissimis 

 mucronnC ? wff^ UTi } f ° m ^ subsessilia, linearia, plana, 

 Srh me £ n J la ^ eri : una ' IjMrta, infra secundum nervum 



fescTn bm 1?, ' Ple f T UleS l 2 - dentat ae, praeter pilorum ruforum 

 vest en tes fLT 8 '^T' 2 ^ lon » ae ' Pontes, ramos diu 

 bract e 9 iS? m f^™,' s ^siles in foliorum axillis ; 

 ac uninatae' a£ ™ £? ^ ^ fl ° rem ae ^ a "tes, late ovatae, 

 SStsnS m , bUS 3 f"P artit ^; tubus matur us induratus, 

 fimbrTatum . SUbrUg0SUS ' 6 mm " lon ^. Stigma compressum. latum, 



M^tt Gabi!!^ ^Prii, Wood, 4,449; 



10^9.) 1 ' 70 °- 1 ' 8 00 m., September, G. Wylie (Herb. Wood, 



nov°u 6 m W^Zt i*™ ^^P^aceae-Legnotideae ?] ; genus 

 cCTterlS &i K PreD ^ et Gassi Ponreae, Aubl., et vulfu et 

 ebracteola^s tfir ™* ^ 8ed a P riore f° lii « a * e™is, floribus 

 ap^o^f K 1 V ,lt ? g^,8 et 1 ° Vulis in loculia solitarils differt ; 

 ?ecedh temiS ' Petalis inte 2™ ^ ovariis bilocularibus 



P. capensis, Bolus ; species unica. 



P^£%pC^ m °S' n , f/ ab ™ a > ad 15 m ' alte - Folia 

 acuminata, inSa vif °- ^ Cm * longa ' utrin( l ue attenuata, 

 utrinque 12-90 t,J conacea, venis primariis lateralibus 



4 1^.0 rectis ; etipulae lanceolatae. Flares axillares 



