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other bushes bearing large white star-shaped 

 flowers with a heavy scent, and in spring the 

 bush looks as if a partial snow-shower had 

 visited it. 



An elegant species of Strophanthus (S. Peter- 

 sianus) also grows in this belt in great quantities. 

 The flower is shaped like a cup, with the brim 

 turned over and elongated into five long twisting 

 ends. It is white inside and deep brownish- 

 crimson outside. The seeds exactly resemble 

 those of Strophanthus hispidus, from which the 

 celebrated kombe arrow poison of Central Africa 

 is extracted (lately found to be a valuable 

 remedy in heart disease) ; and I believe that 

 this species must possess the same poisonous 

 properties, as the Kafirs call it kombene (poison), 

 and the long seed-pods always disappear most 

 mysteriously when ripe, those of another species 

 being left unnoticed. 



One of the white star flowers just mentioned 

 is also crimson on the outside, and the buds of 

 both plants are exceedingly pretty. 



Another handsome plant (Senecio Natalensis), 



