we... WAYFARING NOTES IN RHODESIA. 
their home. One can usually seit the fig-trees from some 
distance, their foliage being of a rich dark green. They afford 
excellent shade, and are often to be vee among the granite kopjes 
so common all over the country. 
Round about Bulawayo acacias are common; the pods differ 
very much in the different species; in many the pods tend to han 
in drooping clusters. The pink and eos tassels shown by one 
species in flowering are very beautiful. e pink colour rapidly 
fades, even upon the tree, and dried specimens do not in the least 
indicate a natural beauty. 
Ther several species of Protea. I am inclined to think that 
after fertilization the involucre contracts upon the fruits until the 
seeds mature, expanding again later on to set the ripe seeds free. 
The veldt fires would seem to hasten this secondary opening, as the 
seeds may be noticed being blown about in great abundance after 
a ye 
vley ground, plants tend to form cushiony tufts, even when 
in ther places the habit may be tree-like. Of such, Hugenia is an 
example. 
again to express my thanks to the botanical staff of the 
British. Mebebin: and also to Mr. Spencer Moore, for much valuable 
aid. 
The erates 3 is the description of the new Holothri« referred to 
ee 
sepalum dorsale subobtusum parvo superantibus; petalis patentibus, 
obcuneatis, inequaliter longe- Send oe simili at majore cum 
re cehng a et calcare aa recu 
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em. high, scape 8 mm. yank at the ae ; scales 
thinly cairo 7-5 mm. Pind: diminishing upwar aceme 
10-12 em. long, lower flowers 2°5 cm. long, the upper dasonaivaly 
smaller ; Svar bracts 5 mm., ovary 1 em. long; lateral sepa als 
Rhodesia ; Sept. 1898. No. 596. ‘Flowers pure white, of great 
beauty and delicacy.” 
Near H. longiflora Rolfe, but ae ee by its glabrous 
seape and flowers, shorter petals, and longer spur 
