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Prof. Oliver, as above cited, well points out the difference of this 

 plant from L. laxiflorus, Benth. (L. Philenofttera, Benth.), of which 

 Mr. Baker had regarded it as a variety ; but unfortunately he cites it 

 as L. violaceus, H. B. K., a quite distinct American plant. I have 

 adopted the generic name proposed by Klotzsch to distinguish the 

 species. As regards colour it appears to be a variable plant. Grant 

 says, " Flowers sweet-scented and attractive to bees. Corolla white, 

 bark grey. The tree has the general appearance of an ill-grown and 

 thinly-leaved ash." M'Cabe says, "A tree, 15-20 feet high, trunk 

 6 or 7 feet in circumference, with pink flowers." Mauve, and bluish- 

 pink, are also recorded on collectors' tickets. In the ' Flora Capensis,' 

 the description seems to be drawn so as to include the glabrous 

 L. laxiflorus, Benth. ; while the range given is also too extensive, for 

 L. Capassa is not yet recorded from Abyssinia. In the former edition 

 of this work the plant is mentioned as "Przosema, sp." 



11. Cassia, sp. 



Matabele Land. 



Three panicles of flowers of a very handsome Cassia are different 

 from anything I can find described, though a flowering branch of 

 the same species has been collected by Mr. Thomson, from the 

 Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyassa. The habit is very similar 

 to that of C. Tettensis, Bolle, and C. Goratensis, Fres., but readily dis- 

 tinguished from both by the more glabrous panicle and pedicels, and 

 the glabrous ovary. I believe the species to be an undescribed one, 

 though in the absence of leaves I prefer not to propose a specific 

 name for it. The panicles are congested, about 3 inches long, and the 

 expanded flowers are 2 inches in diameter, and of a deep golden yellow. 

 In the former edition of this work it is mentioned as " C. Tettensis, 

 Bolle?" 



12. Bauhinia fassoglensis, Kotschy. 

 Matabele Land. 



13. Entada, sp. 



Matabele Land. 



A flowering branch apparently belongs to the same species as the 

 plant mentioned in the ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' vol. ii. p. 328, as 

 collected at Mount "Zomba, near Lake Shirwa, Zambesi Land," by 

 Dr. Meller, and possibly belonging to a new species. The flowers of 

 Mr. Oates's specimen are a shade smaller, but otherwise apparently 

 identical. Leaves and fruit are wanted before it can be described. 

 Dr. Meller observes that the flowers are yellow, that the branches 

 twine like rope round the highest trees, and that the acrid sap is used 



