﻿60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



48230 to 48261— Continued. 



48243. Combketum imberbe Wawra. Combretacese. 



"(No. 68.) A large tree witli hard heavy wood; from Victoria Falls." 

 A very tall tree, from the forests of Benguela, with red-veined, white 

 scaly leaves and dense racemes of small, long-stemmed flowers followed 

 by dark-red 4- winged scaly fruit. (Adapted from Sitzungsberichte der 

 MathematiscJi, Naturtvissenscliaftliclien Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie 

 der Wissenschaften, vol. 38, p. 556.) 



48244. Combretum rhodesicum Baker, f. Combretacese. 



"(No. 61.) A small tree, growing in granitic soil in the scrub at 

 Bulawayo." 



A Rhodesian tree with round branches and small leaves, light colored 

 below. The dense spikes of flowers are followed by fruits having 4 light- 

 brown scarious wings. (Adapted from Journal of Botany, vol. 37, p. 435.) 



48245. Copaiva coleosperma (Benth.) Kuntze. Csesalpiniacese. 

 (Copaifera coleosperma Benth.) 



"(No. 72.) Mosoiori, nvasibi. The Rhodesian mahogany." 



A handsome evergreen tree which is one of the best timbers of Southern 



Rhodesia. The aril used to be eaten by Bushmen. The district of Kosibi 



is named after the tree." 



" The red aril is used in preparing a nourishing drink." (Oliver, Flora 



of Tropical Africa, vol. 2, p. 314.) 



48246. Copaiva mopane (Kirk) Kuntze. Csesalpiniacese. 

 (Copaifera mopane Kirk.) 



"(No. 82.) Mopane. One of the best timbers of Southern Rhodesia." 

 A fine forest tree, native to Lower Guinea and the Mozambique district, 

 with a trunk often 2 feet in diameter. The kidney-shaped seeds are most 

 extraordinary, the testa being deeply wrinkled with large resinous glands 

 like blisters. This tree is the ironwood of the country, abundant in dry 

 clay plains, forming large monotonous shadeless forests. The leaves fold 

 up at the junction of the leaflets and turn down at the node; they are 

 thus shadeless during the dry season at noon. The excellent resin-colored 

 blood-red wood is called " Sangue de Drago false ; " it is heavy, durable, 

 and difficult to work. (Adapted from Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, 

 vol 2, p. 315, and Hiem, Catalogue of WelwitscWs African Plants, pt. 1, 

 p. 303.) 



48247. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreacese. Yam. 

 "(No. 74.) Bulbils from Victoria Falls." 



48248. Diplorhynchus mossambicensis Benth. Apocynaceae. 



"(No. 55.) A small tree which yields a rubber in quantity but of 

 doubtful quality. The tree is plentiful, but not many were seen bearing 

 fruit. From Rhodesdale, on a magnesian dike." 



" Native to Lower Guinea, the Belgian Kongo, and Mozambique dis- 

 trict." (Oliver, Flora of Tropical Africa, vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 107.) 



48249. Flacourtia sp. Flacourtiaceae. 



"(No. 88.) A thorny evergreen tree with edible fruits, from Cataract 

 Island, Zambezi River." 



48250. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



"(No. 63.) A small tree from Matoppo Hills, Matabeleland." 



