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A. erosus Radkl. 
A shrub 4-12 ft. high (ex Sim). Branches glabrous with wrinkled greyish bark. 
Leaves petioled, trifoliate, 6-12 cm. long, petiole 2-3 cm. long, channelled above, glabrous ; 
leaflets sessile, 3-8-5 cm. long, 9-2-6 cm. broad, lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 
glabrous, minutely punctate beneath, with the margins coarsely and bluntly serrate. 
Inflorescence an axillary panicle, 4-7 cm. long, the flowers ultimately cymose in groups 
of 2-4; peduncle grooved, minutely pubescent or almost glabrous. Pedscels 1 mm. long, 
glabrous. Sepals unequal, 1 mm. long, 0:75 mm. broad, obovate, rounded above, con- 
cave, glabrous. Petals white, 1 mm. long, 0 75 mm. broad, obovate, suberenate and almost 
truncate at the apex, densely bearded within. Filaments (in young flowers) 0-75 mm. 
long, linear, pilose; anthers 5 mm. long, oblong in outline. Ovary 1 mm. long, 1-5 mm. 
broad, obovate, in outline, pubescent ; style 1 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; stigmas 1 mm. 
long, linear, obtuse, divergent. Fruit 5 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter, globose, narrowed 
at the base, finely and scantily pubescent, at length glabrous. Schmaidela erosa Arn. 
Sond. and Harv. Fl. Cap. I, 239. Sim, Forests and Forest Flora, 169, Pl. XXXII, 
Fig. 1. 8S. natalensis, Sonder in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. I, 239. 
Natal: Back Beach Bush, near Durban, 20 ft., April, Wood, in Natal Govt. Herb., 
11249. Durban, April, Wood 898, 7841, 10964, and in Colonial Herb., 5693. Catos Creek, 
May (in fruit), Wood in Natal Govt. Herb., 2469. Umgeni, August (in fruit), Nate 
Collector in Natal Herb., 16218. Port Shepstone, April, Brown 422; without locality, 
Saunders; Berea, Wood. 
Sim states: “Abundant along the coast, and especially on the coast dunes from 
the Fish River to Natal; not found inland. This species is a shrub 4-12 ft. high and often 
forms a large proportion of the sea scrub. It stands sea winds where most other shrubs 
fail, close to the sea. Its timber is not used and is seldom heavy enough for economic 
purposes.” 
DISTRIBUTION : East London. 
A. melanocarpus Radkl. 
A shrub or small tree reaching 20 ft. or more in height (ex Wood). Branches minutely 
pubescent, at length becoming glabrous, with greyish bark. Leaves petioled, trifoliate 
(45), 22 em. long; petiole 2-2-8-5 cm. long, channelled above, minutely and densely 
pubescent ; leaflets darker above, paler beneath, shortly petioled, 2-5-12-5 cm. long, 
1-2-4-5 em. broad, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
obtuse, rounded or more usually narrowed at the base, pubescent above and beneath, 
especially on the veins, sometimes almost glabrous, with a prominent mid-rib beneath 
and 7-11 lateral veins forming an acute angle with the mid-rib and distinct above, some- 
times with distinct tufts of hairs in the angles between the mid-rib and the lateral veins 
on the under surface. Inflorescence an axillary panicle, 3-5-12 em. long, with the flowers 
ultimately in cymose groups of 3-5 on short peduncles. Peduncle 2—4 cm. long, channelled, 
densely pubescent, branches of inflorescence similar to the peduncle. Sepals unequal, the _ 
smaller 1 mm. long, 0:75 mm. broad, more or less rotund, deeply concave, glabrous ; 
the larger 1 mm. long, 1-5 mm. broad, ovate, rounded above, deeply concave, glabrous. 
Petals 1-5 mm. long, spathulate, bearded. Filaments 5 mm. long, linear, densely ciliated ; 
anthers 5 mm. long, somewhat obovate in outline. Ovary 7:5 mm. long, 1-5 mm. broad, 
obovate in outline, pubescent, two locular, with a single ovule in each loculus; style 
1 mm. long, terete ; stigmas, two, reflexed, 0-75 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, acute. In 
male flowers filaments 1-1-5 mm. long, linear, ciliated ; anthers, 0-5 mm. long, subglobose. 
S. africana D.C. Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. 1, 238; Wood, Natal Plants, Pl. 572; Sm, 
Forests and Forest Flora, 170, Pl. XX XIII, Fig. 4. S. melanocarpa, Arn. in Hook. Journ. 
Bot. II, 153; Sonder in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. I, 238. 8S. leucocarpa, Arn. in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. III, 153; Sonder in Harv, and Sond, Fl. Cap. I, 238. 
