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A small tree with a trunk 5 in. in diameter. Bark rough. Branchlets with reddish-brown 
to almost black bark, pustulate or not, not flaking. Leaves 3-8 cm. long, ‘6-2°5 cm. broad, 
lanceolate, rarely more or less oblanceolate, obtuse, cuneate at the base and passing into 
a short petiole, rarely rounded, with the midrib distinct above and beneath and the lateral 
veins evident or not, with serrated margins, glabrous. Inflorescence on short shoots in abbre- 
viated racemes, up to 7-flowered. Pedicels 1:7—2:2 cm. long, terete, articulated 1-3 mm. 
from the base, glabrous. Sepals 1:4 cm. long, `7 cm. broad, ovate, obtuse, and rounded 
at the apex ; two of the sepals cucullate at the apex, glabrous (in dried specimens the folding 
of the sepals gives them the appearance of being acuminate). Petals 1:7 cm. long, 1°4 cm. 
broad, obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base into a short broad claw. Fila- 
ments 5:5 mm. long ; anthers 3 mm. long, linear-oblong in outline, dehiscing by two apical 
shts. Ovary of 10-13 carpels, about 1 mm. long; stvle 1 cm. long, somewhat compressed ; 
stigmas either capitate or saucer-shaped, with the stigmatic surfaces arranged round the 
rim. Fruit unknown. 
Eastern REGION.—(webe Forest, July, Pretorius in Herb. Forest Dept. 1625 ; Notinsela 
Forest, Feaen in Herb. Forest Dept. 1817; Ingeli Forest Reserve, December, Chilvers in 
Herb. Forest Dept. 1945 ; at mouth of Umkwani River, October, Tyson, 2619. 
QO. pulchra (Hook. fil., Ic. Pl. t. 588). 
A small or large tree, 6-20 it. high. Branches usually white or light grey to brown in 
colour, quite smooth or rough, with the epidermis peeling off in membranous flakes. Leaves 
subsessile, 3°5-11 cm. long, 1:5—5 cm. broad, usually elliptic, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate, 
rarely oblanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, sometimes mucronate, usually narrowed 
at the base, more rarely rounded or subcordate ; margins entire or appearing entire to the 
naked eye, more rarely with subulate teeth adpressed to the margins, with the mid-rib 
prominent beneath and the lateral veins distinct, glabrous. Inflorescence a many-flowered 
raceme, 2-12 cm. long. Pedicels 1-2°5 cm. long, glabrous, articulated at the base. Sepals 
6-8 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse, sometimes with cartilaginous 
teeth on the margins. Petals 7-5-9 mm. long, 4°5-5°5 mm. broad, obovate, narrowed at the 
base. Filaments 2 mm. long; anthers 1: 5-2 mm. long, oblong or oblong-linear in outline. 
Ovary of 5-7 carpels; style 2 mm. long; stigmas as many as the carpels, about one-third 
to a quarter as long as the style, recurved, with faintly bilobed apices. Fruit 11—-1:8 cm. 
long, 8 mm. in diameter, kidney-shaped, and attached to the torus at the middle.—'* Flora 
Capensis,” I, 449. 
TRANSVAAL.—Northern Transvaal without precise locality, Becker in Herb. Albany 
Mus.; Pretoria District : Premier Mine, Rogers 19846 ; Magaliesberg, October, Burke 302, 
Schlechter 3623 ; Meintjes Kop, September, Robertson in Herb. Forest Dept. 1662; kopjes 
round Pretoria, September, Miss Leendertz 300, 381, May, Burtt-Davy 2449; Koedoes- 
poort, September, Miss Stent in Govt. Herb. 10527 ; Wonderboom, October, G.A.Z. in Herb. 
Forest Dept. 1686, Mogg in Herb. Forest Dept. 1673 and in Govt. Herb. 11509, Galpin 
6977, Burtt-Davy 2678 and in Herb. Forest Dept. 545, Miss Leendertz 431. Rustenburg 
Dist. : Plains at foot of Magaliesberg,” Miss Pegler 1032 ; Wolhuterskop, Howlett in Govt. 
Herb. 16176, Pole Evans in Govt. Herb. 15843; Silikats Nek, De Kroon, Putterill in Govt. 
Herb. 16176: Rustenburg, Miss Leendert: 3369. Waterberg Dist. : EE Burtt- 
Davy 2626 ; Leeuwpoort Tin Mines, Rogers 19071, 21874 ; Pietpotgietersrust, Burtt Davy 
2289, Miss Leendertz 5635, 2392, Collector (2) in Herb. Bolus 10a; Chunies Poort, Pole 
Evans 19460. 
Ruopesta.—Veld; Victoria Falls, August—October, Miss Gibbs 305 ; sandy soil, Victoria 
Falls, 2000 ft., Rogers, 5301, 5302, 5423; in open forest, Victoria Falls, 2900 ft., Galpin 
7050 ; Livingstone, 3000 ft., October, Rogers, 7450 ; Victoria, Monro 1594, 2108. 
This species is usually in flower late in September, and at the end of October the sepals 
take on a red colour which makes the plant so conspicuous. The young fruits are then forming 
and they mature in December. The flowers are sweetly scented; at first the sepals are bright 
green, then change to olive-brown and red. The seeds are said to be poisonous. 
