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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34163 to 34179— Continued. 



34165. Capparis citrifolia Lamarck. 



"A straggling shrub 5 to 8 feet high or with climbing branches where pro- 

 tected. Abundant in eastern Cape Colony and also in Natal. Decoction of 

 the roots used in local and native medicine." {Sim, Forest Flora of Cape 

 Colony.) 



34166. Carissa grandiflora (E. Meyer) DC. Amatungulu. 



34167. Warneria thunbergia (L. f.) Stuntz. 



(Gardenia thunbergia L. f., Supplementum Plantamm Systematis Vege- 

 tabilium, p. 162, 1781.) 



Seeds of this white-flowered rubiaceous shrub were received under the name 

 Gardenia thunbei-gia L. f. In publishing this name, the younger Linnaeus cited 

 Thunbergia capensis Montin (Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. Stockholm, vol. 34, 

 p. 288, pi. 11, 1773). Montin, however, merely characterized the genus Thun- 

 bergia, with neither binomial nor citations. The specific name given by 

 Linnaeus filius is therefore the earliest and should be adopted. The reason for 

 using the generic name Warneria for the plants usually referred to the genus 

 Gardenia is explained under Warneria augusta Stickman, S. P. I. No. 30498, in 

 Bulletin No. 242, Bureau of Plant Industry, p. 14, 1912. 



"A small, much-branched tree, 8 to 15 feet high, with a smooth, white, 

 unarmed stem up to 9 inches in diameter. Leaves very variable. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary, strongly scented, large, white, and attractive. Fruit 

 woody, very hard, oval or oblong, 2 to 4 inches long, 2 inches in diameter, 'many 

 seeded, remaining on the trees for several years, increasing in size with age, 

 and, finally, either smooth or roughened, but usually white. The strongly 

 scented white flower makes this a favorite garden flowering tree, and it is also 

 used as a stock for grafting the double Gardenia florida (Warneria augusta 

 Stickman) upon. The wood is hard, heavy, and strong, and used for making 

 tools, etc." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) 



34168. Ipomoea albivenia (Lindl.) Sweet. 



Distribution. — A perennial shrubby climber with large white flowers, found 

 in the Kalahari region of South Africa and in Natal. 



34169. Tricalysia floribunda (Harvey) Stuntz. 



(Kraussia floribunda KsiTYey, Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. 1, p. 21, 

 January, 1842.) 



(Coffea hraussiana Hochstetter, Flora, vol. 25, p. 237, April, 1842.) 

 (Tricalysia kraussiana (Hochst.) Schinz, Mem. Herb. Boiss., vol. 10, 

 p. 67, 1900.) 



Seeds of this rubiaceous shrub from Natal were received under the name 

 Kraussia floribunda Harvey. This name, published in January, 1842, was 

 based on Krauss's No. 121, which was also the type of Coffea hraussiana Hoch- 

 stetter, published in April, 1842. As the plant is now considered to belong 

 to the genus Tricalysia and the combination Tricalysia floribunda seems never 

 to have been published, it is necessary to adopt it now. 



" Small tree up to 20 feet in height and 1 foot in diameter, with fluted stem. 

 Leaves evergreen. Fruit a small, black berry. Wood heavy, hard, not used." 

 (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) 



34170. Maba natalensis Harvey. 



"A tree 20 to 50 feet high, with horizontal, densely foliaged branches. Fruit 

 one-half inch in length, acorn shaped in the green calyx cup, yellow when 

 ripe, rather succulent, though hardly edible. Frequent on the coast through 

 Natal. L'sually on the sand dunes or behind them. Rarely large enough for 

 use." (Sim, Forest Flora of Cape Colony.) 



