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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
broad ; reflexed at the apex, glabrous. Flowers in solitary spikes as Iona « t h» n i ,• t. 
TZJ** COrdaleOVatC ’ ’•'* l0ng> 9 br0ad ' ^ g “' da " PediceH y 3 X ' 6 'le C s a ro P „r te : 
c - m ?:r4:i zzz7;iT r L°i?: h : r — , r v rr t in th :, forests of q “^ »*■* * <=- - — , 
Inflorescence axillary ,o «he up, ret , eaves, with slender pedu^des a-I c.L long and “s’! 7 * °" “ ■**>'“ "»* «-* 
pedicels. Trunk used for dugout boats (Mandeas). ’ 5 7 an umbel, fruits 15 m.m. long, 2-3-4 winged on 15 m.m. 
Plate LX IV. C. 
C. salicifolium, E. Mey. Vem. names — 1, Bush Willow- 1 t* TTma,.K„ . *»l , 
water, and having very light-coloured smooth bark, and the young growth finely pu^escent Leaves^ A high ’ a ' WayS gr0wing near 
increasing in sire and changing in form with age, bluntly lanceolate shortly netioL ?! t PP "I’ alternate or whorled, 7-10 c.m. long, i-r j c.m. wide, 
peduncles ,- s c.m. long ; flowers polygamous^!, norphit, capitate licam 7 T”'" 8 7 Min * Spikes **"“* 
Marracuene, present also in M’Chopes (extra-tropical) and on the I ecunco Riv m • , S ~ 7 "' ngS gIabrous ' Fre( I uent on the rivers of Maputa and 
illustration, fa. see •• Forest Flora of Cape Colof ” page aaa! plate txiT ( ***“'> ; 3,50 ab “" da "‘ in Ca P e Colony and Natal. For 
portance, ^ ^ ** ^ ^ J ° b " » « ** « climbers, with fruits an inch ,ong or more, and appear to be of little forests, im- 
C "S £r„ IS; »“ — *""• !•■<. r» «. «. l ...... i. W ; «,« 5 
C - "“r,"”', MS £“* “ '«■ « “ * “V » ™ 1— ... -a a. ,««. 
c - * ,i "“ >— «».«'■« » ... i. ,i, ed , ,, „ 
T “”s™ '• *“ ■ *> - ..... an* .... «*-. a, 
leafless below, leaves simple, entire, alternate. T Catappa Linn an Indian deridT^' IreeS or shrubs ; branches sometimes rigid or spinose. Branches often 
for the sake of its fruit kernels, which are edible; other eSic specie vie77 H T™’,* ’H™"* fa tb * Provb ’ ce « “ ornamental tree and 
T. sericea Bruch y t ■ r ™ ° r bark ' including the "*»->“«>«. Myrabolans of trade. 
canescent, except the grey or decorated stems!” Twfjs tpreadhig Me^bdow •' "ft * de "! r ° Und Cr °"' n a " d abundant folia S e - Wh °'c fee finely 
obovate, usually pointed, sometimes rounded, very shortly petioled" Spikes lateral’ a c ! ' V " u upwar ’ 710 C ' n “ 1 long ’ 2 ' 3 c m ' wlde ' oblanceolate or narrowly 
3 c.m. long, a c.m. wide, tapering to both ends A useful timber tree with „ veil' ’ f 5 k ' "f bracted ; frults much compressed or somewhat 2-winged, 
tropical part of the Province ; seen also, bu, less abundantly, north ol the ZambesUtr^r &C ' AbUndan ‘ 0 " Certai " Stra ' a ,hroughout tb e extra- 
T ... • l"""ng l.'nn. 1 ,",".! showing gall common on branches! 2 , Leaf of young vigorous tree or coppice shoot, 3, Transverse section of fruit. 
' leave's “b^,7th Z Zt '“t* ^ ^ ^ >«- at their tips ; 
Wings puckered a. the margins, purple, glaucescent g ' dpteSSed ha,rS ' Samara 5ta ' ked - elli P tic or ob, ° ng . 5 c.m. long, 4 cm. wide j 
Te^ltuTbeneath’ atdTn'Z .Tto ^ ^ 
