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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa^ 
„ „ Mnai A sma ll or medium-sized unarmed glabrous tree with numerous 
R. Zeyheri, Sond. V'r,, Red Ivory; Pau-rosa(?); 4, Nuto»ei .J, " ; 5’ j tiolate , elliptical, obtuse, entire pale below, and usually with 
,wig g ; branches, mostly in opposite pairs. Leaves opposite a-4 c.m. toft . a ^ ™ ^ ^ pule5 short, acute. Pedicels axrllary, .-flowered , c m long; 
undulate or rcflcxed margin. Veins pinnate, numerous often red, w. h finc s “°" da f . lhe st , e> and se ated on the flat disc. Frequent in the Lebombo 
flowers small, greenish ; f.uits .-.'S c.m. long, 3 m.m. diameter, nearly cylmdncaljrhpP y ]y the source of the beautiful ' Pau-rosa Umber of 
Range, less common in other extra-tropical localities ; occurs also m Natal and 
Magude and neighbouring districts. Plate XXV. 
, I 1 1node Disc fleshy filling the calyx-tube. Ovary immersed in the disc, 
7 6. COLUMBRINA. Calyx lobes 5 5 petals 5, hooded, clawed ; stamens 5, < ‘ 6 b * the ca i yx -tube. Leaves alternate, 3-nerved below, stipulate. 
3-celled ; style j-lobed. Drupe dry, separating septicidally into 3 cocci, and g S * ^ - c m . long . flowe rs in short axillary cymes ; fruit i c.m. 
C. asiatica, Brongn. A glabrous shrub or small tree with ovate or cordate, crenate-serrate, petiolate leaves 5-8 c.m. g , 
diameter. Scattered throughout the Province. 
FAMILY XXV.-CELASTRINE^E. . , . 
Flowers small, regular, white or greenish, usually hermaphrodite I ^“ re ^ en “ anse ' ' P ' talS 4 S ' imbriCa * ” 
cate aestivation, its tube saucer-shaped, filled with the flat cush.on-l.ke 4-5 lebed di c. Iron d 1 6 or , each cell, anatropous, usually erect. Fruit various, often 
albuminous or exaibummous. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple. Supnles 
77. GYMNOSPORIA ( =Ceiastrus Linn.). Trees or shrubs, often spinous ; with coriaceous^. dry, dehiscent 
Among^ S “r Ist^tr ^ improcane and mantome ; * Intsarn or Tsaru ; 3, Cheringa ; .0, Na-peach and 
Sangiera (small tree) ; 15, Hlangwe. ,, j 
P. vanabilis, bond. Vent, name- 13, Mwyina. A spreading , y identified Seen sparingly and only in the Lebombo Range in Maputa district ; it 
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Stipules when present minute, caducous. 
^ jr „ . T xxtronnn /which it shares with Pappea). A small tree, abundant on the sandy shores and sand dunes in the southern parts ot 
E - W Leaves alternate, 3-4 c.m. long, r-z c.m. wide, coriaceous, oblong or el.ipttc-oblong, obtuse, shortly- 
petided crenate dcnticulate, usually glabrous above and more or less pubescent below, but sometimes all young parts densely pubescent Flowers rn dense shortly 
pedunculate axillary umbels, very small, greenish. Fruit ovoid, shortly-pointed, . c.m. long, somewhat fleshy, i-seeded. See ‘ Forest Flora of Cape Colony, igi, 
Plate XLIV. 
