Syn optical and Specific Descriptions. 
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disc, with or without a minute abortive ovarv F^rtiip 0 • , 
woolly the less perfect the anthers are. Ovary compressed, ren ifoTr S a<dle?!o^S^n ° r ! ? n8er a " d m0re ° r leSS P erfect i lhe filaments being more 
mous, of 2 partly connate carpels, or more usually by abortion consisting of i fertile \ 3 T r’ pubesCe " t * w,th a c y Iindf ical undivided style. Fruit didy- 
hne by which it tardily dehisces. Ovule solitary in each carpel ' at first s tt e in 77 *' . ^ f ° Ve0,atC ’ with a distinctly marked 
irregular lobes, these imbricate and completely enclose the se^^vhen^hal^mahire^and beco^ red^^maturity! ^MVM^temate^ralrt^Mslipu^e^ * 
p - cap c e 0 r;. r? :°r: in : he , L ~ - *<**«. „„ d NMal »„ d c » pe 
those from coppice shoots larger and more distinctly serrate Male flowers in many!/ ^d 8 ^T 8 ’ h8hter T ^ Under Slde, almost entire » nntl shortly petioled ; 
•in-es dioecious, sometimes monoecious on separate br ZL “ “ ZZZZEZTt ^ ^ » S-» flowered racemes ; some- 
stamens varying much on decent trees. See - Fores, Fiora^^ “"* - ' form, bu, the 
* jsrrsrs ttr •'•.r-.-r 
seems to be with Pterocarpus. opposite. In the absence of flowers its place cannot be definitely decided, but its relation 
D. alata. (New species.) 2 Fern, name — ic, Hlanhlatz PanirlpS ic rm * it 
alternate or sub-opposite, obliquely oblong-falcate, 5 - 7 cm. long i- 2 cm wideTounded aTZ 7 ^ terminatin 8 1,1 a short point ; leaflets 
2 teeth, the upper portion much wider than the lower and toothed along its margin Sama ^ ’ T ^ ,0Wer margin which is entire or with i or 
hard brown slightly compressed seed pendulous in each from the placenta connecting the *’ a 3 '?, S" 8 ’ ’‘ S *“• wide * lhe win 8 gradually wider, the 
i tree seen, in the kloof between Mr. Stem's house and h" dam b IS M TT‘ ■ "" ^ ** ^ ^ Pubcscens. Only 
nearly white warty bark and numerous twigs ; but the fact that several native, J M M d,stnct “ a S P readin g tree IO metres high, 30 c.m. diameter, with a 
Sim 6307. g ’ Ct that S6Veral natlVCS separate, y 8 ave 11 same name indicates that other specimens occur in the district. 
Plate V. C. 
6 " ^^f^outo" — o, ^ eonnate. Petals absent. Male flower-stamen. 8-to, 
ovary on an almost obsolete disc, shortly stalked, glandular dotted , angled •’-celled" 8 n rud,ment ® ry 0vary -. * ert,lc flower-stamens reduced in size, imperfect ; 
*•** - - - - ■ — — -sBJES} - — 
sandy soils. 5 c ' m - *on 0 . Never of t.mber stze but used for hut-wattles, &c. Frequent throughout the Province, especially on light 
few. fl owted“ Xed h -in g e„ip tic . 0 b..n g> pointed petiolatc, entire leaves 3 c.m. ,o„g and no, viscid ; 
whole Province. Another shrub ^ Ka„ g er u v ng Tin af le vej bu, TonstT, “ 8 h° bU ‘ " aS " 0 ' ““ " “ “ b ™ d “* the 
sandy districts. 8 ' 8 leaVeS but COnstant,y 2 ‘ win g ed c ™son fruits is probably another species, and is common in the 
sub-oppositis. Pterocarpo affinis videtur! * P,Cal1 pan ‘ CUlata ’ flonbus haud V,SIS ; fructu samans duobus monospermis ; semine penduto c placenta axillari ; foliis parlpinnatis, foliolis allcrnis vcl 
3 D. alata. 
oblique oblongo-falcatis, 
Samara 3-4 c.m. longa, 
E 
Dcarpo affinis videtur. ’ ’ Samaris duobus monosperm.s ; semine pendulo c placenta axillari ; foliis paripinnatis, foliolis allcrnis vcl 
Uis, 5.7 c.m. longis, 1-2 c.m. latis, apice’rmundaLtLequnateS 'lalerf^fcHor a is 5 1 7 °'"* '° neiS 1 PCli0, ° gracili in mucroncm brcvc,n producto; foliolis 
I S cm. lata, a, a sursum patescente. Semine duro, Lo, «« « cm. long. 
