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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
S. rubifolia, Hochst. A small tree with 3-foliate leaves, leaflets obovate-cuneate, irregularly inciso-repand upward, under surface canescent ; flowers in simple or slightly 
branched racemes, nearly sessile. Zambesi-land. 
64. BLIGHIA. Flowers polygamo-dicecious, regular, 5 m.m. long, in short axillary racemes ; calyx 4-5 lobed ; petals 4-5, each with a scale on the inner surface ; stamens 7-10, 
inserted beneath the disc, centrical ; ovary sub-stipitate, 3-angled, 3 celled ; style terminal, the stigma 3-toothed. Ovule solitary in each cell, rising from the centre 
of the axis. Capsule roundish, fleshy, 3-celled ; seeds arillate. Large trees. 
B. sapida, Koenig. Vtru. mme-4-6, Morentima or Shimorentima (also in use for Bersama? mossambicensis). A large tree, though often found as a bush in or 
around cultivated lands. Leaves pinnate, without terminal leaflet ; leaflets in a- 4 pairs, the upper the larger ; ,0-15 c.m. long, 5 c.m. wide, the lower almost at the 
base of the rachis and often much smaller, all elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic oblong, acute, and tapering more or less to the very short petiole; glabrous when mature, 
but at first the growth-buds, stems and leaves are somewhat rusty-pubescent, and tufts of this pubescence sometimes remain in the axils of the veins. Raceme c 
c.m. long axillary. Flowers not seen and fruit seen only immature, but as seen r S c.m. long, pear shaped, pubescent, 3-4 celled, with 1 erect arillate axile seed 
near the base of each cell ; the capsule leathery, with loculicidal dehiscence, each valve terminated by a style, though the styles are united before dehiscence 
Mature capsule described as “roundish in general outline, about 4 in. long, bluntly 3-gonous, fleshy, glabrous, at first yellowish, finally red, with 3 cells, with a single 
ard black seed in each as large as a cherry, with a prominent white arillus enveloping the lower half or two-thirds. Flowers fragrant and fruit edible and the 
distilled water of the flowers used as a cosmetic ” Abundant in the lower Gaza and M’Chopes districts, present also though less abundant in the Lourenzo Marques 
and inhambane districts, and also in the tropical forests north of the Zambesi. Sim 5206. 
Plate XXII. 
B. zambesica, Baker. A tree from near Lake Nyassa, agrees in most characters with the above, but has the calyx cleft only about half-way down, with deltoid divisions 
not at all imbricate in bud, whereas in B. sapida the calyx is deeply cleft, with oblong sepals slightly imbricated in bud. 
65 LECANIODISCUS “Flowers regular, polygamo-dicecious. Sepals 5, much imbricated. Petals none. Disc complete, with 10 obscure crenations. Stamens 10. 
centr.ca , the filaments filiform glabrous. Ovary centrical, villose, ovoid, 3-celled ; stigma thick, reflexed, 3-lobed. Ovules solitary in the cells, ascending, affixed 
to the axis at the base. Capsule, ovoid, tomentose, pointed, i-celled, dry, crustaceous, 1 -seeded. Seed erect, ovoid, arillus gelatinus. Trees.” 
L. fraxinifolia, Baker A shrub from the Zambesi and Shire, with abruptly pinnate leaves, having 5-7 sessile, sub-opposite pairs of entire, glabrous leaflets 5-7 c.m. long, 
SeSS " e aX " lary 3 5 C m - l0ng ' ' ' • broad 0b '°- ^ <4, the outer .shelf L, near^ 
66. SAPINDUS diaeious, regular, in axillary or terminal panicles. Sepals 5, imbricate ; petals S . hypogynous, bearded on the face. Male flower- 
s amens about 15, with woolly filaments surrounding a hairy rudimentary pistil and girt by a glabrous yellow corona. Female flower-stamens imperfect pistil 
Znafe" pinZf fx^ute ' ^ ^ "* 3 PUbeSCe "‘ ,ln,0St SCPara ‘ e ° Vary '° beS ' Fruit ° f ""3 MM™** berry-like. cocci. Laves 
S. oblongifolius, Bond. Vtrn. »«-.«, Ntalala. A shrub or tree, varying from 30 c.m. to 6 metres in height, and from a shrublet to a straggling tree without timber 
a ue. Leaves from to,»c.m. long, with ,0-15 oblong, obtuse, almost sessile leaflets 8-. a c.m. long, 2 - 4 c.m. wide. Panicle terminal and axillary Z o c m 
ong, rufous-pubescent when young. Fruit consists of 3 fleshy cocci, separate almost or quite to the base, and appearing like 3 separate (ruits each item diameter 
lobose, and con, am, ng one brown seed coated entirely with a white soapy material which produces a lather with water. Abundant near the oastTn\heZ m 
tropical districts, as also in Natal and Cape Colony. See ■■ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” page . 73 and Plate XXXV. 
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