Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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A. dimidiata. Vem. names— i, White Pear ; * Witte Peer ^ it , , 
dispersed over Africa reaching its best development in ’.h^ mounta^ A evergreen timber tree, widely 
elliptical, rounded or bluntly pointed at the apex, entire, glabrous, shining abo e , ! c m o ^ 7 V“" Portly petioled, Ltc or 
rhite, sweetly scented nearly sessile, about j m.m. wide when full openjhe pet’, if being afterofrf, d Tv* ProfuScl)r bome > n,osll >' ‘«™inal panicles, 
them point of connect, on. Drupe r cm. long, 7 m.m. diameter, very “if “'T* t0Sether b >’ • horironta. sli, jus, betaf 
Iph h ber ,i? Ua r S i r d ,lluStratl0n see “ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” page 135 Plate XI Vr!m T ’ u 2 Whe " fresh * « r ey and ribbed when dry. 
Lebombos though seldom of large size, and present in all forests throughout the°Provfnce. ‘ ' * q ^ ^ duneS alon 8 the const, frequent on the 
fa MILY XXII.— SAPINDACEiE. 
“V" Peta,S « or ^sent, free, equal or unequal, 
albuminous^r^b Iff ' . aSCendin T & truit ca P su,ar or ^dehiscent, very various, simple or more or less deeply lobed 8 Ted ^ 0vary ccntrical or eccentric, 2-6 celled, 
albuminous or exalbum, nous. Leaves usually alternate and exstipulate, simple, 3-foliate or pinnate - emb vo nl‘l. T'\ \ C(m ' )r ™ ed l)r w ingcd, with or without aril, 
Family ; some spec.es are poisonous, others have edible fruits, some yield valuable timber and Trom 27 ° ‘^T , A b,Mer or acrid Principle is often present in the 
Rather a heterogenous group. An erect shrub with pinnate leaves and 15-21 sub-opposite or alternate oblonTleafl r ^ T' SpCCie * ° f Sa I ,indus soa P « obtained. 
Costa probably belongs to this Family, but no flowers or fruit were seen. A decoction of it *‘5 ^ * 7 * kn0Wn M Mbrunya « Arenga, Mngenja da 
mto the water in some quantity. °‘ lts *> round fresh leaves •« used to wash fishing lines, and is said to kill the fish if put 
62. PAULLINIA. Flowers irregular, with a unilateral disc, polygamo-dicecious Senals c thp ,mn* 1 
"■ r “ s':,:r.ss rr •% -r - - * 
Zambesi-land ; also West Africa. g ’ p,ral tendnl at the base - Capsule 2-3 c.m. long, pear-shaped, 3-valved. 
6s - SCHM p^. - <•« 
2 cocci, almost or quite separate, and with the style between them or by abortion of onlv 1 with "the m 2 Bt l %m f Uc ° n lheir u PP er surfaces. Fruit of 
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S. monophylla, Presl. A large shrub or small tree with simple leaves 7-1 c c m Ion? ^ , r m a* . 
^r£, thr ° U8h0ttt ^ Pr ° VinCei a '“ — ‘ *>'»>* Nata’,, Madaga^aXZrri:^^, ™ 
Marques ; afso “nia^^ : Cent ' a ' leaflet ,0 -5 ** Lourcnzo 
S. alnifolia, Baker. Leaves 3-folia, e, glabrous ; leaflets obovate, blunt, sub-entire. Flowers in lax slender simple racemes. Mozambique 
S ‘ re ^r^icts LeaVeS 3 - Miate ' g,abroUS; *“**■ oblong-cuneate, conspicuously inciso-repand. Flowers in lax slender simple or sligbtly branched racemes. 
