Syn optical jmd Specific Descriptions. 
m % Ah) ' SS S, ‘.' r " Hasten, Cape CO jy 
stated to be potsonous, but the natives of this Province do not appear to be a^thltTis so 0 '”' F1 ° r “ ° f ^ C ° l0ny ’” P ° ge 6 ° and Plnte XXVI1 - bark is 
Plate XV. i, Leaf ; 2, Flowering branch ; 3, Flower : 4 Pistil x 2 • c 1 . 1 
T. capitata, Klotzsch (in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. , 20) ’ “Extremities du k ^ T * .T^ $ ^ ° PCn 5 *’ Sccd ! 9 * Trcc ' «P«» (reduced,. 
leaflets alternate or sub-opposite ovate or ovate lanceolate, acuteor acuminate ^bise rouLe^lometim 111 h^d P ubescent or at ,on « th nearly glabrous at least above; 
sub-entire, 1 $-3 in. long or the lower about x in., |- 2 in. broad; petioluTx^ ^1^“^ T ? "!°" T y u " dul ^.crenate or 
cymes with the peduncle (when elongate usually unbranched below) i- 4 in Ion- Calyx c fld P tah i \ -‘T’ *" !! eduncu,atu axil,a *y corymbose or sub-capitate 
apex, the subulate teeth rather shorter than the anthers. Disc free. Ovary probably fccUed w tl ’ f * llaments uniled a *>out *, deeply 2- fid at the 
dehiscing in 3 or 2 valves. Seeds 6 or fewer. Zambesi and Shire, Dr, ^ ^ °' ^ in 
above leaf description were seen without flowers or fruit and it may have been one of them as it is ' ^ ^ 1 1 " T’ SCVerft lrees more or less answering the 
Capt. Gomes da Costa, 1897-1898, Lisboa). One of these known as ( , anH r\ qk- , 1 included also in the list of plants found in Gaza, in ‘‘Gaza ” (by 
also in M’Chopes, has a most extraordinary development of brown woil uoon h ! T*’ , ah ^ ntl y alo "« *he Umbelusi, Lourenzo Marques, and seen 
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• , zzzzt zzrt. mts pr ?»» : , **_ , , 
angled woody seeds 5 c.n,. long, 3-4 am. deep, and of i, regular shape escap and ' oa UU „d d I'eaT f ^ *» the 
are not present on the mature plant. P 1 landed. Leaves and stem of seedling plant have peltate scales ; these 
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long clean stems I failed to obtain normal leavL , that ■£2K*T^ T ' TT ~ » «*»»• <™ng to its 
terminal leaflet though the upper one sometimes appears so • leaflets onnosite ' . f b P y !’” na 6 ’ 4 ,0 fol,alt '’ ' s cm - lon S or longer ; with no 
the somewhat oblique base ; petiole 7 -, 4 m m lon^ "ptnictestZ^n' T ' m “'TT’ C "" M ' C or ellip,ic ta " c ™ la ‘o, acute, rounded or tapering at 
in length from below. Floors cymose, usua ly in Vs or 7 “j *“ » 8 " ndi "« °” preadi "8 lateral branches decreasing 
long, 4 cm. diameter, the 4 woody valv s split, Lg apa r §£ t w need T Tl " T BraC ‘ S " >in “ te - Kn.it 5 con 
in West Africa and on the White Nile. y 4 ' W ' nged aX,S ' each cdl hav,n S about 1 2 seeds 111 2 Sim 5547. Occurs also 
Plate XXI. I, Part of leaf ; 2, Open fruit, 2 valves and seeds removed ; 3, Seed. 
A , . , FAMILY XVIII.— OCHNACEzE 
As represented in the Province answers the description of the only local genus 
” ochn l, srx*3£r^r=ar z r. v t s -" * — * — » * — , . 
’ 8 flowering. Stamens many, with slender filaments and oblong anthers dehiscing either by terminal pores or 
