Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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I. (?) mossambicensis. (New species.) 1 Vern. names— 10 u Tnhe nnri t k ai 
pointed, rounded at the base, entire, glabrous when mature with oromi JenTmidrih iT ovale - e,,i P tical - 5 * c.m. long, 2-3 cm. wide, firm, broadly 
long, 4-5 c.m. wide, more cordate at the base, finely white-t'omentose on the unde ‘ "r "“'I'” 0115 nea '' y parallel s,de velns - C °PP'« shoots have leaves 10-15 c.m. 
on the trees this is so also, but the long bare stems render foliage almost inam hl ’r bro " ,n ''' ,ool| y »■> the upper surface, but this wears off with age ; probably 
young growth, are covered with brown pubescence, and the elves in bud have foe ^ • ° P F, ,C 5 °°' S a ' S ° Sl ’ 0 "' Sli| ‘ ules 2 c - m - lon & which, like the petioles and 
terminal, showing no vestige of style or calyx, obfong 3-4 c t long , c m d ' 7*7 .“‘T" 4 ^ " 0 ° d “ d fn,it wi* white lemicels. Fruit 
lined with an abundant silky wool, and containing . erect oily-albuminous seed' Flow ^”"5 “ a ' S '’ y ed ' b ' e Cpicarp a " d a hard bon >’ 2 - ce »ed stone, each cell 
of this tree remains uncertain. Tree 20-30 metres high with clean straight vahnl 1 F T d ,nfl ° rcscence " ot seen 1 the -ihsence of these the generic position 
and when they fall by the natives, rather sweet, not quite a table fruit but acclntaH fo' 1 ,' g Very abundantl >' 1 >'« fruits readily eaten by the monkeys, 
Magenja da Costa and Nhamacurra, usuaiiy of timbe’r 1 ‘ raVe " er - ®“ Chap ' IV ' ^"t » «» Crests of Quelimane, 
Plate XXX. A. 
belong to Balanites, a genus belonging to thfs Family, and whic^h^!^ "afoF TT""" 3 -if " ^ a " i '’ complcte s P ecime "t but which is taken to 
flowers, 5 sepals, 5 petals, .0 stamens, a 5-celled ovary with solitary ovules and a -seeded drupe with b/ny putamT' ^ U ' ate ° r Cy ™° se ‘"""“oencc, hermaphrodite 
F , . FAMILY XVII.— MELIACEiE. 
anthers dehiscing longitudinally, 'ovary'fret 2 ^olkteral' or T' 3 ' 8 *' ^ - StamenS l,ypogynous ' 8 -'°’ the “ament, more or less connate, 
sunpie or variously pinnate ; flowers in axillary clusters or panicles. A large Family, common bot^Lfc" ^ " S ‘ ipU ' atC ' 
* TU “" 5 -i"” «■ I S . ,* 
Wider than the style. Ovules 2, coll’atera,. *2 ong 5 fobe'd 1 !* 5 ? "‘ h “ ^ ‘ he Stami " al lal)a ' f " d “™ i oblong, 
remform seeds remaining attached to a central column Serfs albuminous tea b u S , 4 '°‘ Seaded ; deh,scence sept.cidal, the bright ted compressed 
tropical. bCedS albunm,0us - Leaves “Hernate, exstipulate, simple, entire or lobed. Trees and shrubs, mostly 
T - tSose under 0 :r w lh A I'? ” 5ma " 7 h3VinS leaV£S Wide ' y olHptic ot oblong-acute, tapering .0 
peduncle ; flowers 2 c.m. across; ^ c m W T* 1 ^ 'L**™ ' 0 ” R ’ *“ “ rabals U on a 5-7 m.m. 
bent back, starlike, within the lobes which are blunt and bifid when voiin* cL’ * °* f Me y the throat : stamens at first exserted and erect, afterwards 
finely pubescent. Not common, but seen in M'Chopes (extra-tropical), Magenta SaSSZr , °' Cd ‘ ed ' Mat “ re “ " 0t ^ ^ 8 '° b ° Se ’ 
PL4TUXVIII. A. t, Flowering branch ; 2, Portion of top of staminal tube, X 2 ; 3, Stamen, X 4 ; 4, Lobes of staminal tube, X 4 ; 5, Stigma, X la 
, of Ixit TM.tt unt^Le’-'p^st 
mesocarpio^carnoso esculcnto, endocarpio . bilocular! seniina duo erects continent., afoumiue ol ,Z In sUvis %$£ T ^ ^ ^ 
bracteatis perbrevibus axillaribus ; pedic.llii 2-3 c.m. tatfsf petTlb'liSla'tTs c ' m ' lalis ' 6“' is <*> «~™» »»««• ■» <»* inferiorc pilosis. Raccmis Horn. 
■ o-loculari ; frnetn ob.ongo, e.nt. longo, sufoento, carina, o. Be“ ^ — ^ 
