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Forest Flora of Po rtuguese East Africa. 
FAMILY XIII -MALPIGHIACEAL 
Flowers hermaphrodite, somewhat irregular ; calyx 5 -fid ; petals 5, unequal ; stamens 10, all perfect ; anthers introrse ; ovary 3-celled ; cells i-ovuled. Fruit carpels 
samaroid, each cell i-seeded. Leaves simple ; inflorescence various. A large tropical Family of trees, shrubs and climbers. 
39. ACRIDOCARPUS. Flowers in terminal or sub-terminal racemes, yellow. Stamens 10, filaments free. Ovary 3-celled, each cell dorsally winged; styles 2, long, 
spreading. Fruit of 1-3 connate 1 -seeded samaras, each with a dorsal wing only. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Shrubs or climbers. 
A. natalitius, Juss. Vern. names— 5, Nyameluru; 6, Mabote. A scandent or sub-scandent shrub, having glabrous obovate entire leaves 6-10 c.m. long, 1-3 c.m. wide, 
and terminal rusty-pubescent racemes 4-15 c.m. long ; each flower on a pedicel 3 c.m. long. Petals yellow, clawed, somewhat fimbricated at the margin, unequal, 
the lower with longer claws than the others. Open flowers 2-5 c.m. across. Samaras 4 c.m. long and 1 c.m. wide. Frequent in Gaza and M’Chopes ; in Gaza the 
roots are used in medicine to make the natives brave to fight, in M’Chopes that is not done but it is used to purify after friends have died. See “ Forest Flora of 
Cape Colony,” 150, Plate XVII. fig. 2. 
A. chloropterus, Oliv. From the shire, Zambesia, is unknown to me but is said to have larger oval-oblong leaves with matted deciduous tomentum, at length glabrate 
at least above, racemose flowers, triangular lanceolate bracts, and pale green samara-wings 2’5-3 c.m. long. 
40. TRIASPIS. Flowers umbellate in terminal panicles ; calyx without glands; petals fimbriate below; stamens 10; filaments free or nearly so; ovary 3-celled, styles 3, 
elongate. Fruit carpels winged leaves opposite or sub-opposite, with or without stipules. 
T. mozambica, A. Juss. A shrub with opposite elliptical glabrous leaves 5 c.m. long, 3 c.m. wide and terminal panicles of umbellate flowers. “Dorsal wing of the 
nuts deeply 2-fid above, f-i inch long and broad, with radiating anastomosing nervures.” Mozambique. Forbes. 
FAMILY XIV.— ILICINEiE. 
Flowers regular, perfect, 5-6 merous, without disc, axillary in fascicles or clustered cymes. Calyx 5-6 fid, small, persistent ; corolla monopetalous, rotate, 5-parted, the 
segments connate at the base only, imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, not connate, but attached to the base of the corolla. Filaments subulate, 
anthers short, cordate, introrse, 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary sessile, free, 4-6 celled, cells 1-2 ovuled, ovules pendulous, stigmas sessile. Drupe somewhat 
fleshy, pyrenes 4-6, bony, 3-seeded. Seeds albuminous. Leaves alternate, simple. 
41. ILEX. Characters of the Family as described above. A widely-distributed genus of trees and shrubs, several of which are used in cabinet work, the leaves of some species 
are used as tea, and the bark of others as a febrifuge. The European Holly is Ilex aquifolium. 
I. capensis, Harv. & Sond. Vern. names — 1, Water-tree; 4, Secamafusa ; 13, Uniduma ; 14, Waterboom. A tree 6-20 metres high, 30-60 c.m. diameter of stem, 
usually found near running water and having alternate, widely lanceolate, nearly or quite entire, coriaceous, undulated, shining, shortly petioled leaves 8-10 c.m. 
long, 2-3 c.m. wide, numerous axillary clustered small flowers on pedicels 1-2 c.m. long, and globose red drupes 5 m.m. diameter. Nuts 4-6, very hard. Scattered 
through the Marraquene and Maputa districts, also in Natal and Cape Colony. Timber useful soft white wood, but seldom available here of size. See “ Forest 
Flora of Cape Colony,” 15 1, Plate XX. 
THALAMI FLORAE. Group II. 
flowers having a more or less evident disc, outside which the sepals and petals are free or nearly so. Stamens inserted under, on or inside the disc. Ovary free upon 
or partly immersed in the disc. 
THALAMIFLORiE. Group II. Section i. 
Disc a torus or ring within the stamens ; ovules 1-2 in each cell, pendulous, flowers regular. 
