Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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the same names and used for th^ame plpo^ ^nc^ly fo? use ^du^ they have similar habit, bark, leaves and pods, and are given 
be.ng favoured as a commercial commodity. P V ° ° Ut b ° alS ' A tree ° f ra P ,d S rowth and “ft timber ; the colour of its wool is against that 
8. Section of calyx and ov^M ' S ’ ^ ° Ut 5 6 - Sectio " of ovary, * 3 ; 7 . Anthers, normal and abnormal- 
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papery dissepiments. Fruit a coriaceous dehiscent capsule ro-, s cm. long, the seeds bedded in cottony woof LlZ ^gklZ"^ * “'’ e rema ’ nS ° f ‘ hC 
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disappear from old trees. Not regularly deciduous but mostly so; perhaps deciduous in all case! 1 t” V * few sloul prlckli;s ,0 "«^ the base which 
apart on stem digitate, s-7 fohate, glabrous, green above, pale under ; the petioles 15.20cm long adhering !o"!h t b Leaves ' rr eg u l“ ri y alternate, 1-5-3 c.m. 
shortly petioled, widely lanceolate, pointed, 7 15 c.m. long, 2-4 c.m. wide, variable in form S s v, " Ch af ‘ er the leafle,s disarticulate. Leaflets 
previous year's wood, short warts in the axils producing 2 -ro flowers each on terete flowered n d U ' ’ ° n ° ne ' Flowers profusely produced on the 
secreting nectar as it matures and nearly truncate, with 5 rounded lobes ZZ 2 < ‘ IT Z?™ T, T ^ ^ ^ ' ° "*• ' wide, 
canescent outside. Style swollen at the base on , side and connected by a conft’ricfion to the & T’ b ‘ UntI> ’ poimed ' yollowish-white spreading, 
these looking like 5 stamens. Seeds numerous, bedded in Xe co«ony woo v X s an arti f ofcfX rf' T ^ S ‘ an '"' al b “" d " S 
Imported long ago to Quelimane, now spontaneous in many parts of that district It fccf s aUo in Ar h w PaCki " g frUi '' r,IUn S pill °"' s ' &c ' 
throughout the tropics. The greenish smooth bark of this aldVmbax as wel, !s of "f L nVcolfs ! m‘ fd T ‘ ndieS ' ^ " P ' a "“ d 
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Among other local economic plants belonging to Malvaceae may be mentioned:- 
the Profrt bTn r o1 S teXtUe PUrP ° SeS - ^ 
.he M “xrx rf ^ txf : ng usefu : fibre in ; he bark - one species is »* * «*«• <- 
been cultivated. y used ln Louren z° Marques district under the name Nuce t but neither has 
northward, apparently as an introduced weld St' S’s ,'hfwevfr' f tlhfblTfi bre'whX' If freqUCTt ” ‘ he cultivated lands from the Limpopo 
Wu. Probably its cultivation for fibre may be worth tXng up ' U " d ™ dreSSed f ° r COrdag<: ' and ,he p,a "‘ is k "°w" in M'Chopes as 
has probablfbeen <” Ambar >' f tb ™ gb °“' ‘ ba P ">™ce, a " d 
used for various culinary purposes, this being the xJtZ Xfe ff f XeX fu, “ 3 ^ a " d 
species which may be claimed to be so is a fo™' X g'' ' hcfafXdafingdhort'T 1 ' 56 '' C ° nd “' 0 . n ’ !“•' ' S probabl >' not 0ri e">ally indigenous, or at least the only 
where it is known as I g a,Uo gt , while the long-sZled whi!e cotf! fof d near f T ™ ^ ^ ^ ° f Maka "i a da Costa, 
is cultivated to a small extent by the Companies near Beira anrl r>i r . raa S IS nown as Mtodye there, and as Bushale at Lourenzo Marques. Cotton 
is as a curiosity rather than for its fibre QUe ‘' raane ' ^ “ Ca " hard ' y be Ca,led a local » far, while among the natives its cultivation 
q ’Applied also to Bombax. 
