Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
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„ . • 1 „«i f mrinrnus segments • petals and staminal column as in Hibiscus ; pistil with a club- 
”• THES S XiTUied in a rows, the seeds teflexed horn the end of the dissepiment. Fruit not properiy 
T. populnea, Cav. A small evergreen tree, shi. dj g 1 # t^tX^idt^ Leaves alternate, broadly cordate from 
white outside which cover all exposed parts when young, and re petioles. Stipules 1-7 m.m. long, somewhat terete, covered with 
a wide base, pointed, shining above, green below, 8-12 c.m. ong an > 5 slender lerminate d by 2-5 raised projections the scars of the caducous involucel 
peltate scales, caducous ; peduncle sohtary ax.llary, tJowerc ^ t c , g • obliqu'e, imbricating, with wavy margin, yellowish with a dark spot at the base 
n^C^C'sha^dT^ pressure. Not unlike Hibiscus ttliaceus and found with it in the tidal mud at Luabo and Quelimane, and on 
dry rocky banks near the sea at Bartholemai Dias. Useful for coast protection. Section of same • 10, Seed ; 11, Tree, general aspect (reduced). 
Kirk and Meller, but was not seen by me. 
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Seeds reniform. Leaves digitate. 
„ . . . rh!wooia a deciduous tree i ,. 2 c metres high with an enormous bole, up to ,o metres diameter, cylindrical or conical 
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PLATE XI. ., Branch and leaf ; a, Small flower ; 3 , Small petal , 4 , Column ; S , Small fruit , 6, Seed ; 7, Tree, general aspect (reduced). 
ROMBAX Calyx tubular truncate ; corolla of 5 petals connected with the base of the column ; staminal tube slender, 2 c.m. long, then divided into S lobes each of 
2, BO MB ^ ch C^« = te, r ^ P o _ with ]ong siender scariet fi|amentSi and 2celled or occas j onal i y 3-celled anthers ; ovary j-celled w„h many 
ovules in each cell, soon .-celled with 5 rows of ovules (about 5 in each row) set on a central axis; capsule coriaceous, dehiscent, contaming numerous 
embedded in wool. 
B Buonopozense Beauv. Vim. namis-2, Simonia ; .0, M-kungo. A large or very large, nearly deciduous, glabrous tree, with more or less whorled and horizontal 
brands Ending branchle.s, and decorticating glaucous bark. Leaves pet, date, alternate, digitate, with about 6 leaflets, each 3-. o c m. long, r -3 £»• -de 
obovate, pointed, and shortly petiolulate. Flowers numerous in axillary clusters of 2 to 10, either on separate 1-3 c.m pedicels jointed near the or 2-3 
together on a very short common peduncle. Calyx-tube r 5 c m. long, 1 c.m. wide, with 5 very short teeth and minutely pubescent ; petals 5, scarlet, 5-7 c.m. long 
, cm wide, usually the upper 3 together and the other 2 separate; stamens as long as the petals; pistil longer or shorter than the stamens; style slender, hai y 
below the stigma, somewhat arched, scarlet. Capsule 10-15 c.m. long, many seeded, the seeds set in red wool. A tree evidently introduced long ago to Quelimane 
now more or less naturalised for a long distance round but also planted as a street tree. One specimen at Arenga is 4 metres diameter, 10 metres bole, and 20 metres 
