Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
My Portuguese specimens all have the calyx pubescent on both sides and are without petals, and with stamens 4-8. If this be constant and not due to the 
caducous nature of these organs, the tree is an undescribed Boscia, but it appears identical otherwise with the Cape plant. 
Plate III. 1, Flowering branch; 2, Flower, X2; 3, Fruit; 5 Tree, general aspect. 
C. albitrunca, Burch var. pamfoha (New var.)' Vern. name— 4, Janjaton. Shrub 1-3 metres high, much branched. Leaves cuneate, pointed, coriaceous, 1-2 c.m. 
long, numerous, fascicled or on short axillary branchlets, and with slender petiole 2-5 m.m. long. Flower not seen. Fruit globose, densely pubescent, 7 m.m. diameter 
with gynophore 2 5 m.m long and penduncle 5 m.m. long, solitary, axillary. Abundant on the Polana, Lourenzo Marques, not seen elsewhere. A pretty evergreen 
shrub, glabrous except the young branches. Sim 5157. F y B 
Plate III. A. fig. 4. 
C. Kirkii, Oliv. An unarmed shrub ; leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, pubescent on under surface, 8-ro c.m. long, 3.5 c.m, wide, with a very short petiole. Flowers in 
terminal umbels or umbellate corymbs. Stamens indefinite. Gynophore 2-5 c.m. long. Lake Nyassa and upper Shire River. 
Various other species of Capparis occur hardly worth mention here, among which are C. rosea, Oliv., an unarmed shrub with petaloid inner sepals, from Lake Nyassa 
and Zambesia (-Petersia rosea, Kl. in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 168, t. 30) ; C. corymbifera, a prickly sub-scandent shrub with terminal corymbs of rather conspicuous flowers and 
3 J C ' m ' m diameter > abundan t in extra-tropical districts, vent, name- - 4 , Mtongashende ; C. Gueinzii, Sond. scandent and prickly, frequent in Lourenzo Marques 
and MChopes districts, vern. names— 4, Chipingo; 6, Chivaca ; while other scandent Capparidaceous plants are known in Lourenzo Marques district under the vern names 4 
Kindabamis and Dwanedwane. ’ 
FAMILY IV.— VIOLARIEiC. 
Flowers in our only ligneous genus hermaphrodite, regular ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; filaments connate ; anthers with a connective produced beyond the cells Capsule 
3-valved, opening loculicidally, few seeded. A widely distributed Family, of which the Pansy and Violet are well-known examples. 
14. RINOREA. ( = Alsodeia, Thouars.) Characters as stated for the Family. 
R. elliptica. ( = Alsodeia elliptica, Oliv. “Flora of Tropical Africa” I. 108.) A glabrous shrub from the Rovuma River. Leaves elliptical from an obtuse or sub- 
cordate base, minutely serrulate, 6-9 c.m. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles or very short pubescent racemes ; petals not recurved ; anthers not exserted. 
R. ardisiaeflora, Sim. (“Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” 125, Plate XV. fig 1.) A tree 3-7 metres high, with hardwood stem 15 c.m. diam. Leaves elliptical, 3-5 c.m. 
long, serrulate, at first thinly pubescent below. Flowers white 1 c.m. wide, in open axillary racemes. Petals recurved over the sepals; anthers exserted. On the 
Lebombo Mountains and occurs also in Natal (abundant) and Pondoland, as well as in Angola. 
FAMILY V.— BIXINEzE. 
Flowers regular, usually incomplete or imperfect, often dioecious. Receptacle often a cushion-like disc more or less attached to the calyx, but without torus. Petals 
present or absent. Stamens hypogynous or sub-perigynous, 9-10 or indefinite. Ovary free, sessile, i-celled, with 2-5 parietal placentte, and 1 to many ovules on each. Seeds 
albuminous ; cotyledons large. Leaves simple alternate, usually exstipulate. A large Family of trees and shrubs ; several are valuable timber trees, others have edible fruits, and 
the colouring substance Annotto is from the seed-covering of Bixa. 
15. BIXA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, much imbricated; petals 5, large, imbricate; stamens numerous; ovary i-celled, with 2 parietal placentas and many ovules. 
Capsule sub-cordate, bristly, ultimately dehiscent ; the seeds coated with red pulp. Monotypic. 
B. Orellana, Linn. Vern. names 1, Annotto; 10, Sofaro. A large shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, sub-cordate, pointed, entire, 10-15 c.m. long, 3-5 nerved at 
the base, and with slender petioles 5 c.m. long. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate. Fruit ovoid or sub-cordate, coriaceous, bladdery, pointed, 3-4 c.m. long, 
covered with stiff spreading bristles and hairs. Said to be indigenous only in Tropical America, but now naturalised freely in the forests of Quelimane and present 
also in M Chopes (extra-tropical), in both of which localities it is used by the natives for colouring curry ; used elsewhere for colouring cheese, &c. 
Plate II. A. i, Fruiting branch ; 2, Horizontal section of young fruit ; 3, Vertical section of same. 
' Capparis albitrunca, Burch, var parvifolia (var nov.) Frutex 1-3 met. altus ramosissimus, glaber nisi ramis junioribus, sempervirens ; foliis cuneatis, acutis, coriaceis, 1-2 c.m. longis, plurimis, 
fasciculat.s aut e ram.s brevibus axillaribus ortis, petiolis tenuibus 2-5 m.m. longis ; floribus baud visis ; fructibus globosis, pubescenlia densa lectis, 7 m.m. diam., gynophorio 25 m.m., longo, pedunculo 5 m.m. 
longo, solitano, axillari. Abundat in Polana et Lourenzo Marques. Tab. III. fig. 4. Sim 5157. 
