CHAPTER III. 
Forest Flora. 
Localities are separated into Tropical , including all north of Inhambane and r a- , • i , 
“ rs 6iven ,eret ° nly ,o the i ~ i *» - * “ .» 
Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
CLASS I — DICOTYLEDONES. 
Embryo with 2 cotyledons. Primary root fully developed. Wood in concentric -;_i r . . 
venation. Flowers usually 4 or 5-merous, or some multiple of these, seldom r-merous ° r ^ SUCCeSSlve add,lions under the bark. Leaves usually with netted 
With the exception of the Palms, Bamboos, dendroid Liliacete, and Pandanus, this class includes all trees dealt with in this Flora. 
SERIES I.— ‘ THALAMIFLOR/E. 
Calyx and corolla usually both present. Calyx free from the ovary r /• 
directly from the receptacle). Receptacle flat, or variously raised or depressed. Ovary supedm (Z'fLTJr ^ ^ <«■. springing 
concerned. Senes I. and II. merge gradually and indistinguishaily into one another.) 7 P Meiers will be noted in connection with the plants 
THALAMIFLOR^E. Group I. 
Petals and stamens rising directly from the receptacle, close to the nistil T Pai , oe ■ i • c 
(Exceptions Scolopia, Dovyalis.) P ' ‘ aves Simple> or ,n Sterculiaceae sometimes digitate, and in Capparideae sometimes 3 -foliate. 
F , . FAMILY I— ANONACEiE. 
exstipulate. A tropical o'r sub^opicaT^ ^ simp,e * 
solitary erect ovule. Trees with simple aUe^te exstipX^ a COrdate ^any-seeded fruit, each ovary having r 
Cherimoya, the Sweet-sop and the Sour-sop being among the fruiti produced. These fruits ‘ 0Untries ’ the Custard-apple, the 
the Province and in such outlying localities as Inharreme and Arenga (Magenja da Costa" Portuguese name Ata, were seen in all the towns of 
soils throughout the Province wherever ihe bush is’ L^enl.mo” frlUunop^tU^^I A ^ ^ SnWl1 ^ - d V 
Leaves elliptic from a cordate or rounded base io-i S c.m. lorn. ,. IO c wide enHre o ! a ' m0St abSent fr ° m alIuv,al mud soils and from dense forest, 
lighter and densely pubescent on the under surface, where the numerous side vein’s and connect 1 “P 6 *' sub c “ naceous ’ S ree " *" d pubescent on the upper, 
the young wood. Flowers axillary, solitary, on peduncles .-3 cm Tong. ""a “ £** Pe,iok 2 «■ lo "S. pubescent as also h 
eaten by the natives but not e q ual to the cultivated kinds mentioned above. Occtlrs ^ 
Plate I. A. I, Leaf branch ; 2, Fruit ; 3, Seed. 
