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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
. a A tprmiml trichotomouslv forked r 5-10 c.m. across. Flowers dimorphic on different trees. Calyx-tube short, minutely 5-toothed. 
Panicles fewer 6 ’ limb and y a hairy Ihroat. Stamins in the throat of the corolla-tube, with shortly oblong anthers. Pistil bifid. Bernes 
* tdd sh 6 m m where L calyx has been. Stipules shortly ovate from a broad base, bluntly pointed. For rllustrat.on see 
“ForesT Flora of Cape Colony,” Plate LXXXV. fig. 2. Frequent in the southern portion of the Province, as also in Natal and Cape Colony. \ at was ta en or 
thl "ecies ^ also seen in Magenja da Costa, but as it was without flower or fruit it may have belonged to one of the other spectes, winch are all unknown 
to me and of which the descriptions are extracted from the “ Flora Capensis.” 
P obtusifolia Poir. Glabrous. Leaves obovate, thickly coriaceous, concolorous, 7-13 c.m. long, 3 x 5 c.m. wide ; stipules caducous, deltoid, 4 m.m. \oj%i flowers 1 m 
dense pedunculate corymbose terminal panicles of about 4 c.m. diameter; calix-limb small, very shortly 5-dentate, not cliate ; corolla lobes ovate, anthers shortly 
oblong, exserted ; fruit oval, 4 m.m. long, ribbed, 2-celled ; seeds striate. Mozambique. Forbes. 
P, zambesiana, Hiern. Nearly glabrous ; answering the general description of P. obtusifolia except that the leaves are smaller (6-9 c.m. long, 2-5 c.m. wide), the calyx 
teeth ciliate, and anthers nearly included. Kongone mouth of the Zambesi. Sir John Kirk. 
P abrupta Hiem. Nearly glabrate. Leaves elliptical, narrowed to both ends, 5-18 c.m. long, 2-7 c.m. wide, or smaller; stipules ovate und ™ d ^’ * "I ^ jj”?; 
Flowers about 4 m.m. long, on very short pedicels, several together, in small, terminal, sub-capitate heads ; common peduncles very shor w en n , 0 
ing afterwards to 4 c.m. Calyx sub-truncate ; corolla-lobes 5, throat bearded ; stamens exserted. Zambesia. 
P. Kirkii, Hiern. Corresponds with P. abrupta except that it is more or less pubescent, has smaller leaves (2 5-10 c.m. long, 1-3 c.m. wide) and has the ca y y 
toothed. Flowers dimorphic. Moramballa. 
P. pumila, Hiem. A shrublet with ovate or oval leaves 6-9 c.m. long, 3-6 c.m. wide, and terminal ebracteolate umbellate heads 1 c.m. diameter. Moramball 
p' zanguebarica, Hiem. A small glabrous lucid shrub, with oval leaves 3-.0 c.m. long, 2-3 c.m. wide. Flowers S -merous .2-16 m.m. long, with a rather curved corolla- 
tube, and in little clusters arranged in terminal cymes of 2-5-5 c - m - diameter. Rovuma Bay. 
x-r GUETTARDA. Shrubs or trees with opposite leaves, intrapetiolar deciduous stipules, and axillary cymose inflorescence. Calyx campanulate, truncate , corolla 
55 ' shap* white, 4-9 lobed, imbricate in aestivatton. Stamens 4-9, included or nearly so. Ovary 4-9 celled, cells t-ovuled, style filtform, sttgma shghtly lobed. Frutt 
globose, drupaceous, woody, 4-9 celled. 
G speciosa, Linn. A handsome coast shrub, well worth cultivation in coast localities on account of its beautiful white scented flowers Leaves ‘ ° 
P ,0° < c.m. long, 6-5 c.m. wide ; flowers 3-4 c.m. long, 3 c.m. across ; fruit 2.3 c.m. long. Seeds exalbuminous. Along the coast at Baxaruto, Bartholomew Dtas, 
Quelimane, &c. 
1^6 POLYSPHiERIA. Shrubs with opposite elliptical or rounded leaves, supra-axillary stipules, and small flowers sessile in dense axillary clusters. Calyx short, tr “"cate 
5 or “^hed ; corolla funnel-shaped, bearded in the throat, 4 -lobed ; stamens 4 > included; ovary 2-celled; ovule solitary, pendulous. Berry small, globose, 
coriaceous, 1-2 seeded, albumen ruminated. 
P. multiflora, Hiem. A glabrous shrub with oval leaves 3-10 c.m. long, 2-3 c.m. wide. Calyx truncate, glabrous. Rovuma. 
P. lanceolata, Hiern. A glabrous shrub with lanceolate leaves 4-9 c.m. long, 1-5-3 c.m. wide ; calyx with 4 short teeth. Zambesia. 
IC7. PLECTRONIA. ( = Cantbium, as used in the “Flora ol Tropical Africa.”) Trees, shrubs or stragglers, sometimes spinose, with evergreen entire stipulate laves, 
axillary cymose infloresence, usually 5-merous flowers, valvate in aestivation, capitate stigma, and 2-celled ovary with a single pen u ous ovary m eac ce . or ° 
tube more or less hairy inside or with a ring of hairs. The branches are often but not regularly spinescent. A group of shrubs of no forestal importance, of w 
P. Gueinzii is a scandent or trailing shrub common in the southern part of the Province, while several of the other Cape species extend along the Lebombos and 
4 other species are included in the “Flora of Tropical Africa” (under Canthium ). as belonging to this Province. For illustrations see Forest Flora p 
Colony,” Plate LXXXVIII., LXXXIX., XC. Vern. names are— 6, Ndondambile ; 10, Mtagaraga ; 4, 13, 15, Umnyushulube. 
