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158. VANGUERIA. Shrubs or trees having opposite leaves and axillary cymose inflorescence ; calyx-limb of 5 free segments ; corolla-tube shortly cylindrical, with a ring of 
reflexed hairs in the throat ; limb rotate, of 5 lobes, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, erect, on short filaments, exserted when the corolla limb is spread. Anthers oblong, 
pointed. Pistil exserted, style slender, stigma capitate. Ovary 5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell, attached half up the central axis. Fruit large, containing 5 or by 
abortion fewer hard bony pyrenes. A difficult group of almost useless shrubs, requiring to be well known in the fresh state as they change the size, form, and 
pubescence of leaf, as well as general appearance, with age. 
V. infausta, Burch. Vern. names — 4, 13, 15, Umfilwa, in-faylo Um-vilo or Mavelo ; Penu. A small tree 2-3 metres high, with few and rather thick branches. All 
younger parts densely tomentose, the upper surface of the leaves becoming scabrid with age. Leaves 5-15 c.m. long, 5-10 c.m. wide, ovate, ovate-elliptical or sub- 
orbicular, bluntly pointed, and having petioles 15 c.m. long. Cymes axillary, forked, many-flowered, 8 c.m. across. Flowers green, calyx-lobes short, triangular, 
tomentose, caducous, and absent from the fruit. Corolla-tube much longer, tomentose externally, with spreading 5 -fid limb. Stamens in the throat of the corolla, 
erect, oblong, on a subulate filament. Ovary 5-celled, 5-ovuled ; fruit about 1 inch diameter, globose, glabrous when nearly ripe, usually some ovules abortive. 
Abundant throughout the Province; the fruit is eaten by hungry natives. For illustration see “ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” Plate LXXXVI. fig. 2. 
V, edulis, Vahl., which is somewhat similar except that it is almost glabrous and has the leaves acute at both ends, occurs in other parts of Tropical Africa, including 
Rhodesia and Transvaal, and may occur here though not found by me, or recorded. 
V. venosa (as used in “Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” page 244, Plate LXXXVII. fig. 1). Vern. names — 4, Mehofelwane; 10, Mseiuru and Mjululu ; 13, Umvilo-we- 
hlati. An erect shrub 2-5 metres high ; leaves 3-8 c.m. long, green above, pale below, usually with scabrid white-pubescent petioles, veins, stipules, and young twigs. 
Cymes 3-7 flowered, sparingly and irregularly pubescent, as also is the calyx. Calyx-tube 2 m.m. long, lobes 10-12 m.m. long, 2 m.m. wide in flower, wider in fruit. 
Corolla tube 5 m.m. long, glabrous externally, and with a ring of reflexed white hairs 2 m.m. long on the inner surface below the stamens. Lobes triangular, twisted 
in aestivation into long narrow points. Ovary 5-celled, ovules mostly fertile. Stipules linear from a deep ring which has long white hairs inside. 1 he fruit is con- 
sidered edible by the natives. Frequent throughout the Province. 
V. euonymoides, Schw. A nearly glabrous shrub 3-7 metres high, with oval leaves 2-7 c.m. long, 1-3 c.m. wide ; cymes few-flowered ; calyx truncate ; fruit 3 5 celled, 
1 c.m. diameter. Lourenzo Marques. 
V. velutina, Hiern. A tomentose shrub, having oval leaves 3-8 c.m. long, 2-4 c.m. wide ; flowers in very condensed panicles, tomentose outside, crowded in lateral 
clusters. Fruit fleshy, globose. Zambesia. 
Several other small shrubby species of Vangueria or Fadogia (which differs only in having whorled leaves) occur in the Province. 
159. IXORA. Glabrous shrubs or small trees with opposite evergreen leaves, terminal corymbose panicles, and coriaceous berries with 1 or 2 seeds. Flowers 4-merous, corolla 
salver-shaped with slender tube, anthers partly included, ovary 2-celled, style slender, 2-branched at the apex, ovules solitary, peltate ; seeds convex on the back, 
concave on the front, albuminous. 
I. odorata, Hook. “Leaves oval oblong, acutely acuminate, coriaceous, the lower ones 4-8 by i£ 2J inches or more, and rounded at the base or narrowed into the 
robust petiole of §-f in., the upper ones as well as the bracts smaller, ovate rounded or emarginate at the sessile base, lateral veins about g-12 pairs, inconspicuous ; 
stipules ovale, apiculate, appressed, connate at the base, H in. long. Flowers white, fragrant, three together, sub-sessile, 2-3 in. long, many, in terminal dense 
trichotomous corymbose panicles of 4-10 in. diam. bibracteolate at the base; bracteoles subulate, small, the uppermost at the base of the calyx ; peduncle 1-3 in. 
long bearing 1-2 pairs of foliaceous bracts. Calyx glabrous, £ in. long urceolate; teeth ovate. Corolla-tube slender ; limb about 1 inch diam. ; lobes oval, obtuse, 
glabrous. Anthers partly included. Style exserted to half the length of the corolla lobes, bifid at the tip. Fruit \ in. diam. Mozambique. Forbes. 
160. PAVETTA. Shrubs or small trees, with opposite entire evergreen leaves, and corymbose or corymbose-paniculate terminal inflorescence of white 4-merous flowers. 
Calyx-tube cup-shaped, with long or short segments. Corolla with a long slender tube and 4 spreading segments, twisted in bud. Stamens 4, sessile, in the throat 
of the tube. Style longer than the tube, with clavate emarginate stigma. Fruit 2-celled, 2-seeded, dry, black, globose, crowned by the calyx-lobes. Inflorescence 
terminal on main and axillary branches. 
