Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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leafless, and without spines, and carrying the inflorescence on the point. Flower heads numerous, almost sessile, on shott divaricately divided 24-6-8 flowered 
peduncles, each head about 6 m.m. diameter, enclosed within 5 flat glands, and including in most heads 16-20 1 -stamen ed male flowers, while only an occasional 
head has also a fertile flower consisting of a stalked 3 celled ovary surmounted by a 3-fid stigma. Common near Lourenzo Marques where it is often used as a 
rough hedge, growing by stump cuttings; present but not common throughout the Province. The dried latex has a small commercial value, but the tree is not 
sufficiently abundant anywhere here to make this an industry. 
Plate LXXXIV. 2. A. Tree, general aspect (reduced) ; B. Branch; C. Inflorescence, x 5 ; D. Same, x 10 ; E. Infloresccne, including one fertile flower, x 5 ; I 1 '. Fruit. 
E. grandidens, Haw. Vern. names — 4, Hloho, Hlonhlo; 4, 13, 15, Umhlonhlo; 6, Masongo. Tree 4-10 metres high and up to 60 c.m. diameter of stem, more or 
less flat on the summit, the branches stout, ascending, branched in candelabra fashion, succulent, leafless or almost so, deeply 3-4 ridged, the ridges 5 m.m. diameter, 
3-4 c.m. deep, abundantly plaited, set with spines in pairs along the top of the ridge. Flowers mostly terminal on the branches. Fruit 3-celled, 3-lobed, 1*5 c.m. 
wide, surmounted by the 3 -fid style. Possibly more species than 1 are included here as there appeared to be local differences which might or might not be 
specific. Frequent near Lourenzo Marques and on the Lebombo foothills; not uncommon from the Limpopo to Inhambane, and present but not common through- 
out Quelimane, Magenja da Costa and Nhamacurra. The milky juice is very acrid. 
Plate LXXXIV. 3. G. Tree, general aspect (reduced) ; II. Part of branch and fruit (natural sire). 
Another species — 4, Thutwa , a spreading bush 2 metres high, has succulent stems furnished with pubescent obovate leaves 10 c.m. long, and is present 
occasionally throughout the Province and apparently protected by the natives, though for what reason I did not find. 
213. GELONIUM. Dioecious. Sepals 3-5, irregular, imbricate, usually the outer 2 or 3 green, hooded and crested and enclosing 1 or 2 membranaceous and more petal- 
like, without crest ; all glabrous or ciliate ; petals none (or otherwise sepals 2-j, petals 1-2). Male flower — stamens about 16, extrorse ; anthers 2-celled ; cells 
parallel and united, dehiscing longitudinally ; no rudimentary pistil. Female flower — stamens absent or very rudimentary ; ovary 3-celled ; styles 3, short, bifid ; 
ovules 1 in each cell. Capsules 3-celled, 3-angled, 3-seeded, woody, with a leathery coat ; each cell ultimately dehiscing in 2 twisted valves, and leaving a persistent 
central column. Tropical and sub-tropical small trees and shrubs. = Ceratophorus, Sond. ; Harv. Gen., p. 337. 
G. africanum, Mull. Vent, name — 6, Shaikanzembe. A shrub or small tree 3-4 metres high, usually of erect unbranched habit, with alternate, coriaceous, obovate 
leaves, cuneate at the base, rounded and 5-7 crenate at the apex, almost sessile, glabrous, warty-reticulate on both surfaces, paler on the under-surface, 3-4 c.m. 
long, 2-3 c.m. wide, the crenations frequently emarginate. Stipules 2, deltoid, acute, 2 m.m. long, caducous, leaving a scar on the old branches. Whole plant 
glabrous except the disc. Flowers mostly opposite the leaves, either sessile or shortly umbellate in fascicles of 1-6 ; buds compressed, 2-crested from the hooded 
sepals. Branches terete, twigs compressed, 4-angled, very green. For illustration, see “ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” Plate CIII., fig. 5. Frequent in the coast- 
dune scrubs at Delagoa Bay and Maputa ; also in M’Chopes. 
G. adenophorum, Mull. Vern. name— 6, Shilumwaan. A small tree, glabrous throughout, having alternate leaves and branches, with the inflorescence opposite the 
leaves. Leaves 5-10 c.m. long, 3-6 c.m. wide, obovate-lanceolate, acute, somewhat cuneate at the base, minutely toothed, shortly petiolate, and glandular-warty on 
both surfaces. Flowers few, almost sessile, calyx-lobes dotted and ciliate ; fruit 1 c.m. across. M’Chopes, near Quisica. Sim 5203. 
214 CLAOXYLON. Dioecious trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple leaves, short axillary racemes, apetalous flowers with 3-4 sepals, the male flower with numerous 
stamens, the female flower without stamens, the ovary 3-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule dehiscent, 3-lobed, each 2-valved. 
C. capense, Baill. Shrub or small tree, with elliptic-lanceolate toothed coriaceous leaves 10 c.m. long, 2-3 c.m. wide, pointed and shortly petiolate. Racemes axillary, 
slender, as long as the leaves, with the flowers in occasional clusters. Lourenzo Marques and Maputa. 
C. Kirkii, Mull. Shrub or small tree, with oblong-ovate, obovate or lanceolate, crenate-dentate, shortly petiolate acute leaves 5-8 c.m. long, 2-3 c.m. wide ; flowers 
clustered in the axils, on slender pedicels, very small. Ravuma. 
215. BRI DELIA. Monoecious trees or shrubs, with alternate simple stipulate leaves, and racemose, spicate or clustered axillary inflorescence, the flowers having the calyx 
5-fid, valvate in aestivation ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; ovary 2-3 celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; and the fruit fleshy. 
B. micrantha, PI. Vern. names — 4, Hleha ; 6, Inshepu ; 7, 8, Saba or Insaba ; 13, Um-hlahla ma-kwaba. A small tree with shortly petiolate elliptical acute, crenate 
or bluntly dentate leaves 812 c.m. long, 3 c.m. wide, with reticulate venation distinct on the under surface, which is more or less pale. Flowers clustered in the 
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