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M. Melleri, Mull. Vern. name — 10, Mlolwa de rnato. A large tree, with alternate cordate or reniform-acute leaves 10 20 c.m. wide, and hardly so long, entire or 
irregularly crenate at the margin, nearly glabrous above, paler and often densely stellate-pubescent below ; 5-nerved from the base, the pubescent petiole 5-15 cm. 
long ; inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymose-paniculate, densely hairy. Described in De Cand. Prod. XV., 959, from Manganja Hills, as having about 40 
stamens and no petals, but my specimens from Magenja da Costa, Sim 5560, which appear otherwise to agree with this tree, have 5 petals, and only 10 stamens, 
and bear considerable general resemblance to Macaranga Capensis (“ Forest Flora of Cape Colony,” Plate CXXXIX.) Female flower and fruit not seen. 
220. JATROPHA. Monoecious. Sepals and petals both present, 5-merous ; aestivation convolute; petals free, alternating with glands. Male flower— stamens 8-10, the 
filaments united more than half-way into a central column, the alternate filaments longer than those between them ; pistil absent. Female flower— stamens 
absent ; ovary 3-celled, styles 3, free ; stigma bifid ; ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous from near the top ; fruit 3-seeded ; cells dehiscing in 2 twisted valves. Shrubs 
or herbs with milky juice. Several herbaceous and shrubby species occur, hut the only plant of any importance is the exotic, J. curcas, which was imported long 
ago, and now occurs as a rough hedge round native Kraals, &c., in all parts of the Province, and is more or less naturalised in many places, The natives string 
the seeds together on grass stems, and after a few days drying the grass burns like a candle from the oil in the seed ; hence the common name 1, Candle-nut. It 
also bears the names — 4, Shimbangana ; 6, Lambu ; 7, Maluku ; jo , Gwandafuta and Kuramunda ; u, Nicororwa. It has 3-lobed leaves 10 c.m. long and wide, 
with a wide cordate base, and grows readily from cuttings. The oil is a considerable article of export in some parts of the world, 
A group of about 5 species, apparently belonging to one undescribed Euphorbiaceous genus, occurs in abundance in the forests of Magenja da Costa, but 
the specimens obtained hardly warrant description without comparison with material in the large herbaria containing East African trees. The species have a 
general relationship in foliage, flower, and fruit ; they form large trees, some of which are used locally for timber ; they have simple, alternate, obovatc or elliptical 
leathery leaves, 10-20 c.m. long, rather crowded towards the ends of the branches, axillary pedicellate flowers, stamens numerous, crowded on a raised central torus, 
3-4 styles, each 2-4 fid, and large indehiscent “ edible ” fruits, usually 4-celled, sometimes 3-celled, with 1 seed in each cell. The native names overlap somewhat 
throughout the group, and include 10, Mtela, Umtela, Moriba, Mqunabe and Muquinapo. Another Euphorbiaceous tree, named doubtfully “Enchowana,” seen 
at Inharreme River, produced an abundant flow of latex, but gave no clue for identification. The leaves are simple, elliptical, entire ; the fruit 3-celled, 3-Iobed, 
3-seeded, dehiscent, and about xo c.m. diameter, surmounted by 3-fid style. The tree is of rapid growth on poor sandy soil, withstands fire well, and grows to 60 
c.m. stem diameter. If the latex proves of value for rubber, its cultivation would be easy. 
INCOMPLETE. Group III. 
Perianth absent or scale-like. Flowers unisexual, usually arranged in catkins or cones. Ovules enclosed in an ovary, and seeds in a seed-vessel (Achlamydea;). 
FAMILY LV.— MYRICACEE. 
Flowers unisexual, monoecious or dioecious, both male and female flowers in the axils of scarious ciliated bracts, in oblong or elongated axillary catkins. Perianth 
absent or in some species represented by 2-4 bracteoles. Male flower — stamens 2-4 ; filaments short, filiform. Anthers basifixed, short, wide, 2-celled, opening by lateral slits; 
ovary absent. Female flowers — stamens absent ; ovary globose, i-celled, r-ovuled, with 2 sessile long papillose arching stigmas, and usually 2-4 bracteolate. Ovule erect ; fruit 
i-seeded, indehiscent, globose, often warted, and usually coated with wax ; ultimately dry. Leaves alternate or occasionally sub-whorled, simple, evergreen, often glandular or 
waxy and more or less aromatic. Shrubs or small trees, widely distributed in temperate climes, except Australia. The Family contains only 1 genus. 
221. MYRICA. Characters same as those of the Family. 
M. asthiopica, Linn. Vern. name — 1, Waxberry. Monoecious, androgynous, the male flowers mostly toward the base of the catkin, the female scattered along it. 
Catkins about 12 m.m. long when in flower, afterwards stretching to 4 c.m. and bearing 15-30 berries each. Small male catkins are often produced at the base of 
the larger ones on each side. Bracts pubescent, ciliate. Stamens 4, or sometimes 2, nearly sessile. Berries 2 m.m. diameter, warted, waxy, very numerous. 
Leaves lanceolate, acute, 5-10 c.m. long, shortly petioled, setose, with soft white hairs when young, afterwards either hairy or glabrous, often cuneate below, and 
either entire or 3-toothed on each side, sometimes the teeth more numerous, more irregular, and extending to near the petiole. Leaves cither alternate, suh- 
opposite, sub-whorled, or 2 together from the same side of 1 node. An erect branching shrub, usually 12 metres high, but seen in a swamp at the Mutambe 
