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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
M. Iivingstoniana, Kirk, having non-edible fruit, and seeds 12 m.m. diameter with a large hollow at the hilum, is recorded by Kirk from Gorongozo. Portuguese East 
Africa and from other localities in East Africa, but was not seen by me. 2 other species occur in neighbouring districts beyond our border. If ever Musa fibre 
comes to be an article of export the plants will have to be planted first. The allied Strelitzia augusta, Thun., the so-called Wild Banana of Natal, does not appear 
to extend into Portuguese territory. 
FAMILY LX— LILIACE.E. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite; perianth inferior, petaloid. Leaves undivided. A large Family containing many favourite garden plants. 
227. DRACAENA. Leaves flat, foliaceous. Stems erect, simple or branched. Inflorescence racemose or paniculate; pedicels articulated at the middle. Perianth-tube 
cylindrical, 6-lobed, the lobes equal. Stamens 6; Ovary 3 celled; cells with 1 ovule in each; fruit a 1-3 seeded berry. Trees or shrubs; about 50 species, mostly 
Tropical African, several being from German East Africa and Myassaland. Many are favourite greenhouse and decorative plants. 
D. reflexa, Lam. var. nitens, Baker. Vern, names— 5, Mtuhoshedo or Ntshonga; 6, Ntshinga-mati; io, I-vitae or Mvitae. A shrub or tree, sometimes 10-15 metres in 
height and up to 30 c.m. diameter, usually more or less branched. Leaves numerous, sessile and somewhat clasping, linear, firmly herbaceous, shining, 15-30 c.m.long, 
1-2 c.m. wide, or on coppice shoots 12-18 inches long, i-i£ inches wide. Veins parallel, midrib evident. Panicle 4-12 inches long, terminal; flowers 1-3 together 
on its undivided branches; perianth 2-3 c.m. long, narrowly cylindrical, greenish. Berry globose 2-3 c.m. diameter. Yellow, not edible, 1-3 seeded. Timber 
composed of separate fibres, but surprisingly strong, and used for many native domestic purposes. Often in or near running streams, but sometimes equally 
luxuriant on high dry sand. Frequent throughout the Province; nowhere abundant. Fit for cultivation as an ornamental tree. 
I’i.ate LXXXVI. 1, Point of branch, with ordinary leaves ; 2, Fruiting panicle ; 3, Flower ; 4, Tree, general aspect (reduced) ; 5, Leaf from coppice shoot. 
228. ALOE. Leaves succulent, often provided with spines at the margin or on one or both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose on a simple or branched peduncle ; flowers red 
or yellow in the arborescent species. Perianth-tube cylindrical or curved, the 6 lobes nearly equal. Stamens 6 ; ovary 3-celled ; each cell with many ovules ; fruit 
a dry 3-valved, many-seeded capsule, the seeds flattened. Erect, simple or branched succulent arborescent plants ; a few are small herbs. About 100 species, 
mostly African, from several of which medicinal aloes are obtained. 2 species, 6, Mangai, with simple stems 2 metres or more in length were seen occasionally 
in the Province, but nowhere abundant ; the smaller, A. maculata, 4, Hungani, is common everywhere, and A. constricta, Baker, and A. cryptopoda, Baker, both 
caulescent species, are recorded from the Zambesi valley near Sena. 
A. Bainesii, Dyer. Vern. name— 4-6, Kalangungu. A dichotomously branched tree, 7 to 20 metres in height, 60-130 c.m. diameter of stem, with its leaves in 
terminal rosettes. Leaves 45-60 c.m. long (or longer on coppice shoots), 4 c.m. wide at the clasping base, narrowed gradually upward, and with a few small 
prickles on the margin, but none on the back. Raceme many-flowered, simple or with 1 or 2 branches. Timber too soft for technical work. It occurs sparingly 
in the M’Chopes Forests and in Magenja da Costa ; it is also a native of Natal and Transkei. 
FAMILY LXI— PALMACE.E. 
Flowers small, regular or nearly so, unisexual in the under-mentioned genera, and arranged in a spadix, usually enclosed in a spathe. Sepals 3 ; petals 3 ; stamens 6 
or more ; ovary superior ; fruit a ligneous nut containing 1 seed. Erect Palm trees, usually unbranched, with pinnate or flabellately divided leaves. 
229. PHCENIX. Leaves pinnate, segments in duplicate in vernation. Flowers dioecious; spathe single. Fruit leathery or pulpy outside. About 12 species natives of 
Tropical Asia and Africa. 
P. dactylifera, Linn. The Date Palm, having fleshy fruit, is a native of Northern Africa, and is mentioned in “Flora of Tropical Africa” from Portuguese East Africa 
on the strength of “ one solitary tree outside the stockade of Sena ” recorded by Kirk ; other localities further north being given, though a note is appended : 
“ Owing to this species having been cultivated throughout Tropical Africa from remote times, it is difficult to decide where it is truly indigenous.” I did not see it, 
either wild or in cultivation. 
P. reclinata, Jacq. Vern. names — 1, Wild Date; 4, Mikondyu ; 6, Ingenda ; 13, Idama. Stem erect, 1-3 metres high, unbranched above, but renewed by coppices 
from the base if the main stem be damaged. Leaves 1*5-2 metres long, numerous, dark-green, shining ; pinnules lanceolate, 35-50 c.m. long, the lower pinnules 
