. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. , Woodstock. 1200 ra., Nov.,1903. Pegler, 2011 (flow, spec), Springbok Flats, Jan., 1904,Burtt-Davy, 1205. Bechuanaiand, plains north of theMoshoning River between Olive-tree Station and Last-water Station, Oct., 1812. Bucbell, 2330-2333 (immatureflow. spec), between Cbue Vley and Moshoning River, Oct.,1812. Burchell, 2399 (immature flow, spec). Delagoa Bay Region.—Lourenco Marques, 45 m., Dec,1897. Schlechter, 11,596 (tow. spec). Coast Region.—Albany Div., Grahamstown (collector un-known), (fruit. s
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. , Woodstock. 1200 ra., Nov.,1903. Pegler, 2011 (flow, spec), Springbok Flats, Jan., 1904,Burtt-Davy, 1205. Bechuanaiand, plains north of theMoshoning River between Olive-tree Station and Last-water Station, Oct., 1812. Bucbell, 2330-2333 (immatureflow. spec), between Cbue Vley and Moshoning River, Oct.,1812. Burchell, 2399 (immature flow, spec). Delagoa Bay Region.—Lourenco Marques, 45 m., Dec,1897. Schlechter, 11,596 (tow. spec). Coast Region.—Albany Div., Grahamstown (collector un-known), (fruit. spec). A widely-distributed and variable species, ex-tending along the east coast as far south asGrahamstown and northwards into Nyassaland,though not yet recorded for Natal; it occurs inthe Kalahari region, extends into Bechuanaiand,where both the ill-fated travellers Burchell andHolub discovered it, and attains to the west coastin German South-West Africa and Angola. The species is known in the Transvaal as Vaal Bosch,* Mawsawsso, or Moumba (Suaheli); in Gazaland as Mususu ; the Dela-. [Photograph by B. N. 35.—CLIVEDEN! THE MARBLE FOUNTAIN NEAR THE TAPLOW ENTRANCE. (See p. 66.) florescence more or less silvery-sericeous;peduncle to 2 cm. long. Flowers white, veryshortly pedicelled; bracts linear-subulate, de-ciduous. Receptacle 6 to 8 mm. long, the lowerpart narrowly fusiform, the upper cupular, 4 to5 mm. diameter, hairy within, with spreadingtriangular acute calyx-segments; disk withlong hairs. Petals absent. Stamens glabrous,4 to 6 mm. long. Style stoutly subulate, pilosetowards the base. Fruit two-winged, pedicellate,ochre-brown, elliptic, often broadly truncatelyor emarginately cuspidate, abruptly truncate orattenuate at the base. 3 to cm. long, 2 , thickly and softly pubescent all over, oreventually sparingly puberulous, the bodyraised, the wings flat and 5 to 7 mm. broad;pedicel 2 to 3 mm. long, pubescent. Bonder in Harv. and Sond., FL Cap
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