THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 13 
The collection has proved rich in novelties, especially among the Gamo- 
petalous orders of Dicotyledons, to which belongs the one new genus, 
Swynnertonia, а member of the order Aselepiadacez. There are a large 
number of Rubiaceæ new to science, especially in the genera Gardenia and 
Pavetta ; several new Senecios and Helichrysums ; some new heaths, several 
new Acanthacese, and others. Among the new Labiatee is a magnificent 
Leonotis (L. spectabilis) from Chimanimani. Among the Polypetalous 
orders the new Meliaceze are especially noticeable ; mention of these will be 
made in the paragraph dealing with the trees. An Anemone (А. peneensis ) 
from Mt. Pene, with white flowers, is a showy plant and is in some 
respects intermediate between the two genera Anemone and Алок ота. A 
new Polygala from the Chimanimani Mts. is allied to the South-African 
P. peduncularis. There are also several new species of Grewia. The 
remaining novelties among the Polypetale are for the most part members 
of well-known African genera. Other interesting novelties are a new 
Protea, a new Corrigiola (C. drimarioides), and a Leucospermum (L. загозит) 
from the Chimanimani Mts., the first record for this well-known South- 
African genus within the tropics. 
The Monocotyledons include several new Orchids in well-known African 
genera such as Eulophia and Angrecum, and a number of new Liliacez and 
other petaloid groups. Also several new grasses, including a new species of 
the small Madagascar genus Peeilostachys and of Craspedorhachis, a. small 
genus with two species confined to the Zambesi country. 
As was to be expected from the geographical position, the botany of these 
highlands shows a strong South-African affinity, and several of the genera 
noted have not been hitherto recorded within the tropics. Such are the four 
genera of Serophulariacem, Freylinia, Teedia, Zaluzianskya, and Bopusia, the 
first of which is represented by a new species (F. tropica), the remaining 
three by previously known South-African species. (аорта (in Rubiaceæ) 
belongs to the same category, and also the Liliaceous Behnia, Mr. Swyn- 
nerton having collected the well-known В. reticulata in several localities. A 
considerable number of species hitherto only known as South African occur 
in the collection. Many of these are natives of the Transvaal and Natal, 
but some are more widely distributed Cape species. Under this latter 
‘ategory may be enumerated Curtisia faginea, Bopusia scabra, Halleria lucida, 
Teedia lucida, and Zaluzianskya capensis. Indication of a floral connection 
with the more northerly highlands is found in such plants as Cuscuta 
hilimanjari, a species of dodder hitherto known only from Mt. Kilimanjaro 
but found by Mr. Swynnerton on Mt. Chirinda at 3800 feet, and an 
orchid, Habenaria pedicellaris, from the Upper Buzi (at 3000 feet elevation), 
which is also found on Mt. Kilimanjaro and in Abyssinia ; Dioscoreophyllum 
chirindense has a distinct alliance with a Kilimanjaro species. 
