20 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
racemum subequante sparsim piloso; bracteis oblanceolatis dorso et ad 
apicem pilis longis sparsim instructis quam pedicellis glabris subduplo 
brevioribus; alabastris globosis; floribus d in vivo læte flavis in sicco 
atro-brunneis ; sepalis 6 biseriatis ovatis vel interdum obovatis glabris 
nisi subtus ad costam pilis sparse indutis subeequalibus sub anthesi reflexis ; 
petalis 0 ; staminibus 6 in synandrium brevissime stipitatum hemisphericum 
connatis, antheris thecis parallelis extrorsum dehiscentibus ; floribus femineis. 
ignotis. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; in flower Jan. & March ; nos. 100 
& 100a. А herbaceous climber with bright yellow flowers and hollow 
tuberous root ; somewhat scarce ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 6521. 
Caulis ad 4 m. attingens, internodiis elongatis 14-22 em. longis. Foliorum 
petiolus 65-13 em. ; folia 7-115 ст. longa, 8:5-15 em. lata ; peduneulus. 
5-8'5 em. longus ; pedicellus 3-5:5 mm. longus, glaber. Racemi 3:5-5 em. 
longi. Flores d : sepala 2:5-4 mm. longa, + L5 lata. Synandrium 
+ 1-15 mm. altum, 2-2-5 mm. diam. 
Dr. Diels in his recent Monograph of Menispermaceæ places this plant 
under D. Volkensii, Engler, but it differs from this species in the following 
characters :— 
The leaves are deeply lobed. 
The sepals of the 9 fl. are longer and narrower. 
The pedicels are at first hairy. 
The fruiting pedicels are shorter than those of the true D. Volkensü. 
ANISOCYCLA BLEPHAROSEPALA, Diels, Menisp. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 93 (1910). 
Madanda Forest ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1346. 
МУМРН HACE. 
(J. В. Окоммомр, F.L.5.) 
NyMPHAA sp. 
Inyamadzi Valley, 2500 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 720. А water-lily common 
in this river with light blue flowers. Perhaps a form of N. capensis, Thunb.,. 
but differing in the lanceolate and spotted se als. 
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CAPPARIDE Д. 
The collection includes the following well-known plants :— Cleome mono- 
phy!la, Linn., Lower Bazi Hiver; Polanisia viscosa, DC., Beira beach; 
Gynandropsis pentaphylla, Linn., Chimanimani Mts. and Chibabava; and. 
Moerua nervosa, Oliver, from the Sabi River. 
