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CAPPARIS ROSEA, Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 99.. (Petersia rosea, Klotzsch.) 
Madanda Forest at 400 ft. ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 2164. 
Distrib. Moza mbique District. 
C. Кікки, Oliver, l. c. i. 98. 
Madanda Forest at 400 ft. ; п. 1742. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. No flowers or fruit found. 
THYLACHIUM vERRUCOSUM, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 162. 
Sabi River at 1000 ft. ; in fr. Nov. ; n. 1206. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. 
CouRBONIA DECUMBENS, Brongn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. vii. (1860) 901. 
Sabi River at about 1000 ft.: in fr. Nov. ; nos. 1207 & 1384. А small 
shrub ; fruits red when ripe. Chindao, * Tukwinge.” 
Distrib. Nile Land, Mozambique District. 
VIOLACEJE. 
VIOLA ABYSSINICA, Hochst. ea Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 105. 
Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6203. 
Distrib. Widely distributed on the mountains of Tropical Africa. Occurs 
also in the Transvaal and Mauritius. 
IONIDIUM ENNEASPERMUM, Vent. Jard. Malm. sub 27. 
Beira open woods, 50 ft. ; in fl. Dee. ; n. 1762. 
Var. HIRTUM, Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 106. (1. hirtum, Klotzsch in Peters 
Mossamb. Bot. 148.) 
Madanda Forest at about 400 ft. ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 2041. 
Distrib. (type) Widely distributed ; (var. hirtum) Zambesi. 
ALSODEIA ILICIFOLIA, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. (1869) 12. 
Lower Zona, Jihu, 2400 ft. ; n. 179. 
Distrib. Angola, Sierra Leone, Mozambique District, Uganda, British 
East Africa. 
Mr. Sim (Forest Flora Port. E. Afr. 11) has two species of this genus, 
Rinorea elliptica from Rovuma River, and R. ardisieflora from the Lebombo 
Mts. and also from Natal, Pondoland, and Angola. 
ALSODEIA (Petalandra) CONVALLARIOIDES, Е. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Frutex cortice levi instructus, ramulis tenuibus; foliorum petiolo brevi 
canaliculato, lamina subcoriacea viridi ovata vel oblongo-ovata vel oblongo- 
elliptica utrinque obtusa margine leviter serrata nervis lateralibus utrinque 
4—5 adscendentibus tenuibus cum venis reticulatis subtus prominentibus ; 
inflorescentiis racemosis preter petala pube brevi indutis longitudine et 
