Е. G. BAKER: POLYPETAL./E. 
carina 1 brevioribus profunde sed inzequilateraliter bifidis ; ovario obovato 
glabro, stylo in medio torto apice glochidiato. Capsula ignota. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mts. at 7000 ft.; n. 632; in fl. Sept. 26th, 1906. 
A tall slender shrub in forests of Chimanimani. Flowers light purple. 
Caules saltem 15-30 em. longi. Folia 1°5 ad fere 3 em. longa, 4—5 mm. 
lata. Sepala exteriora + 4 mm. longa. Ale + 11 mm. longz. Petala 
superiora - 8 mm. longa. 
Allied to P. peduncularis, Burch., but differing by the terete stems and the 
upper petals not having a small tooth in the emarginate portion. 
SECURIDACA LONGEPEDUNCULATA, Fres. in Mus. Senckenb, ii. (1837) 215. 
Lower Umswirizwi, 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 2108. 
Var. PARVIFOLIA, Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 134. 
Madanda Forest at about 400 ft.; nos. 1032 & 1741. Chikore Hills, 
3500 ft.; n. 2038. Umvumvumvu River, 4000 ft.; n. 6155. 5. Umtali 
District, 2000-3000 ft. ; п. 6613. А fairly large tree with carmine flowers 
and fibrous bark used for cord. Judging from the figure and description, 
this is the plant described by Mr. Sim as ©. spinosa in his * Forest Flora of 
Portuguese East Africa.’ 
Distrib. (type) Widely distributed ; (var. parvifolia) Delagoa Bay, 
Rhodesia, Amboland, Transvaal. 
CARYOPHYLLACE. 
SILENE BvncHELLIL, Otth in DC. Prod. 1. 814. 
Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; п. 6069. 
Distrib. Cape to Abyssinia. 
Drymaria CORDATA, Willd. ex Ram. & Schultz, Syst. v. 406. 
Mt. Maruma, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 2046. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 
POLYCARPÆA conYMBOsA, Lam. Illustr. ii. 129. 
Chimanimani Mts., 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1804. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 
PORTULACACEJE. 
TALINUM CUNEIFOLIUM, Willd. Sp. РІ. п. 864. 
Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; in fr. Dec. ; n. 2047. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in the Tropics. 
PORTULACA FOLIOSA, Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 793. 
Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1746. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
