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toro inferne glabro superne tomentoso; ovario pilis albidis tecto bi- 
loculari. 
Hab. Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft. ; п. 201. А trailing shrub with 
yellow flowers. 
Folia 1:5-2:2 em. longa, 1:0-1:2 em. lata.  Petioli 1:0-2:0 mm. longi. 
Sepala + 6 mm. longa. Petala cum area glandulosa + 4 mm. longa. 
Stylus + 4 mm. longus. 
Allied to G. rotundifolia, Juss. ; differs in the shape of the leaves. А 
specimen from Madanda Forest, alt. 400 ft., n. 1218, is probably the above. 
The fruit is dry and bilobed. This agrees with the specimen from Shigogo 
colleeted by Sir John Kirk, which was referred by Dr. Masters in the 
‘Flora of Tropical Africa,’ i. 251, to GŒ. parvifolia, Hochst. 
GnEWIA FRUTICETORUM, J. R. Drummond MS. in. Herb. Mus. Brit., sp. nov. 
Frutex ramulis adultioribus glabris teretibus lenticellosis novellis pubes- 
centibus ; foliis ehartaceis breviuseule petiolatis ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis 
basi rotundatis apice obtusis mueronatis margine serrulatis superne glabris 
subtus precipue in costa nervisque sparsissime stellato-pubescentibus e basi 
trinerviis nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 secundariis tenuissimis; stipulis 
setaceis ; inflorescentia axillari, pedunculis pedicellis subeequilongis sepe 
2-3-floris ; alabastris subeylindricis extus cano-pubescentibus ; sepalis 
linearibus quam petalis longioribus; petalis (sec. cl. detectorem) luteis 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis ad basin area glandulosa ad quartam уе] 
quintam partem adnata; toro inferne glabro superne pubescente; ovario 
extus pubescente 4-loculari, fructu ei G. polypyrene, Baker subsimili. 
Hab. Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; n. 1222. In fl. Nov. 28th, 1906. 
A shrub forming dense thickets. Flowers yellow. 
Folia 2°5-4°5 em. longa, 1:8-2:1 em. lata, petioli 8—4 mm. longi. Sepala 
10-11 mm. longa. Petala cum area glandulosa circ. 9 mm. longa. Area 
glandulosa + 2 mm. 
Allied to G. сайта, Meisn. : differs by the leaves being slightly broader 
and the pubescent portion of the torus shorter. 
This shrub is closely allied to a specimen from Sabaki Melinde, collected 
by Sir John Kirk. 
GREWIA CHIRINDAE, /. G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Frutex (sec. cl. detectorem) prostratus ramulis adultioribus glabris novellis 
fusco- vel rufo-pubescentibus ; foliis mediocriter petiolatis ovatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis margine crenato-serratis basi rotundatis vel leviter subcordatis et 
e basi trinerviis apicem versus sepissime attenuatis apice ipso obtusis superne 
glabris subtus precipue ad costam stellato-pubescentibus, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 5-6 subtus prominulis; stipulis subulatis; inflorescentia axillari, 
pedunculis paucifloris sepe bifloris, pedicellis pubescentibus striatis crassi- 
