Е. G. BAKER : POLYPETALA, 63 
BRACHYSTEGIA GLOBIFLORA, Hook. Ie. Plant. sub t. 1359. 
Common throughout Melsetter; in fl. March ; n. 164. Near Chirinda, 
3800 ft.; in fl. Jan. ; п. 6586. Native name, * Mutondo.? А small to 
medium-sized tree. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, Rhodesia. 
B. BRAGAEI, Harms in Engler Jahrb. ххх. (1901) 82. 
Melsetter District, 5000 ft.; in fl. Sept.; n. 657. Native name, 
* Mutsatsa.” А small to medium-sized tree with handsome young foliage. 
Distrib. Beira. 
В. spicarormis, Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1866) 312. 
Inyamadzi River, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1024. 
Distrib. Lower Guinea, Mozambique District. 
Mr. Sim (Forest Flora Portug. E. Afr.) describes two new species, 
В. oblonga and В. pectinata. The following short clavis indicates the 
difference between В. spierformis and В. Втадае. The genus Brachystegia 
has not been recorded for Natal. 
А. Folia sæpissime 4—6-juga. Bracteole obovate. Sepala 2. Tubus 
stamineus usque ad 1:5-2:0 mm. longus. 
В. spiceformis, Benth. 
B. Folia seepissime 5-7-juga. Bracteole oblongo-obovate. Sepalum 
unicum tantum evolutum, minutum. Tubus stamineus usque ad 
1:0 mm. longus. 
В. Втадае, Harms. 
Copalrera MoPANE, Kirk, ex Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1866) 317. 
Muchukwana, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; collected Jan. ; n. 1250. 
Distrib. Lower Guinea, Mozambique Distr., Kunene-Zambesi Region, 
Rhodesia, Hereroland. 
ENTADA ABYSSINICA, Steud. ex Rich. Fl. Abyss. 1. 284. 
Chinyika R., Jihu, 2000 ft.; in fl. Nov., n. 149; in fl. Nov., n. 1051. 
А large wide-branching shrub. Pod required to confirm identification. 
Also probably Lower Umswirizwi, 1000 ft., n. 1247, but pod required for 
identification. 
Distrib. Nile Land, Lower Guinea. 
PIpTADENIA BucHANANI, Baker т Kew Bull. 1894, 354. 
Upper Buzi in wooded glen, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 1018. A large tree. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
The following also are forms of this species: n. 1017 from Mt. Maruma, 
and n. 7 from Chirinda Forest. 
