Е. С. BAKER: POLYPETAL Ж. 69 
(COMBRETUM MICROPHYLLUM, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. Bot. i. 14. 
Sabi River at about 1000 ft.; in fi. Nov.; п. 2083. А woody climber. 
Flowers bright red, sucked by the natives for the honey they contain. 
Madanda Forest at about 400 ft. : in fl. Dec. ; n. 589. 
Distrib, Nyasaland, Zambesi Region, Zulu-Natal Region. 
С. ABBREVIATUM, Zzngler in Pflanzenwelt Ost- Afr. С. 292. 
Chirinda Forest ; in fl. Oct. ; п. 95. A red-flowered climbing-plant on the 
outskirts of forest patches. Mt. Maruma, 8500 ft.; in fl. Sept. ; n. 95a. 
A large woody climber with scarlet stamens and anthers and. pink and apple- 
green fruits. 
Distrib. Mozambique District. 
C. MOSSAMBICENSE, Engler in Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. С. 292. (Poivrea 
mossambicensis, Klotzsch.) 
Sabi River at about 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov., n. 590; and in fruit, n. 591. 
A woody climber with conspicuous white flowers. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, Zambesi Region. 
TERMINALIA GAZENSIS, /7. (©. Baker, sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis cortice cinereo tectis novellis tomentellis ; foliis 
apicem versus ramorum subaggregatis, petiolo mediocri cinereo-tomentello, 
lamina subcoriacea obovata vel oblongo-obovata basin versus euneatim angus- 
tata apice rotundata vel subacuta supra primum sparse hirsuta demum 
preeter costam sericeo-hirsutam subglabra subtus pallidiore nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 5-7 subtus prominentibus nervis secundariis tenuibus primarios 
conjungentibus ; spicis laxifloris quam foliis brevioribus cinereo-pubescentibus; 
receptaculo extus glabro inferiore fusiformi superiore late patelliformi, disco 
inconspicuo longissime barbato; calycis segmentis triangularibus ; stylo sub- 
conico cum staminibus haud exsertis; fructu ignoto. 
Hab. Zinyumbo Hills, 1500 ftt. п. 152 а. In fl. January. А small tree 
with yellow flowers common throughout the open veldt of the lowlands. 
Arbor ad 10 m. attingens. — Foliorum petiolus 10-27 mm. longus ; lamina 
75-110 em. longa, 2'5-5'0 em. lata. Spice мере circ. 6'5 em. longs. 
Receptaculum inferius 4-3:5-5:0 mm., superius +3°5 mm. longum. 
Allied to T. Brown, Fres. It differs from it in the smaller flowers and 
the stamens scarcely exceeding the calyx, and from Т. obovata, Sims, in the 
conspicuously longer petioles, 
There are several specimens of Terminalia in the collection unfortunately 
not in fruit. N.1107 from the Zinyumbo Hills is a tree with yellow flowers 
common throughout the open veldt of the country. It is apparently allied 
to T. glaucescens, Planch. N. 152 from Lower Umswirizwi River is closely 
allied to T. Brownii, Fres., from Abyssinia. Also n. 596 from Mt. Singuno, 
