76 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
PuvsornicHIA SwyNNERTONII, А. Gr. Baker, sp. nov. 
Herba elata caule tereti glabro erecto striatulo glaucescente ; foliorum 
petiolo brevi vaginato ; foliis eaulescentibus bipinnatis pennis 2—3-jugis, 
foliolis lateralibus oblongis vel anguste ovato-oblongis apice acutis quam iis 
P. Buchanani, Benth. multoties angustioribus viridibus sessilibus ; umbellis 
pluriradiatis longe pedunculatis, involucri bracteis demum reflexis lanceo- 
latis margine submembranaceis quam pedunculis brevioribus, involucellorum 
braeteis subsimilibus sed minoribus ; petalis ovatis apicem versus angustatis 
inflexis (sec. cl. detectorem) albis dorso puberulis ; disco crasso; stylis tenuibus 
erectis; fructibus hirtellis oblongis subteretibus jugis primariis prominulis. 
flab, Melsetter, alt. 6000 ft. ; in fl. & young fr. Sept.; n. 049. А tall 
slender herb with white flowers. 
Planta ex schedis cl. detectoris * 8-9 ped." alta. Folia radicalia non vidi, 
eaulescentia 20-110 em. longa. Foliola 3:0-4*0 cm., longa, 8°0-12°0 mm. lata. 
Involueri bractese 10-18 mm. longze, involucellorum bracteze 4—6 mm. longs. 
Pedunculi fructiferi 2:0—4:5 em. longi. Pedicelli 4:0-10:0 mm. longi. 
Differs from P. Buchanan, Benth., in the narrower leaflets. 
PEUCEDANUM FRAXINIFOLIUM, Hiern ex Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 
(1873) 79, t. 42. | 
Lower Umswirizwi, 1000 ft. ; in fr. Nov. ; n. 176. 
Distrib. Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 
ARALIACE A. 
CUSSONIA UMBELLIFERA, Sond. in Linnwa, xxiii. (1850) 49. 
Common tree of Chimanimani Forest; in fr. Sept. ; n. 653 а. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
C. spicata, Thunb. Nov. Act. Upsal. iii. (1780) 212, t. 13. 
Near Chirinda, 3800 ft.; n. 159. А small tree. Chimanimani Mts., 
7000 ft.; n. 2092. 
Distrib. South Africa, Mozambique District. 
СОВХАСЕ A. 
CURTISIA FAGINEA, Aiton, Hort. Кеш. i. 162. 
Chimanimani Mts., 7000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Sept.; п. 687. The commonest 
tree of the Chimanimani Forest and glens, with handsome glossy foliage. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
W. Wangerin, in his recent Monograph of Cornacese (Pflanzenreich, iv. 
29. 30), does not record this tree as occurring in Tropical Africa. 
