82 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
diam. ; lobi basi appresse piloso-pubescentes, 5 х 2 em. Filamenta gracilia, 
9:2 mm. long. ; antheræ maxima pro parte inclusz, circa 2 ст. long. Stylus 
piloso-puberulus, 10 em. long. Stigma late clavatum, suleatum, apice breviter 
lobatum, 1:3 em. long. Fructus fusiformis, calyce persistente coronatus, 
coriaceus, viridis, costis 6 maxime eminentibus spongiosis indutus, 6 x 2 em. 
Semina numerosa, 8 x 4:5 mm. 
A plant in the style of G. assimilis, Afz., but different in many respects. 
GARDENIA TIGRINA, Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Welw. Pl. i. 462. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; Mt. Maruma Forest, 3500 ft.; in fl. 
Oct., fr. Feb. ; n. 10. 
Distrib. Angola. 
Chindao name, “ Mutambawebungu." One of the commonest trees in 
Chirinda, reaching 80 ft. in height. The large, glossy, fusiform green fruits 
are great favourites with the forest monkeys ( Cercopithecus albigularis). 
(+. ASPERULA, Stapf & Hutch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. (1909) 423. 
Melsetter, 3500 ft. ; Chikore Hills, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Oct., Nov. ; nos. 56, 
56 a. 
Distrib. Zambesia and Nyasaland. 
Singuni name, “ Isivalesang weni ” (kraal-door). Used by the natives for 
its thorns and toughness to close kraal-gates against lions. 
G. sPATULIFOLIA, Stapf & Hutch. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. (1909) 424. 
Sabi River at about 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 715. 
Distrib. Angola to Rhodesia. 
Oxyantuus MowTEIRO4E, N. E. Br. т Kew Вий, 1892, 125. 
О. Schleehteri, К. Schum. 
Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; fl. & fr. Dec. ; n. 579. 
Distrib. Portuguese East Africa. 
A large shrub with white flowers. 
О. GEnnanni, Sond. in Нате. Fl. Сар. т. 31. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700—4000 ft. ; fl. & fr. Jan., Feb. ; n. 116. 
Distrib. Mozambique and Natal. 
The specimens bear ripe fruits and also flowers in an early stage. Тһе 
flowers not being matured some doubt must rest upon this identification. 
OXYANTHUS SWYNNERTONIT, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutieosus, ramis complanatis deinde subteretibus glabris, foliis ellipticis 
vel elliptieo-oblongis sursum cuspidato-acuminatis apice obtusiusculis basi 
obtusis petiolis brevibus canaliculatis insidentibus tenuiter coriaceis supra 
