SPENCER MOORE: САМОРЕТАГ Ж. 91 
CANTHIUM VENTOSUM, ©. Moore, comb. nov. 
Plectronia ventosa, Linn. Mant. 52. 
In open, short grass-veld on Mt. Pene at 6500 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 547. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
VANGUERIA INFAUSTA, Burch. Trav. п. 258. 
Near Chirinda; Chikore Hills; Madanda forests; Umhlonhlo, Lower Buzi ; 
in fl. Oct.-Dec. ; поз. 63, 1290, 1291, 1292. Chindao name, * Munjiro.” 
Distrib. Tropical and 8. Africa. 
V. EDULIS, Vahl, Symb. iii. (1794) 36. 
Chibabava, Lower Buzi ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 540. Chindao name, * Munjiro.”’ 
Distrib. Tropical Africa, Madagascar ; also East Indies, where probably 
introduced. 
VANGUERIA ESCULENTA, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex elatus vel arbuscula ramulis sat attenuatis patentibus rigidis cortice 
subfusco obductis ultimis paucifoliatis diutule pubescentibus, foliis parvulis 
brevipetiolatis lanceolatis vel lanceolato-ovatis sursum attenuatis apice obtusis 
basi rotundatis membranaceis utraque facie preesertim vero in nervis fulvo- 
pubescentibus costis secundariis utrinque cirea 6 aperte arcuatis, stipulis e 
basi lata linearibus acutis pubescentibus, floribus pro rata mediocribus in 
сутаз paucifloras sat longas prsecipue ex axillis jam defoliatis ortis 
digestis, calycis tubo (ovario) hemisphzerico puberulo limbo zequilongo limbo 
in lobos 4 vel 5 triangulares obtusos acutosve alte diviso obscure puberulo, 
corollee tubo calycem plane excedente etsi brevi cylindrico sub limbo puberulo 
ore villosulo lobis 4 vel 5 tubo brevioribus oblongis acutis extus puberulis, 
antheris ori corolle affixis breviter exsertis apice acutis, ovario 4—5-loculari, 
stylo breviter exserto, stigmate cylindraceo-capitato. 
Hab, Chirinda Forest, 3700—4000 ft. ; fl. Sept., Oct. ; n. 65. 
Folia 3-4 (raro 5) em. long., 1:2-2 (raro 2:5) em. lat. in sicco viridia, 
subtus parum pallidiora ; petioli 4-5 mm. long., fulvo-pubeseentes. Stipulæ 
cirea 4 mm. long. Cym:e sepissime 1-1:5 em. long., pubescentes. Bracteze 
ovatz, circa 1°5 mm. long. Ovarium 12 mm. long., calycis lobi 1 mm. 
Corolle tubus humectatus 4 mm. long., vix totidem lat. ; lobi 3 mm. long. 
Filamenta 0:5 mm., апћег 1:75 mm. long. Discus maxime eminens. Stylus 
compressus, superne angustatus, glaber, 6 mm. long. ; stigma 0'6 mm. long. 
Near V. edulis, Vahl, and V. infausta, Burch., but different from both in 
foliage and various floral details. The fruit, which is edible, is known as 
the * Chirinda Medlar." This is the common “ Munjiro” of the forest ; 
the bright gamboge fruits fall from the trees in March and April. 
Var. GLABRA, ©. Moore, var. nov. Folia glabra. Cymæ summum puberulæ. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1307. 
