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breviore intus ore villoso ceterum glabro, staminibus ori insertis antheris 
breviter exsertis subsessilibus ovatis apice apiculatis basi sagittulatis, stylo 
inferne crassiusculo sursum attenuato glabro, stigmate subexserto cylindrico 
utrinque truncato longitrorsum sulcato. 
Hab. Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; fl. Dec. ; n. 551. 
Folia 2:5—4 (raro 5) em. long., 1:2-2 cm. lat., in sicco utrinsecus priesertim 
vero pagina superiore viridia ; petioli circa 2 mm. long. Stipule circa 3 mm. 
long. Pedunculi 1-8 mm. long. Pedicelli filiformes, 2-4 mm. long. Flores 
lutescenti-virides. Ovarium 1:5 mm., calycis limbus “5 mm. long. Corolla 
in toto 55 mm. long.; tubus 2 mm., lobi 3:5 mm. long, Anthere 1'8- 
2mm. long. Stylus 2:5 mm. long. ; stigma 1 mm. long. 
The affinity of this is with V. canthioides, Benth., which has larger leaves, 
hairy pedicels and calyx, a corolla with a tube longer than the lobes, different 
anthers and a longer style. 
VANGUERIA APICULATA, А. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost- Afr. C. 384. 
Common in long grass on the outskirts of Chirinda Forest; in fl. Dec. ; 
п. 64. “Small wild Medlar ” ; Chindao name, * Munjiro.” 
Distrib. Tropical East Africa, northwards to Uganda. 
VANGUERIA DRYADUM, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, ramis gracilibus foliis jam orbis teretibus ut ramuli 
patentissimi folios? pubescentibus deinde glabris et cortice fusco-purpureo 
obduetis novellis dense pubescentibus, foliis parvulis brevipetiolatis ovato- vel 
lanceolato-oblongis obtusis obtusissimisve basi obtusis nonnunquam sub- 
rotundatis subeoriaceis utrinque velutinis, stipulis minutis lineari-subulatis 
pubescentibus brunneis, floribus mediocribus in foliorum axillis ramulorum 
brevium ultimorum solitariis pedunculis sat longis suffultis, ovario subgloboso 
ut pedunculi et calyx alte 5-partitus dense subfulvide sericeo 5-loculari, 
calycis lobis oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis ovarium multo excedentibus, 
corolle extus pubescentis tubo calyce paullo breviore subeylindrieo (medio 
paullulum ampliato) ore villoso intus infra medium pilorum annulo onusto 
lobis 5 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis tubum leviter excedentibus, staminibus 
faucibus affixis breviter exsertis antheris anguste ovoideo-oblongis acutis, 
stylo exserto superne attenuato glabro, stigmate cylindraceo apice convexo 
basi truncato 5-sulcato. 
Hab. Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; fl. Dec. ; n. 1030. 
Folia vulgo 1:5-2:5 ст. long. (raro 2:5 ст.), 7-12 mm. lat., pagina 
inferiore grisea, pagina superiore griseo-olivacea ; costæ secundaris utrinque 
2-8, tener.  Stipule circa 2 mm. long. Pedunculi 1:5 ст. attingentes, 
хере vero breviores, Flores dilute virides. Ovarium 2:5 x 2:5 mm. Calycis 
lobi 9-10 mm. long., sursum 4 mm. lat. Corolle tubus 6x3 шт. ; lobi 
7 mm. long. Filamenta tenuia, 1 mm, long., anther:e 1:5 mm. Stylus 
1:25 em. long. 
