140 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
present, and Dr. Stapf, who was good enough to look at the specimens, 
confirms me in this view. At the same time it muy possibly prove the type 
of a new genus when its fruits come to hand. 
CONOPHARYNGIA STAPFIANA, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i, 147. 
Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6148. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
N. 560 from the same locality, said to bear fruits 5 inches in diameter, 
should probably be referred here. There are no flowers. 
C. ELEGANS, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 149. 
Jihu, 2300 ft. : Zona-Kurumadzi watershed, Kurumadzi River, 2000 ft. ; 
in fl. Nov. ; nn. 38, 2035. 
Distrib. East tropical Afric: 
Chindao name, “ Ruchene.” А shrub up to 20 feet high, and 6 or 8 inches 
in diameter of trunk. The abundant milky latex is regarded as a powerful 
remedy for the vomiting of milk by infants, being placed in a hollow reed 
and hung round the neck as a charm. 
С. USAMBARENSIS, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 148. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. and young fr. Oct. : nn. 37, 37 a. 
Distrib. East tropical Africa 
Chindao name, “ Ruchene.” A shrubby tree reaching 25 ft., with diameter 
of trunk 8 in. Yields somewhat abundant milky latex, but apparently no 
rubber. 
VOACANGA LUTESCENS, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 1. 157. 
Chibabava and Umhlohlo, Lower Buzi ; in fl. Nov., fr. Jan. : n. 559 
Distrib. East tropical Africa. 
A small tree 25 feet high, with scanty latex and white flowers. Chindao 
name, ** Ruchene.” The bast is said to be used for cord. 
HorannHENA FEBRIFUGA, Klotzsch in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 277. 
Nitatonga Range, Middle Buzi: near Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft. ; 
Mount Singuno at 1500 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Nov., Dec. ; nn. 209, 209 a, 2096. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, Zambesia. 
MASCARENHASIA VARIEGATA, Britt. у Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc., Dot. 
ser, 2, iv. (1894) 26. 
bein in open woods about 6 miles up the railway ; in fl. Dee. ; n. 558. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
Follicles in the dry state greyish-brown, longitudinally striated, about 
8 cm. long, and when opened 2 em. across, with a polished inner surface ; 
the linear brown seeds are 1 em. long and are erowned by a rich brown coma 
nearly 21 times their length. 
