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borne on small axillary branches. The difficulty is emphasised by the fact 
.of one of the specimens—a fruiting one—having its flowers solitary and 
axillary. This tends to show that the inflorescence does not yield a good 
sectional character for Thunbergia. 
Var. CORDATA, ©. Moore, var. nov. Folia eximie cordata, juxta basin 
utrinque. 3-lobulata, ceteroquin integra vel repanda, petiolis adusque 10- 
11 em. long. fulta. Bracteolæ circa 15 x 6 mm. 
Portuguese E. Africa, Kurumadzi Hiver.|Jihu, at 2000 ft. ; nn. 1924, 1926. 
N. 1924 is a form with blue flowers; the flowers of 1926 are white. 
BRILLANTAISIA GRANDIDENTATA, S. Moore in Journ, Bot. xlv. (1907) 331. 
Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; nn. 336, 1145. 
Distrib. Uganda. 
RUELLIA OVATA, Thunb. Prod. 104, 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 1931. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
This is an addition to the flora of Tropical Africa. 
MELLERA LoBULATA, 5. Moore in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1879) 225. 
Outskirts of Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft. ; Mt. Maruma, 3500 ft. ; in fl. June, 
Sept. ; nn. 1141, 1923. 
Distrib. Uganda to Nyasaland. 
(CHATACANTHUS PERSOONH, Nees in Linnea, ху. (1841) 357. 
Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; in fl. April; n. 377. 
Distrib. А South African plant now known to range as far northward as 
Uganda. 
PHAYLOPSIS PARVIFLORA, Willd. Sp. PL in. 342. 
Kurumadzi River, Jihu, 2000 ft.; Inyamadzi Valley, 2500 ft.; in fl. Aug., 
Sept. ; nn. 1927, 1928. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
P. LONGIFOLIA, T. Thoms. in Speke Journ. Append. 643. 
Melsetter, 6000 ft.; outskirts of Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft.; in fl. June, 
Sept. ; nn. 1929, 1930. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
BLEPHARIS MADANDENSIS, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Ramis teretibus frequenter foliosis grixeo-pubescentibus, foliis in pseudo- 
vertieillos 4-natos plerumque dispositis quorum 2 cetera plane excedunt 
linearibus vel anguste lineari-lanceolatis foliis abbreviatis late oblongis 
-oblongo-ovatisve omnibus spinuloso-acuminatis basi obtusis margine dentibus 
