166 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
LIPPIA ASPERIFOLIA, Rich. Cat. Hort. Med. Paris. 67. 
Near Chirinda 3800 ft.; Melsetter 6000 ft.: in fl. April, May, Dee. ; 
nn. 260, 475, 475 a, 1160, 2003. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa ; also in Tropical America. 
The Chindao name of the Lippias is also * Mushani," that of L. asperi- 
folia being * Mushani omkulu” (=1агое Lippia). The leaves of all the 
Mushanis are used as a remedy for indigestion, being chewed or ground, 
mixed with water and drunk by the natives, "They are also used as a dis- 
infectant after the handling of infected or decaying substances. 
hovcHEA. Мими, Giirke in Notizbl. K. bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. (1900) 14. 
Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft. ; in. fl. Nov. ; n. 1938. 
Distrib. Transvaal. 
Of this, now first recorded as tropical, there is another tropical specimen at 
the British Museum from Bulawayo ; Æ. C. Chubb, 102. 
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PRIVA LEPTOSTACHYA, Juss, in Ann. Mus. Paris, vii. (1806) 70. 
Near Chirinda, 3800 ft.; in fl. May, June ; nn. 269, 517. 
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Distrib. Tropical East Africa, East Indies. 
PREMNA SERRATIFOLIA, Linn. Mant. ii. 253. 
Beira beach ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1943. 
Distrib. Tropical East Africa, Mascarene Islands, East Indies. 
CLERODENDRON ($ Siphonanthus) SWYNNERTONNI, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens ramulis ultimis foliosis puberulis mox glabris, foliis petio- 
latis oblongo-ovatis vel obovato-oblongis sæpius cuspidato-acuminatis apice 
mueronulatis basi rotundatis levissimeve cordatis tenuiter membranaceis 
utrinsecus glabris basi trinervibus costis secundariis utrinque 3-4 apertissime 
arcuatis, floribus majuseulis in eymas pseudoterminales pedunculatas sub- 
congestas paucifloras dispositis, bracteis obovatis obtusis vel acutis pedicellos 
excedentibus, calyce campanulato usque ad medium diviso glabro lobis ovatis 
subito acutatis, corolle puberule tubo ‘alycem 6-plo excedente ipsis sub 
faucibus dilatato lobis inter se subzequalibus ovato-oblongis obtusis, stamini- 
bus longe exsertis, drupa obovoidea leviter 4-loba exocarpio succoso tenui 
endocarpio erustaceo. 
flab, Common in the Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. May ; 
n. 85. 
Folia solemniter 8-12 em. long., 4-5:5 (rarius 6) ст. lat., in sicco 
lete-virentia, utrinque nitida; petioli tenues, puberuli, sepissime 1-2 em. 
long. Cymarum pedunculi 1-2 em. long., puberuli ; pedicelli circa 3-4 mm., 
bractea 5-7 mm. long. Flores albi. Calyx in sicco virescens 8 mm. long., 
humectatus totidem lat. Corolle tubus 5 em. long, fere 1-5 mm. lat., sub 
faucibus vix 3 mm.; lobi 8&5 mm. long., 45-5 mm. lat. Antheree ovoidea, 
2:0 mm. long. Stylus 7 em. long. Drupa nigra, 1 em. long. 
