186 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
FaunEA speciosa, Welw. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. (1869) 63. 
Melsetter 6000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; nn. 625, 626. 
Distrib, Usambara to Angola ; also in Northern Transvaal. 
Flowers very attractive to sunbirds, especially Nectarinia arturi. 
Е. saLiGNA, Нате. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot, vi. (1847) 373. 
Near Chinde at 3500 ft. ; Chimanimani Mts. at 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Nov., 
Dec. ; nn. 42, 42 a, 1796. 
Distrib. South Africa to Angola and Rhodesia. 
Chindao name, * Gurahorgwe” (** Boeken-hout ” of local Dutch). Опе of 
the largest trees of the open woods. Timber easily worked and durable. 
Wood used by natives in charcoal-making, also for doors and the floors of 
their raised huts. 
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Е. racemosa, Farmar т Kew Bull. 1908, 58. 
Chimanimani Mts. at 7000 ft.; Mt. Pene at 1000 ft. ; in fl. Sept, Oct. ; 
nn. 639, 6096. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
A large tree up to 70 feet high. 
THY MELASACE AS. 
GNIDIA BucHANANI, Gilg, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb, xix, (1894) 261. 
Nyahodi River at 5000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; nn. 1834, 6136. 
Distrib, South-East tropical Africa. 
(хх1рїА ($ Eugnidia) PHYLLODINEA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex spithameus sparsim ramosus caule erecto tenui fere a basi folioso 
glabro, foliis sessilibus sparsis casu solummodo oppositis anguste vel an- 
gustissime oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel breviter acuminatis plane evanideve 
irimervibus coriaceo-membranaceis glabris, capitulis terminalibus solitariis 
peduneulatis circa 10-floris hujus foliis involucralibus circa 5 quam reliqua 
brevioribus ovatis acuminatis seariosis brunneis margine ciliatis ceteroquin 
glabris puberulisve, floribus tetrameris, perianthiis ex involucro eminentibus 
extus subtiliter sericeo-pubescentibus intus glabris horum tubo superne leviter 
amplificato quam lobi quadrato-oblongi obtusissimi 5-plo longiore, staminibus 
inclusis omnibus fertilibus, faucis squamis 4 brevibus filiformibus glabris, 
ovario oblongo ut stylus gracillimus duplo longior glabro. 
Hab. Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; in fl. April; п. 1833. 
Folia 12-18 mm. long., 2-3 mm. lat., basin versus leviter angustata, in 
sicco griseolo-viridia. Pedunculus + 1 em. long., sub capitulo aliquantulum 
1 mm. diam. Folia involucralia 5 mm. 
long., juxta basin 2-3 mm. lat. Periauthii flavi pars decidua 9 mm. long. ; 
inerassatus. Capitula pansa circa 
