188 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
PEDDIEA DREGEI, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 528. 
Chipete forest patch; Mt. Pene at 6500 ft. ; in fl. Jan. ; nn. 123, 123 a. 
Distrib. Natal. 
ГОВАМТНАСЕ М. (T. A. SPRAGUE.) 
Lorantuus Овксит, Eckl. $ Zey. Enum. 358 ; forma oprUsIFOLIA, Engl. in 
Bot. Jahrb. хх. (1894) 105. Beira beach; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1082. 
Distrib. (of variety). East tropical Africa. 
L. BULAWAYENSIS, Engl. т Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xl. (1908) 586. 
Umvumvumvu River at 4000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6001. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
LongANTHUs ($ Ischnanthus) SWYNNERTONII, Sprague, sp. nov. 
Ramulis etiam juvenilibus glabris, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis acute 
acuminatis basi obtusis vel rotundatis coriaceis glabris opacis margine 
exsiccando leviter crispatis nervis utrinque prominulis lateralibus utroque 
latere 4-6 obliquis vel patulis, umbellis axillaribus solitariis 8-13-floris, 
bracteis e basi patelliformi breviter ovatis vel oblongis apice rotundatis vel 
emarginatis ciliolatis dorso late umbonatis, calyce ascendente leviter lobato 
sparse ciliolato, corollee tubi parte basali oblongo-ellipsoidea lobis leviter 
reflexis а basi ad medium sensim angustatis deinde spathulato-ampliatis, 
filamentorum parte adnata densissime glandulosa parte libera ultra insertionem 
dentis produeta dente anguste triangulari acuto, antheris oblongo-linearibus 
apice minute bicuspidatis, disco breviter lobato, baeca anguste obovoidea. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 8700-4000 ft., parasitic on Vernonia podocoma, 
Sch. Bip. ; in fl. Dee. ; n. 141. 
Internodia ramulorum 2-3:5 em. long. Foliorum lamina 55-9 em. long., 
2:5-4 ст. lat. ; petiolus 6-8 mm. long.  Peduneulus 3-10 mm. long. ; 
pedicelli 6-8 mm. long. Bractea postice 1:5 mm. long., antice circiter 0-4 nim. 
Receptaculum 1:5 mm. long. Calyx 1:3 mm. long. Corolla in toto 2 em. 
long.; tubi pars basalis 4—45 mm. long.; lobi 11 mm. long., superne 
1-13 mm. lat. Filamenta 1 mm. supra basin согоо loborum inserta, 
5-6 mm. long. Anthere 2-3 mm. long. Discus 05 mm. altus. Васса 
5-6 mm. long. 
L. Swynnertonii may be distinguished from the other species of the section 
Ischnanthus by the very densely glandular adnate part of the filaments and 
the production of the filament beyond the insertion of the tooth. 
SANTALACE/E. 
THESIUM GRACILE, A. W. Hill т Kew Bull. 1910, 185 
А common herb in the Umswirizwi Flats, 1100 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 310. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
