SPENCER MOORE: MONOCHLAMYDE.. 189 
THEsIUM scABRIDULUM, А. W. Hill, sp. nov. 
Species foliis scabridulis stylo elongato distineta, 7. nigricanti, Rendle, 
similis. 
Suffrutex 30 em. altus ; caules inferiores patentes, superiores plusminusve 
erecti, sulcati, scabriduli. Folia in caulis parte inferiore distantia, 0:0—1:3 em. 
longa, in parte superiore numerosa, 0*7-1 ст. longa, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 
varinata, seabridula. Inflorescentia racemosa. Flores singuli in axillis 
braetearum dispositi ; bracteæ folios, pedicellis ex parte adnate, circiter 
7 mm. longæ ; bracteole 2, floribus eequilongze уе] paullo longiores. Peri- 
anthium 3:5 mm. longum, glabrum ; segmentis 1:5 mm. longis, anguste 
ovato-lanceolatis, paullo cucullatis, marginibus sinuoso-undulatis, inflexis. 
Filamenta 0:5 mm. longa; апфегю 0:5 mm. longs. Stylus antheras 
superans, l:5 mm. longus. Fructus immaturus ovoideus, reticulationibus 
inconspiculs. 
Hab. Melsetter at 6000 ft.; in fl. & fr. Sept.; n. 2124. 
A large straggling herb with small yellowish flowers. 
OSYRIS ABYSSINICA, Hochst. in Flora, xxiv. (1841) ГП. 22. 
Melsetter 6000 ft., Northern Melsetter at 5000-6000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., in 
fr. Oct. ; nn. 622, 6102. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
This shrub is much used in tanning. 
KUPHORBIACE. 
EUPHORBIA SCHIMPERIANA, Hochst. ev А. Rich. Lent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 242. 
Outskirts of Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft. ; n. 1531. 
Distrib. East tropical Africa: also in Arabia. 
E. SCHIMPERIANA, Hochst., var. ВоснахАм, N. Е. Br. in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxviii. (1399) 27. 
Е. Buchanani, Pax. 
Chirinda Forest outskirts 3800 ft.; Invamadzi Valley 2500 ft.; in fl. 
Sept., Oct. ; nn. 238, 1532. 
E. CYPARISSOIDES, Par in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. хіх. (1895) 123. 
Northern Melsetter, 5000-6000 ft. ; in fl. & fr. Oct. ; n. 6217. 
Distrib, East tropical Africa. 
E. CYPARISSOIDES, Pag, var. 
Melsetter 6000 ft. ; hills near Haroni River, 5500 ft. ; Inyamadzi Valley, 
2500 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; nn. 1529, 1533, 6043, 6044. 
E. рЕРАОРЕВАТА, Hochst. ez А. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. п. 241. 
Hills near Haroni River, 5500 ft.; Mt. Pene, 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; 
nn. 1528, 6041. 
Distrib. East tropical Africa. 
