190 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
The specimens agree with those from Mt. Milanji collected by Whyte which 
serve as the type of my Æ. shirensis : the bracts of this are suborbicular and 
quite blunt, and so markedly different from those of typical E. depauperata, 
which are acute and mucronulate. [ E. С. B.] 
EUPHORBIA WHYTEANA, Bak. fil. in Trans. Linn. бос. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 
(1894) 39. 
Chimanimani Mts. at 7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1526. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
E. MATABELENSIS, Paw ex Zahlbr. in Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xv. (1900) 50. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft.; South Umtali district, Melsetter Road; in fl. Oct. ; 
nn. 691, 6611. 
Distrib, East tropical Africa. 
Chindao name, “ Urimbo." Latex used as birdlime. 
SYNADENIUM GAZENSE, JV. №. Brown, sp. nov. 
Folia 12-15 em. longa, 3:5—5:5 cm. lata, breviter petiolata, longe cuneato- 
obovata, obtusa, supra pubescentia, subtus glabra. Суве 11-14 em. longs, 
5 ст. diam., umbellatim ramosze, ramis furcatis pubescentibus. Involucrum 
6-8 mm. diam. 
Chipetzana River at 3000 ft. ; in fl. April ; no. 1505. 
This species very closely resembles 5, Grant, Oliver, but is at once 
distinguished by the short pubescence on the upper surface of the leaves and 
by the peduncle of the суте umbellately dividing into 3 or 4 once-forked 
branches, not repeatedly forked as in S. Grantit. Mr. Swynnerton notes that 
it is a large shrub with milky latex and light green honey disks (involueral 
glands), and light yellow anthers. АП the involueres on the specimen are 
male. [N. E. Bn.] 
BRIDELIA ATROVIRIDIS, Müll. Arg. in Journ. Bot. ii. (1864) 327. 
Chipete forest patch, 3800 ft. ; in fr. April ; n. 535. 
Distrib, Angola. 
A large tree with straight trunk, smooth bark and dark-hearted wood. 
Fruits larger than those of type (8 x 7 mm.) and not narrowed above. When 
flowers come to hand, this may perhaps prove a new species. 
B. micrantua, Baill. Adansonia, iii. (1862-63) 164. 
Lower Umswirizwi Hiver, 1000 ft.; near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; 
nn. 46, 536. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa, Natal. 
Chindao name, “ Mushungunu.” A small to medium-sized tree, 30 
(oceasionally 40) feet high. Timber white and exceedingly durable : it 
makes excellent yokes for oxen. Pounded to a fine paste, the bark is. 
smeared by the natives over their doors and baskets to stop cracks, 
