194 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
Uapaca Kinkraxa, Müll. Arg. in Flora, xlvii. (1864) 517. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Jan. : n. 49. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, Zambesia. 
A smallish tree of the open woods bearing a large 3-seeded edible fruit 
much relished by natives and all kinds of animals. 
ANTIDESMA MEMBRANACEUM, Mäll, Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. (1865-66) 68. 
Near Chirinda, 3500 ft. ; Chipetzana River at 3000 ft. ; Mt. Pene forest at 
6500 ft.; in fl. Sept., Dec., in fr. April ; nn. 169, 169 a, 631, 1111, 2011. 
Distrib. Tropical West Africa. 
Chindao names, “ Murunga-munga ” and “ Mushongo. 
Var. MOLLE, Mill. Arg. l. с. Chibabava, Lower Buzi, 400 ft.; in fl. Dec.; 
n. 1789. Same Chindao names to this as to the preceding. 
HywENOCARDIA ACIDA, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, Bot. ху. (1851) 256. 
Chikore Hills, 3500 ft. ; in fl. Nov., in fr. March ; nn. 1214, 1519. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
Croton ($ Eluteria) SWYNNERTONII, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Arbor dioica ramulis ultimis sat tenuibus seepius perspicue lenticelliferis, 
foliis petiolatis nune late ovatis попе ovatis nune ovato-lanceolatis paullo infra 
apicem angustatis apice ipso obtusis basi late truncatis vel cuneatis margine 
undulatis integrisve J-plinervibus pergamaceis utrinque sed presertim pagina 
inferiore minutissime microscopice lepidotis, stipulis fugaceis ovatis obtusissimis 
subscariosis, racemis pedunculatis floribundis glabris masculis elongatis (folia 
excedentibus) femineis folia circiter zequantibus, utriusvis sexus floribus pro 
bractea 1 vel 2 pedicellatis, florum maseulorum sepalis ovatis obtusis extus 
superne minute pubescentibus quam petala suborbicularia obtusissima paullulum 
brevioribus, receptaculo piloso, staminibus 7-8, florum femineorum sepalis 
brevibus triangularibus acutis pubescentibus, petalis sepala longe excedentibus 
suborbicularibus obtusissimis, ovario 3-loculari ovoideo fulvo-tomentoso, styli 
ramis semel dichotomis. 
Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft.; in fl. Sept.-Dec., in fr. Jan.; 
nn. 109, 109 a, 1096, 109 е, 6519. 
Folia pleraque 6-10 x 3:5-7 сш. in sicco viridia vel viridi-brunnea, utrinque 
subevanide nitidula ; созбе reticulumque pagina utravis prominule ; petioli 
1-2 ст. long., glandulis carentes. Stipulee circa 8 mm. long. Racemi masculi 
usque ad 20 em. long. ; bracteæ ovate circa 2 mm., pedicelli 4 mm. long., 
glabri. Racemi feminei circa 7 ст. long., pedicelli 4—9 mm. long., pubescentes. 
Florum masculorum sepala 2 mm.; petala 2:5 mm. long.; florum femineorum 
sepala summum 1 mm. long.; petala 4x375 mm. Ovarium 2x1:5 mm, 
