204 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
MAPROUNEA AFRICANA, Müll. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. п. 1191. 
Open woods at Beira ; in fr. Dec. ; nn. 1503, 1734. 
Distrib. Tropical West Africa. 
NAPIUM Manxnianum, Hiern in Cat. Welw. Pl. 1. 986. 
Chipete Forest Patch, 3800 ft.; Mt. Maruma, 3500 ft. : near Chirinda, 
3800 ft. ; in fl. March, April, June, Sept. ; nn. 103, 741, 742. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa. 
EXCŒCARIA SYLVESTRIS, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex elatus, monoicus, glaber, foliis plerisque oppositis (paucis sub- 
oppositis) lanceolatis vel lanceolato-ovatis rarius ovato- vel obovato-oblongis 
sub apice sepe attenuatis apice ipso obtusis raro obtusissimis in petiolum 
brevem eglandulosum gradatim extenuatis integris tenuiter coriaceis glandulis 
destitutis, stipulis late ovatis acuminatis margine ciliatis, spicis terminalibus 
axillaribusve foliis brevioribus floribus 1 vel 2 infimis femineis, bracteis sub- 
reniformibus obtusissimis ciliolatis basi utrinque glandula instruetis quam 
braeteole subulatee acuminate brevioribus, florum maseulorum pro bractea 
unieorum sepalis 3 inter se liberis lanceolatis acutis, staminibus 3, filamentis 
liberis, florum femineorum sepalis ovatis acutis obtusisve intus eglandulosis 
margine ciliatis, ovario ovoideo sepalis æquilongo glabro. 
Паб. Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. Oct., Jan. ; n. 72, 12a. 
Folia summum 14 x 5 cm., pleraque 7-12 x 25-4 em., in sicco plus minus 
viridia, pagina superiore sepe olivacea, inferiore pallidiora, statu juvenili 
intense rubra, nitida, costulæ numerose angulo recto vel fere recto coste 
centrali insertze, ut reticulum satis laxum utrinsecus prominule ; petioli 
crassiuseuli, canaliculati, +5 mm. long.  Stipulze cirea 3°5 mm. long. Spice 
profecto evolutee (incluso. peduneulo cirea 7 mm. long.) usque ad 3 cm. 
long. Bracteee 1x15 mm. ; bracteole 1:5 mm. long. Florum maseulorum 
sepala 0°75 mm. long. Filamenta erassiuseula, 0°65 mm, long.; anthere 
reniformes, loculi 0*5 mm. long. Florum femineorum sepala 1:5 mm. long. 
Ovarium 1:5 x 1°75 mm., styli 3, arcte involuti. Capsula trigono-subglobosa, 
matura fere 1 ст. diam. Semina 4 тт. diam. 
Known by the large opposite eglandular leaves, the very obtuse braets and 
the subulate bracteoles. 
А large handsome evergreen shrub 15-20 feet high. It yields a milky latex 
apparently containing rubber, which flows fairly freely from the twigs, but is 
scanty in old stems. 
URTICACE АХ. 
CELTIS DIOICA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Arbor excelsa, dioica, novellis pubescentibus, foliis adhue valde juvenilibus 
petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi acutis integris trinervibus mem- 
branaceis glabris, stipulis lanceolatis acutis vel acuminatis subscariosis dorso 
puberulis margine ciliatis, floribus utriusque sexus priecocibus masculis 
in panieulis brevibus plurifloris digestis femineis ex axillis ramulorum adhue 
